Title: Magnet Engineer

Location:

Newport News, Virginia, US, 23606

Category: Engineering and Design

Work Arrangement Type: Hybrid - About 60% on-site

Classification: Staff Engineer III

Description:

At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great minds truly matter.

The good-faith pay range for this role is $118,400- 169,850 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

What your job will be like:

Define, design, analyze, procure, validate, and maintain normal-conducting electro-magnets for JLab's CEBAF, LERF and Electron Ion Collider (EIC). Lead design staff in the documentation of designs and modifications. Serve the role of Magnet System Owner, the main point of contact for normal-conducting electro-magnets. Responsible for maintaining and improving the performance of magnets and supporting future designs and modifications. Design and develop peripheral system elements such as vacuum, pressure vessels, support structures, cooling water system designs, as well as heat transfer and vibration analysis.

In this job you will:

Develop design requirements for normal-conducting electro-magnets (dipoles, quadrupoles, sextupoles, correctors, kickers) based on performance parameters defined by accelerator and experimental physicists.
Design and analyze electro-magnets using a suite of modeling programs such as Opera, FEA, multi-physics, etc. to meet the defined requirements.
Work with engineers and designers to translate the conceptual design into a functional magnet design.
Able to resolve issues with structural, thermal, vacuum, powering, testing as they pertain to electro-magnets.
Support the procurement, validation, and installation of electro-magnets.

Lead - Supervisory - Management

Lead a team of engineers and designers in the development of magnet systems.

Experience

Required: 10 or more years engineering experience with accelerator technology
Required: Experience running magnet design codes such as Opera and Finite Element Analysis, experiment design, and measurement analysis.

Education

Required: Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering or Physics

Experience and Education Exchange

Education above the minimum may be substiuted for experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Familiarity with accelerator technologies, high vacuum devices, and precision alignment methods.
Good communications skills and the ability to interact constructively with physicists, engineers, designers, technicians and procurement personnel.
Decision-making and problems solving skills.
Ability to effectively communicate technical issues with technicians, engineers and physicists.
Write and publish reports and technical papers regarding work in developing electro-magnets. Present findings at appropriate technical conferences.

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab

At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans • Flexible Spending Accounts

• Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave) 

• 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested • Flexible Work Arrangements

(Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available) 

• Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs 

• Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches,

mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.