Responsibilities

The Electronics and Instrumentation (EIE) Section in the Controls Department consists of ten design engineers supported by engineering associates and technicians charged with developing a wide range of new and re-engineered controls and instrumentation components and systems for new research facilities and accelerator instrumentation improvement projects (upgrades). The Section offers services from design to production, installation, commissioning and field support in these areas. In addition it is responsible for developing and maintaining standards for electronics packaging, documentation systems, crate and rack instrumentation infrastructure, professional and support personnel training, and future planning for next-generation standard designs. The Section Manager is responsible for technical management (approximately 12 Engineers & Technicians), personnel management, project management, future program planning, and standards development and implementation. Specific duties include: Manages the group responsible for the development of accelerator instrumentation and control systems; Manages the project budgets, schedules, and resources, and leads the planning activities for those within the section; Interfaces with customers to determine project requirements and appoints team leaders to manage budgets, resources and schedules for new accelerator instrumentation and control devices and systems; Directs specific development projects of new accelerator instrumentation and control technologies; Develops engineering standards and procedures within the section, to create a safe, productive, and efficient environment. Participates with Department management team in strategic core technology development including next generation intelligent platform technologies and applications.

Required Skills

Ph.D. degree in Physics, EE, or related field, or M.S. degree, with substantial working experience in all phases of modular electronics instrumentation and system design in accelerator or related field. Demonstrated experience managing laboratory/ industry cutting-edge instrumentation and controls system development and support teams from conceptual system design to completed commissioned systems. Demonstrated experience managing and leading engineers, associates and technicians. Demonstrated breadth of technical knowledge in modern modular instrumentation systems, platforms and accelerator instruments such as beam position, charge and loss monitors; machine protection; low level RF interlocks; vacuum instrumentation and controls; temperature monitoring and interlocks; magnet power supply monitoring and interlocks; circuit simulation and CAD design circuit and board tools; signal, clocking and timing frequencies from DC to gigahertz; etc. Familiarity with modern instrumentation technologies based on FPGA , CPLD and DSP design; high speed and bandwidth ADC sampling and signal processing systems; hybrid and custom integrated circuits, gigahertz serial real-time backplane and networking systems; integrated diagnostics systems for intelligent platform management; modular hardware control systems and supporting software and firmware; documentation, field management and configuration control of integrated systems; modern field maintenance systems. .Experience in developing, implementing instrumentation packaging standards; familiarity with new platforms (ATCA and MicroTCA) and EPICS toolkit highly desirable. Demonstrated reporting and communications skills, including managerial reports, performance appraisals, technical proposals, written and live presentation progress reports, published papers. Knowledge of intelligent diagnostic system architectures and software/firmware interface techniques. Formal management training desirable.