Principal Engineer - Pulsed Power (Multi-Level)

Nevada National Security Sites • Full-time • North Las Vegas, NV, US • $119.25k - $181.85k / year • 7h ago

Job Description

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Responsibilities

The Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments (ECSE) program is seeking outstanding Pulsed Power Engineers at various career stages (Principal Engineer or Senior Principal Engineer) to work with a technical team to install, commission, and maintain the Scorpius Pulsed Power Linear Induction Accelerator. This high-current relativistic electron accelerator is driven by nearly 45,000 solid state pulsed power stages and is the most advanced accelerator the U.S. has ever developed. Successful candidates will work within a collaboration between the Nevada National Security Site, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Livermore National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory to prepare the accelerator for state-of-the-art experiments and to solve challenging problems that will improve pulsed power and accelerator performance.

Responsibilities – Principal Electrical Engineer – Pulsed Power

Work alongside scientists and engineers to install, trouble-shoot, and test cutting-edge technologies in North Las Vegas and the Nevada National Security Site.
Develop circuit models capable of accurately modeling start-of-the-art accelerator systems.
Develop subscripts in various program languages to aid analysis and/or manipulate data.
Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure appropriate predictive capabilities and measurement techniques exists for the development of high-fidelity computer models.
Remain aware of advancements in Pulsed Power Engineering theory, techniques, and capabilities.
Document results in institutional reports and peer-reviewed journals; present results at institutional meetings, project/program meetings, internal/external workshops, and various conferences.
Participate in mentoring summer interns and less experienced staff.
Contribute to and participate in planning and reporting activities.
Perform other duties assigned by Management.
Able and willing to travel as needed.

Responsibilities - Senior Principal Electrical Engineer – Pulsed Power

Devise integrated solutions to the most complex technical problems of broad scope. Solutions are comprehensive in technical and business aspects and exhaustive at all levels, including cross-disciplinary. Serve as Technical Lead for major projects and startups. Initiate collaboration with partners external to MSTS. Lead collaborations to achieve mission execution. Serve as lead in development of project design criteria documents.
Coordinate with design engineers and national labs in development of interfaces and requirements. Ensure team’s processes and deliverables comply with laws, codes, orders, and MSTS policies and procedures. Develop new initiatives for additional scopes of work.
Encourage development of intellectual property and publishing in refereed journals. Mentor staff and technical management in methods, processes, and best practices. Participate in business development, by defining customer needs, developing proposals and planning projects that will produce results meeting customer needs.
Work with customer personnel to ensure their needs are clearly defined and works with others to meet customer objectives. Apply knowledge and ingenuity to implement cutting edge, pioneering solutions in the technical arena, often in unexplored areas of investigation and research.

Qualifications

Principal Electrical Engineer – Pulsed Power ($119,246.40 to $181,854.40)

Minimum Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) required for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering degrees
- Or, Calculus-based STEM bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
- Plus at least 9 years’ relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge; graduate research experience may be recognized.
- Master's degree or PhD preferred.

Senior Principal Electrical Engineer – Pulsed Power ($144,622.40 to $224,161.60)

Minimum Education And Experience

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) required for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering degrees;
Or, Calculus-based STEM bachelor’s degree in engineering;
Or Professional Engineer license
Plus at least 14 years’ relevant experience.
Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
Recognized as an authoritative source of information.

Desired Skills

Experience with solid-state pulsed power technology.
Experience with and knowledge of linear induction accelerators
Experience in the field of pulsed power (gas discharge physics, flash radiography, high power microwaves (HPM), power electronics, design of Marx generators, pulse forming networks (PFNs), and pulse forming lines (PFLs)).
Hands on experience with high-voltage systems (multiple kV to MV)
Experience in using common pulsed power diagnostics
- Resistive voltage monitors (RVM)
- Current viewing resistors (CVR)
- Capacitive dividers
- D-dot and B-dot probes
- Current transformers
Experience with vacuum discharge physics like plasma generation, secondary emission, high voltage breakdown, and surface flashover.
Experience with programming languages like Python, C++, and/or Fortran to manipulate and analyze data as needed.
Work schedule will be 4/10s Monday through Thursday (subject to change).
Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2 , “Personnel Security”. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4 , “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted. Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709 , “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”

MSTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

Annual Salary Range For This Position Is

Principal Engineer $119,246.40 to $181,854.40

Senior Principal Engineer $144,622.40 to $224,161.60

Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.

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