Electrical Electronic Engineer
STFC
- Rutherford, Scottish Borders Harwell, Oxfordshire
- £53,818-59,199 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Salary: £53,818 to £59,199 per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, OxfordshireThe ISIS neutron and muon source is a world leading research centre at UKRI-STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. At the heart of ISIS is a high power particle accelerator. The Low Energy Beams Group, (LEBG) is responsible for creating the initial particle beam and delivering it to the ISIS accelerator for 24×7 operations. We are developing a new state-of-the-art RF-driven ion source to replace the Penning ion source currently used to create beam for the ISIS accelerator. We also develop particle accelerator and plasma technologies in collaboration with other national labs, industry and universities all over the world.The Electrical Section of the group is responsible for maintaining and developing all the electrical and electronic equipment used by the Low Energy Beams Group. This includes equipment required for both ISIS operations and for R+D test stands. The equipment is a mix of commercial and in-house developed systems including: 100 A pulsed power supplies; 25 kV pulsed power supplies; 65 kV DC power supplies; 100 kW 2 MHz RF systems; temperature control systems; pulsed gas control systems; timing systems; interlock systems; and a host of smaller low voltage/low current power supplies and sub-systems required for monitoring and controlling the operation of ion sources and low energy beam transport systems.You will be an electrical/electronic engineer with a broad range of experience. You will work in a team of electrical/electronic engineers and technicians, you will liaise directly with physicists and other members of the group to develop the hardware they need.You will fault-find, repair, design, develop, procure, build and install electrical and electronic equipment. You will write documentation for new systems and maintain existing documentation including circuit diagrams, manuals, risk assessments and method statements.
Participation in the ISIS on-call system is required (on-call for approximately 25% of the year with flexible scheduling, accompanied until fully trained).Relevant additional information about the roleYou will be expected to participate with duties such as occasionally being on call and working in classified radiation areas.Personal SpecificationThe below will be reviewed at Shortlisting (S) and or both Interview (I) Criteria:
- HNC or equivalent in an appropriate Electrical/Electronic Engineering discipline. (S)
- Broad range of electrical and electronic knowledge and or practical experience covering three or more of below: (S&I)
- Low level analogue signal conditioning and processing using operational amplifiers
- Digital logic circuits using CMOS Logic, (gates, counters, multiplexers, oscillators)
- Fibre optic systems, glass & plastic fibres, optoelectronic devices
- RF
- Power electronics
- High voltage
- Pulsed Power
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) measures (screening, earth planes, earth loops)
- PCB layout and prototyping
- Test equipment
- Vacuum electronics (tubes/valves)
- Experience of software for circuit design/layout or simulation. (S&I)
- Ability to read, comprehend and draw electronic/electrical schematic drawings. (I)
- Good communication and team working skills. (I)
- Ability to be Adaptable and flexible while working on more than one project at a time. (I)
- 30 days holiday FTE (in addition to 8 bank holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
- flexible working hours
- an excellent defined average salary pension scheme
- employee shopping/travel discounts
- excellent learning and development opportunities