Electronics Technologist/Senior Electronics Technologist

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Pay Range

$36.50 - $54.35Hourly

$36.50 - $45.32 Hourly for the 531.2 level

$43.78 - $54.35Hourly for the 531.3 level

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education, experience, the external labor market, and internal equity.

We have an opening for an Electronics Technologist/Sr. Electronics Technologist. You will support new and on-going experiments for Site 300 Firing Facilities. This position is in the Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) Principal Directorate.

This position will be filled at eitherlevel based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will

• Provide general electronic technical support to engineering, scientific, and technical staff to plan and conduct experiments at LLNL and other off-site locations and ensure operational readiness of Site 300 facilities.
• Design, fabricate, assemble, and disassemble moderately complex electronic components and systems, using work control process and procedure requirements.
• Operate electronic diagnostic equipment, maintain area controls, assist with electronic diagnostic calibration and alignment, test prior to experiment execution, and perform data recovery after experiment execution.
• Prepare and maintain systems documentation and experimental records.
• Perform facility related and technical functions such as maintenance, testing, upgrades to equipment control, and interlock systems checks.
• Ensure that support and experimental areas are kept clean, uncluttered, and in a state of readiness.
• Promote and support plans to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the program.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the 531.3 level

• Provide advanced technical assembly and disassembly support of complex weapons systems and author operational procedures and technical documents.
• Design, fabricate, assemble, and disassemble complex electronic components and systems including planning, equipment selection, and methods.
• Identify, analyze, and provide solutions and alternate approaches to complex electronic problems using independent creativity and judgment.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Associate degree in Electronics, Engineering Technology, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience with electrical diagnostic equipment, maintaining area controls, assisting with electronic diagnostic calibration and alignment, testing prior to experiment execution, and performing data recovery after experiment execution.
• Ability to read and follow engineering notes, sketches, drawings, specifications, and procedures.
• Knowledge of engineering hardware design and testing processes.
• Experience in general fabrication processes with the ability to operate hand/power tools.
• Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to become medically qualified to wear respiratory and other protective equipment, and perform moderate work while wearing full-face or half-mask respirators, and ability to maintain required qualifications and certifications (i.e. Explosives Handler, Rad Worker (II),Beryllium Worker, and Human Reliability Program (HRP)).
• Demonstrated ability/commitment to valuing diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in the workplace.

Additional qualifications at the 531.3 level

• Significant related experience in electronic circuits, systems, theory, and design.
• Advanced technical skills and knowledge of engineering principles to solve complex problems using established guidelines, techniques, and procedures and the ability to interpret and execute complex assembly procedures from engineering notes, sketches, drawings, and other technical material.
• Effective written and verbal communication, feedback, and presentation skills.

Qualifications We Desire

• Experience working with classified materials and experimental data and/or experience as working with high explosives and initiation systems.
• Experience working with and/or around high-voltage and high-current equipment and experience with optical, radiographic, and electronic diagnostic equipment.
• Operational experience with LabVIEW code, Wonderware InTouch software, and Modicon Industrial Programmable Logic Controllers.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
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Site 300

Site 300 is an experimental test site operated by LLNL. Situated on 7,000 acres in rural foothills approximately six miles southwest of downtown Tracy and 15 miles southeast of Livermore, Site 300 hosts approximately 200 employees with expertise in such fields as engineering, chemistry, biology, and environmental restoration. Employees assigned to work at Site 300 may be exposed to the organism that causes San Joaquin Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis).

Security Clearance

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance.If you are selected, wewill initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if youmeet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

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