Cryogenic Operations Gas Process Engineer

Company Description
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Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.
We are looking for individuals that demonstrate an understanding of working in partnership with team peers, who engage, advocate, and contribute to building an inclusive culture, and provide expertise to solve challenging problems.
Pay Range
$159,330 - $204,636 annually
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.
Job Description
We have an opening for a Process Engineer. This work will take place within the National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate, home to the world’s most energetic laser. It is an exciting time to join the team that achieved fusion ignition in December 2022 (and repeated a few times in 2023), a historic moment in science, opening up new physics regimes and setting the stage for new fusion energy possibilities.
You will commission and maintain operational status of the various vacuum and cryogenic processes related to the successful fielding of ignition and other types of targets for the Target Experimental Operations group on the National Ignition Facility. You will have advanced technical knowledge and experience in the areas of process gas behavior in cryogenic regimes including mitigation of potential hazards to maintain operational readiness. This position is in the Laser Systems Engineering & Operations (LSEO) Division of the Engineering Directorate. LSEO provides support to National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF & PS) Directorate
In this role you will

• Collaborate with a team of engineers, staff, and technicians responsible for commissioning and maintaining operational status of NIF facility sub-systems, including gas supply systems, vacuum systems, cryogenic systems, related hardware, and control systems while also emphasizing reliability and yield improvement.
• Develop, document, execute, analyze, and trouble-shoot various complex production processes and equipment to support cryogenic and other target shots on NIF.
• Act as a liaison with scientific personnel executing experiments or implementing new or upgraded facility capabilities to provide solutions for target fielding experimental design issues.
• Work with controls engineering organization to develop requirements and test procedures for automated process control of assigned systems. Assist with software commissioning.
• Direct technicians to design, build, or modify specialized process equipment.
• Define and prepare/review operating and maintenance procedures and maintain laboratory safety standards.
• Present work through formal and informal reports and presentations.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams in the development of innovative methods and knowledge sharing.
• Assess the safety of experiment setups to help define the bounds of the experiment related to the target and gas pairing of that experiment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Materials, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering or the equivalent combination of education and previous relevant experience.
• Significant knowledge and experience utilizing sound engineering principles to provide practical solutions to complex hardware and software problems.
• Significant experience providing technical insight, oversight, and direction as it relates to solving problems in the field that involve complex chemical processes, vacuum systems, and preferably cryogenic systems governed by chemical kinetics, transport effects, overall mass and energy balances, and process/system economics.
• Advanced knowledge of cryogenic processes, gas handling systems, and process controls, and the behavior of gases at cryogenic temperatures.
• Significant experience in deploying automated process controls, development of interlocks, and automated processes.
• Significant experience in production operations and process development.
• Ability to operate PC and/or Macintosh computers to collect, analyze, and document scientific results.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills necessary to communicate effectively and collaborate with technical support personnel on requirements, design, safety, construction, or modification of process, pilot-scale equipment or systems, and present and explain technical information and provide advice to management.

Qualifications We Desire

• Master’s degree in Materials, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with handling of radioactive and/or flammable gases/materials.

Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines
Position Information
This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Included in 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity
• Our core beliefs - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/our-values
• Employee engagement - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/employee-engagement

Security Clearance
This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet 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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