Job Details
Job Location: Littleton, MA Corporate Office - Littleton, MA
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: 4 Year Degree
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Job Category: Engineering
Position Summary:
The Junior Controls Engineer will design, simulate, and test new products, redesign existing products, and perform research and testing on product concepts.
Essential Functions:
- Operate the Mevion S250i and S250-FIT Superconducting Synchrocyclotron.
- Tune system parameters and optimize beam performance.
- Troubleshoot Mevion electro-mechanical controls systems and detectors for various functional groups in the organization.
- Make significant technical contributions to Mevion's existing and future technologies across a broad spectrum of disciplines: electrical engineering, software, physics, and mechanical engineering.
- Assist in the design of control systems including algorithm development.
- Develop improved beam diagnostic and measurement tools.
- Contribute to continuing engineering projects in close coordination with project heads, including system modeling, simulations, motion and instrument control, and experiments.
- Create standard operating procedures, work instructions, and verification and validation protocols.
Education, Training, and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related discipline.
- Good communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated experience with controls systems and electronics troubleshooting.
- Ability to work in a small team environment.
- Mandarin fluency is desirable but not required.
Physical and Environmental Considerations:
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
- Required use of standard office equipment including laptop, phone, copier, etc.
- Typical Office Environment.
- Must be able to walk through the factory environment safely.
- The employee will work in high magnetic fields in excess of 5 Gauss, with high voltages, and with radiation and radioactive materials.
- May be involved in light rigging operations.
- Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds.
- Occasionally needs to work 2nd shift to support deadlines and after hours testing.
- Due to the work environment, people with pacemakers are not eligible for this position.