Staff Engineer - SSRL Materials Science Division

JOB DESCRIPTION

SSRL is seeking an outstanding Staff Engineer to join a dynamic scientific research environment in the hard x-ray group of the Materials Science Division. The primary responsibility of this position is to provide engineering support to the hard x-ray group, including assisting scientists with instrument development on the end stations and working with scientists and users to develop new sample environments, such as rapid heating/cooling, strain or high-pressure cells, chemical and electrochemical environments, or laser excitation setups.

SSRL is seeking an outstanding Staff Engineer to join a dynamic scientific research environment in the hard x-ray group of the Materials Science Division. The primary responsibility of this position is to provide engineering support to the hard x-ray group, including assisting scientists with instrument development on the end stations and working with scientists and users to develop new sample environments, such as rapid heating/cooling, strain or high-pressure cells, chemical and electrochemical environments, or laser excitation setups.

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a SLAC Directorate at Stanford University, is a national scientific user facility providing synchrotron radiation for research in biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, material science, medicine, and physics. SSRL operates and maintains the 3 GeV electron storage ring SPEAR3, the associated injector facility, and synchrotron radiation beam lines on SPEAR
3.

• Design and develop in-situ/operando experimental hardware and technical capabilities for advanced synchrotron experiments.
• Identify, scope and execute projects that expand experimental capabilities, improve system reliability, and streamline beamline operations.
• Design, prototype, commission, and maintain beamline hardware, and provide high-quality technical support for scientific operations.
• Contribute engineering input to the beam time scheduling by aligning instrument readiness, maintenance needs, and experimental requirements.
• Align x-ray optics, diagnose beam quality issues, and resolve system-level performance