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The Engineering Group at the NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) seeks to fill an electrical engineering position in the laboratory research operations center.
The Engineering team at ESIF is composed of multi-disciplinary engineering professionals who design, operate, upgrade and maintain advanced, complex technical research capabilities that support research and development project work. ESIF engineering staff partner with research staff to carry out experimentation using laboratory assets and systems. ESIF engineering is responsible for the effective conduct of engineering to ensure safety and availability of advanced equipment and systems, which notably includes updated drawings, operational procedures, safety procedures, technical requirements, and maintenance plans. The laboratory environment is collaborative, technically rich, and offers many learning and networking opportunities. The ESIF Operations Center manages and stewards use of the ESIF in support of DOE’s research mission to ensure a safe, operationally effective, technically advanced research facility. Employees with ESIF significantly contribute to the mission of advancing new and clean energy technologies to support a healthy and prosperous nation and world.
The position calls for a person capable of understanding complex research projects and complicated laboratory equipment. Success in this job includes proactive stewardship of the laboratory to maintain relevant advanced capabilities, technical support and resourcefulness, delivery of research project outcomes with partners, and significant contributions to a dynamic team. This job requires dominance of an engineering discipline, focused around electrical, systems, and controls, and necessitates the ability and interest to work in the laboratory and address physical wiring, fabrication and troubleshooting, design experiments, accomplish project management tasks, and function successfully in a team environment and as an individual performer.
A primary function for this role is to deliver laboratory scope for research projects as engineering lead. This includes experiment design, planning and scheduling, documentation, troubleshooting, commissioning and operation. This duty necessitates excellent communication skills with principal investigators and other laboratory partners, as well as experience and background in modern power systems or power electronics
This position calls for a motivated person with enthusiasm for the research mission, proven ability to coordinate and communicate across multiple teams, and a desire to deliver high quality laboratory operations and technology. This position necessitates a person armed with strong technical skills to design, build, and implement laboratory research and capable to plan, coordinate, communicate and work in a team environment
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* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
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The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.
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* Based on eligibility rules
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