• Job Description

  Req#: 11262

  Requisition Id 11262

  ORNL is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, with an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 6,200 people! ORNL’s decadal vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the people across the organization, as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNL’s broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment, and security solutions for the nation.

  Overview:

  The Grid Systems Hardware (GSH) Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is actively seeking applicants for an electrical technician to help with conduct of research on power electronic converter systems. The successful candidates should be capable of helping technical professionals in the group in their process of building and testing converter test beds. For this, the candidate is expected to have a good understanding of the requirements of electrical systems, soldering, PCB design and testing, electrical assembly, and basic mechanical fabrication.

  Major Duties / Responsibilities:

  Work with supervisor to perform the following major tasks:

  • Build of electrical sub systems: Assemble electrical sub systems as per the schematics. Primarily involves performing signal wiring and power cable interconnections.
  • Soldering: Populate PCBs boards through solder/desolder of through-hole and surface mount devices.
  • PCB Schematics: Draw PCB schematics using commercial PCB software such as Altium/ORCAD.
  • PCB level Testing: Perform basic testing of electrical/electronic systems as per the test procedure.
  • Mechanical Assembly: Use hand/power tools in the process of build/assemble of test beds.

  Basic Qualifications:

  • An associate degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline.
  • Experience related to designing and fabricating electrical systems.
  • Experience with PCB design, build and test.
  • Hands on laboratory experience performing testing and analysis is required.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to support team building and leadership.
  • A strong commitment to scientific integrity is an important requirement.

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with use of mechanical tools is preferred.

  UT-Battelle is recognized by our employees and the community as an inclusive environment where diversity is valued and individuals and teams are inspired to contribute fully to the organization's success. ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply.

  This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.

  We accept Word (.doc, .docx), Adobe (unsecured .pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and HTML (.htm, .html) up to 5MB in size. Resumes from third party vendors will not be accepted; these resumes will be deleted and the candidates submitted will not be considered for employment.

  
  If you have trouble applying for a position, please email ORNLRecruiting@ornl.gov.

  
  ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. UT-Battelle is an E-Verify employer.

• About the company

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory is an American multiprogram science and technology national laboratory sponsored by the US Department of Energy and administered, managed, and operated by UT–Battelle as a federally funded research and development center u...

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