"Systems Engineer"

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is the building site for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a one-of-a-kind nuclear physics research facility. The EIC will be a discovery machine for unlocking the secrets of the "glue" that binds the building blocks of visible matter in the universe. The machine design is based on the existing and highly optimized RHIC Ion-Ion collider. It will consist of two intersecting accelerators, one producing an intense beam of electrons, the other a beam of protons or heavier atomic nuclei which are steered into collisions. Beyond sparking scientific discoveries in a new frontier of fundamental physics, the Electron-Ion Collider will trigger technological breakthroughs that have broad-ranging impact on human health and national challenges.

Position Description

The Systems Engineer in the EIC will provide oversight and coordination of various critical activities, including defining performance requirements, managing cross-system interfaces, and supporting design reviews. Additionally, the role will support installation and removal activities as the EIC project advances into installation phases. The Systems Engineer will help to collaborate and coordinate EIC Systems Engineering responsibilities across all technical teams, ensuring effective and timely communication and continuity in systems integration and verification processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and support requirements development by coordinating with physicists, engineers, and subsystem leads to gather, validate, and document performance requirements, ensuring completeness and technical accuracy.
• Facilitate integration across technical groups, developing comprehensive interface documentation, managing sign-off processes, and maintaining alignment between interdependent systems.
• Organize and conduct technical coordination meetings, track actions, and ensure follow-through on decisions affecting cross-cutting systems.
• Assist in design review preparation and execution, ensuring that design packages meet system-level criteria and requirements traceability.
• Support installation and removal planning, collaborating with system owners and integration leads to ensure safe and efficient implementation.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• At least seven years' relevant experience
• Microsoft computer skills including Excel and Word
• Knowledge of the location, functions, and integration of operating accelerator systems such as:
  • power supplies
  • instrumentation
  • vacuum
  • control systems
  • machine protection
• Experience with accelerator construction projects:
  • Rack installation
  • Cable selection and routing
  • Component integration
• Expertise in communication within a technical team and across multiple teams to identify and solve accelerator technical issues
• Experience with the generation of utility requirements and the transmission to the infrastructure team
• Microsoft computer skills including Excel and Word

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Familiarity with database structures and software tools
• Proficiency in programming tools such as Visual Basic and/or Power BI

Environmental, Health & Safety Requirements:

• Ability to climb ladders of low to moderate heights

Other Information:

• Hybrid work eligible for one day each week
• Some travel may be required.

Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $106650 - $170650 / year. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate's qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.