Colleagues,
The
Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has today posted three
leadership openings in the Controls Group. An excerpt is given below -
the complete posting can be found at:
https://jobs-ornl.icims.com/ornl_jobs/jobs/candidate/job.jsp?jobid=2389&mode=view
Two of these positions are for leaders of small teams (~ 6 – 10)
responsible for the operation and upgrade of the existing control system.
Suitable candidates will also be considered for the position of Controls Group
Leader, soon to be vacated upon the retirement of yours truly.
With an active and well-funded ramp-up and upgrade project in full swing, life
at SNS continues to be both interesting and challenging. (How do you control a 2MW beam with minimal
losses?) Life in Tennessee is good and the cost of living is low compared
with the locations of many other large accelerator facilities.
Give me a call or drop me a line if you want to learn more. Or just go
ahead and respond to the ad.
Dave
Summary:
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The Spallation Neutron Source
(SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory invites applications for a Control
Systems Team Leader. SNS is the most powerful short-pulse spallation neutron
source in the world. This unique facility provides opportunities for up to
2000 researchers each year from universities, national labs, and industry for
basic and applied research and technology development. The diverse fields of
study include materials science, magnetic materials, polymers and complex
fluids, chemistry, and biology. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's
Office of Science, SNS began operations in June 2006.
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Responsibilities &
Qualifications:
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Successful candidate is responsible for leading a
team of software and/or electronics professionals and technicians in the
operation, maintenance, improvement and long-range development of the
~100,000 channel SNS Control System. The system uses the EPICS Toolkit with
~500 processors running Linux, Windows and VxWorks (for Input-Output
Controllers packaged in VME) distributed in a conventional three-layer
architecture on a Gigabit Ethernet backbone as well as a fast timing and
synchronization system and a fast machine protection system. In addition to
the accelerator, the control system also provides instrumentation and process
control for target, cryogenic and conventional systems.
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David
Gurd
Controls
Group
Spallation
Neutron Source
Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
Building
8600, MS 6492
Oak
Ridge, TN, 37830-6492
Phone:
(865) 241-6747
Cell:
(865) 310-0657
Fax:
(865) 574-4799
Sectry:
(865) 241-6339 (Muriel)
[email protected]
eFax:
(501) 423-6167*
*Faxes sent to this number
arrive by email and I can
pick up anywhere.