Beamline Physicist (Al Ashley Fellowship)

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Alonzo W Ashley Fellowship

The Alonzo W. Ashley Fellowship Program was named in honor of Al Ashley, who retired from SLAC in 1999 after 31 years of dedicated and exemplary service, particularly in the area of championing new college graduates in the sciences and engineering. During his tenure at SLAC, Al pioneered programs that promoted STEM and encouraged career development for employees and career exploration for talented students. He was a recipient of a 2005 NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring in recognition of his outstanding mentoring efforts and programs that enhanced the participation of new college graduates in science, mathematics, and engineering. Al served as a mentor to hundreds of emerging scientists and engineers during their journey to their chosen fields.

This program is designed to provide a year-long research/employment experience in each of our six major directorates. The program is intended for post-graduate candidates with the longer-term objective of potentially moving them into regular employment with the lab.

Note: This is a 12-month fixed-term position with the possibility of extension or conversion to a regular- continuing position. Assignment duration is contingent upon project needs and funding.

Given the nature of this position, SLAC will require onsite work.

Position Overview

The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University is looking for a beamline physicist with the training appropriate to support the commissioning, operation and improvement of the beamlines spanning from its superconducting linac to the End Station A (ESA). These beamlines, comprising approximately 266 meters of newly newly constructed infrastructure alongside the existing A-line, are collectively referred to as DASEL, a project funded by DOE High Energy Physics program to leverage the unique capability of SLAC superconducting linac for accelerator-based dark matter searches.

As part of the Accelerator Directorate, you will collaborate closely with accelerator physicists to perform essential beamline calculations and tracking analyses, contributing to DASEL's operational needs, including identifying loss patterns. You will also play a key role in day-to-day DASEL operations and participate in current and future projects.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong desire to learn and a commitment to excellence, who can also ensure compliance with SLAC, Stanford University, and DOE policies and procedures.

Your Specific Responsibilities Include

• Beamline Optics and Operations:
• Beam Tracking and Loss Analysis:
• Operations Coordination:
  
  

To Be Successful In This Position You Will Bring

• B.S. Degree in Physics, electrical engineering or related fields that provide educations in classic mechanics, electromagnetism including special relativity
• Strong analytical and computational skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with a diverse population and ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Knowledge and experience with accelerator beamline design and operation are strongly preferred
• Knowledge and experience with BMad and other known tools is strongly prefered
  
  

SLAC Employee Competencies

• Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner.
• Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing.
• Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes.
• Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward.
• Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, and maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes.
• Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, and presented messages
• Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve.
  
  

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
  
  

Work Standards

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1¿General Policy and Responsibilities:
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu
  
  

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Classification Title: Staff Engineer 1

Grade: I

Job Code: 0131

Duration: Fixed Term

The expected pay range for this position is $102,000 to $144,000 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.