Digital Electronics Staff Engineer 2

SLAC Job Postings

Position Overview

The Electronics Systems department within the Technology Innovation directorate at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory seeks a talented Electronics Engineer to develop cutting-edge electronics systems for world-class research facilities, including space-based applications.

In this role, you will engage in concept development, system design, and hands-on work with detector and control systems. This position requires flexibility ranging from initial concept development to laboratory testing, electronics/software development in testbed environments, and on-site commissioning with domain experts. The primary focus is on streaming data acquisition and real-time control solutions.

As part of our team, you will contribute to advanced electronics for scientific instrumentation, developing innovative solutions that support SLAC research programs. Working alongside leading scientists, you will design and support complex systems from concept to operation, spanning high-speed data acquisition, real-time processing, and electronic control. The role offers a dynamic work environment, opportunities for technical collaboration, and the benefits of being a Stanford University employee all while maintaining a strong commitment to work-life balance.

Your Specific Responsibilities Include

• Architect and implement firmware for FPGAs to support both the front-end operation of detectors and back-end operation of data acquisition (DAQ) systems
• Specify and design circuit schematics, both low noise analog and high-speed digital, to support instrumentation systems.
• Be part of the team designing the concept, architecture, and components of future advanced instrumentation systems.
• Support for detector system integration, including components such as silicon sensors, ASICs, electronics, firmware, readout electronics and data acquisition.
• Support the assembly, integration, and testing of components for next generation instrumentation systems for a range of applications such as high-energy physics collider or fixed-target experiments, FEL x-ray sources, fusion reactor systems, and dark matter searches.
• Collaborate with other instrumentation development groups at SLAC and other scientific institutions.
  
  

To Be Successful In This Position You Will Bring

• Bachelor¿s degree in electronics, physics or related fields and at least 2 years of experience in the following areas, or post-Graduate degree in electronics, physics, or related fields.
• Demonstrated expertise in AMD/Xilinx FPGAs
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and be self-motivated.
• Excellent communications skills and ability to work well in a research and development team.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Proven project management and team leadership skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the Altium PCB designer tool is a plus.
• Experience with embedded signal processing in Vivado or Vitis High-Level Synthesis (HLS) is a plus
• Doctorate degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, physics or a related field is a plus.
  
  

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, 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, 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 the 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 Given the nature of this position, SLAC is open to on-site and hybrid work options.
• Given the nature of this position, SLAC is open to on-site and hybrid work options with a preference for at least availability for periodic on-site experimental campaigns numbering in the few per year scale.
  
  

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Classification Title: Staff Engineer 2

Grade: K

Job code: 0132

Duration: Regular Continuing

The expected pay range for this position is $117,623 to $177,168 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.