[Neutron] Control System Engineer - European Spallation Source

[Karin Vandenborre]

The European Spallation Source, ESS, a partnership of European countries, is hiring motivated and inspired people to plan, design, and construct the world’s most powerful neutron source. We seek ambitious, talented people in different fields who are excited about playing a part in the future of science in Europe.
ESS can offer a variety of things, such as passionate and international colleagues, a vibrant melting pot of diversity, and a challenging, exciting and high paced work environment. We value and need expertise, innovative minds and great ways of leading and interacting with people from all over the world.

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Description of division
ESS is now looking for a control system engineer for the hardware and integration group organised within the technical directorate. The Hardware and Integration group is responsible for the integration of all hardware in the ESS facility into the integrated control system. This includes a diverse flora of different systems ranging from PLC systems for water flow control to fast FPGA-based data acquisition systems. All integrated towards the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System software framework.

Description of main responsibilities
The main responsibilities associated with this position are:

  *   Interacting with Integrated Control System (ICS) stakeholders to define requirements, design and develop control systems
     *   Document and analyse stakeholder and internal requirements
     *   Participate in creating test and validation plans according to requirements
     *   Design control system solutions and prepare for technical reviews
     *   Implement and realize the designed solution
     *   Troubleshoot and optimize performance of existing solutions
     *   Drive test, validation procedures for the designed solution, maintain and support the delivered systems
  *   Interacting with ICS’s partners
     *   Formulate and document requirements for partner contributions
     *   Participate in follow-up on partner development activities
     *   Review and assess designs and documents from partner contributors
     *   Ensure a high quality level of delivered contributions
     *   Maintain and support systems delivered by partners
     *   Participate in planning and reporting
  *   Reporting weekly progress/issues/next steps to work package managers
     *   Support work package and project managers with technical competence
     *   Assist work package activities and work package managers with Earned Value
     *   Management project reporting
  *   Ensure that all work is executed in accordance with ESS quality assurance and safety procedures
  *   Actively participate in work with deliverable and process quality

Qualifications

MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS
The following qualifications are mandatory for this position:

  *   Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology or science
  *   2 years or longer of experience from work with control system development
  *   2 years or longer experience in industrial automation using Siemens and/or Beckhoff equipment
  *   Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  *   Excellent oral and written English skills, including developing technical control system documentation in English

MERITING QUALIFICATIONS
The following qualifications are meriting for this position:

  *   Higher academic degree in related topic
  *   5+ years of relevant professional control system development experience
  *   2+ years of experience from EPICS integration and development
  *   Experience with high speed data acquisition systems
  *   Experience in motion control applications
  *   Experience in experimental controls applications
  *   Experience in software development languages such as C/C++
  *   Experience from “big science” projects
  *   Experience and knowledge about quality assurance and verification of control systems, preferably using automated test tools
  *   Experience in system engineering and total lifecycle management of control systems
  *   Experience from complex, international technical/scientific projects

Our work environment is characterised by fast growth, fast pace of work, and an international atmosphere with highly skilled personnel. Our work environment is exciting and forward thinking and relies heavily on personal initiative.

What ESS can offer
ESS can offer you a variety of things, such as passionate colleagues, a vibrant melting pot of diversity, and a challenging and high paced work environment where our employees take great pride in designing and building a world leading facility for materials research.

Duration & Location
The position is a fixed term position of 3 years. Your work place will be situated in Lund, Sweden.
 The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

Application & Contact
Please provide your curriculum vitae and cover letter in English by clicking on “apply” and following the instructions. Please note we only accept applications via the ESS website or ESS intranet. Internal candidates are encouraged to apply through the intranet.

The deadline for applications is 2020-07-31.

For more information regarding the ESS recruitment process in general, please follow this link https://europeanspallationsource.se/ess-recruitment-process. <https://europeanspallationsource.se/ess-recruitment-process>

For further information regarding the position, please contact the recruiting manager, Karl Vestin, Karl.Vestin at ess.eu. For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact HR Officer, Karin Vandenborre, Karin.Vandenborre at ess.eu. For trade union information please contact Unionen / Conny Wendt at +46 46 888 34 63 or SACO / Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers/ Riccardo Bevilacqua at +46 46 888 32 28.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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