Sr. Hardware Data Acquisition Engineer

About The Role

The Senior Hardware Data Acquisition Engineer will design, develop, procure, install and commission Data Acquisition systems that are part of a large science data gathering system. The successful candidate will work closely with Machine Control, Plasma Control and Data Science teams.

• Integrate data acquisition system with Copernicus diagnostic suite, control infrastructure, and the rest of the data pipeline.
• System installation and commissioning regarding signal quality and grounding integrity.
• Commissioning of systems with Machine Control, Plasma Control and Data Science teams.
• Maintain hardware and development of new supporting software and/or test suites on an as needed basis.
• System documentation and change control.

About You

• At least 5+ years' experience with site reliability engineering in a data intensive environment with the development, installation and operation of science data acquisition systems.
• Experience gained on large science or distributed industrial systems data gathering.
• Installation of a large number of distributed acquisition systems.
• Interfacing with science database systems such as MDSplus, Google Cloud, or other time-series database systems.
• Experience with high-speed data acquisition systems at rates of 100 MS/s and beyond.
• Knowledge and experience of signal quality issues, EMI/EMC used for grounding, shielding and isolation.
• Monitoring and supervision of data gathering operations.
• Knowledge of the scientific and/or control programming languages such as Python or LabVIEW.
• Experience with science database systems (e.g., MDSplus) and time-series databases (e.g., InfluxDB).
• Interest in large science or R&D projects.

Education

• Required education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline.

Physical Requirements

• Stooping/Bending
• Working in cramped places

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