Neutral Beams Experimental Scientist

About The Role

We currently have an opening at our Foothill Ranch, CA (Orange County) facility for a Neutral Beams Experimental Scientist. The selected candidate will join the Neutral Beams team to operate and maintain a MW-level Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) system for plasma heating and current drive, analyze and interpret experimental data related to beam performance, and interact with in-house technical staff on troubleshooting hardware issues. The candidate will also participate in the design, simulation, and testing of a new neutral beam system for the next generation fusion experiment at TAE.

• Conduct low temperature plasma experiments
• Study/optimize ion beam optics
• Development of the new NB for the future plasma machine: simulations – beam formation, transport; beam parameters experimental characterization, design NB systems together with the engineering team, carry out experiments to test NB subsystems.
• Development diagnostics for the high-power NB (Secondary electron emission detectors, calorimeters, optical diagnostics)

About You

• Minimum of 2 – 5 years with hands on lab experience with plasma physics, ion/neutral beams experiments
• Experience working in an experimental physics lab on neutral beams, ion accelerators, or related systems.
• Understanding of basic plasma and beam physic.
• High voltage systems (above 10 kV)
• UHV Vacuum systems
• Electronics assembly, soldering
• Electronics test equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.)
• Basic hand and power tools
• Experience with Machine Control Systems interfaces
• Scientific programming (Python, Matlab, IDL, etc.)
• Mechanical and Thermal tensions
• Experience with MS Office Applications
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a challenging, dynamic environment
• Ability to cooperate and communicate well with engineering, physics/science, project management and procurement groups
• May require some shift work on evenings and weekends and/or being on-call for off-hour support

Education

• Required Education: MS in physics, engineering or related discipline
• Preferred Education: PhD in plasma physics, engineering or related discipline

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