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Mechanical Designer

Jefferson Lab

Newport News, VA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$78,800–$124,800 Per Year
SKILLS
3D Modeling, Analysis Skills, Assembly Drawings, AutoCAD, Blueprints, CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Software, CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing), Communication Skills, Data Collection, Data Management, Datasheets, Documentation, Electromechanics, Entrepreneurship, Establish Priorities, Experiment Design, Flexible Spending Accounts, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Government Funding, Graphic Design, Health Plan, High School Diploma, Housekeeping/Cleaning, Leadership, Machining, Manufacturing Operations, Mechanical Design, Metal Manufacturing, Multitasking, People Management, Physics, Problem Solving Skills, Project Design, Project Engineering, Project Schedule, Project Tracking, Schedule Development, Scientific Research, Teamcenter, Test Equipment, Time Management
LOCATION
Newport News, VA
POSTED
Today
At Jefferson Lab, you'll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark - where excellence meets purpose, and great minds truly matter.

Salary Range: $78,800 - $124,800

What yourjob will be like:

Design components or portions of systems and modify existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Utilize computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools. Gather information, make studies, compute calculations, and prepare original rough layouts, sketches to present design proposal. Coordinate design criteria with engineering, physics, accelerator, and other relevant groups as appropriate. Lead the design effort for experimental Hall B.

In this job you will:
  • Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing and tolerance stack-up analysis per ASME standards.
  • Work directly with engineers and other designers as a team member.
  • Be self-motivated and have a proven track record of generating complex designs.
  • Turn concepts and ideas into working assemblies and systems with independent thinking.
  • Support activities that communicate drawing requirements and resolve drawing issues with other functional departments.
  • Develop models and drawings to show the equipment used for each experiment.
  • Integrate new detectors into the existing space in the Hall, so they will function with the other detectors.
  • Use layout sketches to design components to fit into the space allotted.
  • Use constraints in assemblies to maintain the correct relationship between parts.
  • Tracks projects from conceptual designs through fabrication and installation in the Hall.
  • Produce accurate, simple and cost-effective fabrication documentation (3D modeling, assembly and orthogonal drawings) using NX/Teamcenter and AutoCAD.
  • Ability to read and understand blueprint drawings, component specifications, and technical data sheets.
  • Reports to project engineers or project leads.
  • Convert concepts and ideas into working assemblies and systems with independent thinking.
  • Responsible for overall quality and schedule of their own work and those under their lead.
  • Completes highly complex tasks.
  • Normally responsible for the planning and completion of multiple tasks simultaneously.
Lead - Supervisory - Management
  • Coordinate multiple tasks/projects or a team.
  • May lead others to complete projects and meet schedules. Frequently requires decision making to establish or modify guidelines.
Experience
  • Required: 12 or more years Relevant experience And
  • Required: Practical experience producing mechanical designs and fabrication drawings.Experience generating complex designs such as magnets, structures, testing equipment, mechanisms, machine components, vacuum equipment and electro-mechanical devices.
  • Preferred: Experience in machining and/or metal fabrication.
Education
  • Required: High School Diploma
  • Preferred: Associate's Degree
Experience and Education Exchange

Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience.

Licenses and Certifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Able to provide input to schedule development, Identifies conflicts and develops solutions.
  • High level skills, knowledge and ability in one technology trade or specialty.
  • Effective communicator both verbally and in writing.
  • Supervisory and leadership skills.
  • Knowledge of theory, design, and techniques used at component and system levels.
  • Intermediate skills, knowledge and ability in other technologies.
  • Significant latitude in prioritizing and choosing work methods.
  • Extensive knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD software and data management systems.
  • Able to effectively communicate with a variety of disciplines both verbally and in writing.


Additional Licenses and Certifications

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of "big science" and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab

At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans • Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
• 401(k) Plan - 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested • Flexible Work Arrangements

(Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)
• Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs
• Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches,

mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am - 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.

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