Hall C Mechanical Designer II

Posting Date: 03/13/2025
Salary Range:$56,900 - $90,000 (TECH II)
Work Location Type:100% Onsite

What your job will be like:

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a dedicated team and interested in making an impact at the forefront of scientific discovery and technology. We have an amazing career opportunity for you! Jefferson Lab is seeking a team member to work with the Hall CExperimental Nuclear Physics Division Group todesign highly complex mechanical equipment and structures, modify existing designs to improve performance, and facilitate operations. You will also be responsible forintegration of Designs with other systems such as Magnets, Detectors, Cryogenics, Targets, and Civil Construction. The designer will be tasked with turning concepts and ideas into designs for working assemblies with guidance from physicists, engineers, and senior designers.

In this role you will:

• Support Hall C experimental program by working with scientists, engineers, designers and technicians to develop requirements and concepts, complete 3D models and design.
• Manage cost estimates, place purchases requisitions, oversee fabrication, inspect the final product, and oversee theinstallation of parts/assemblies.
• Support existing systems within Hall C and prior systems by producing drawings, 3D models and documents. Update and archive drawings and models.
• Produce accurate, simple and cost-effective fabrication documentation (3D modeling, assembly and orthogonal drawings) preferably to use NX with Team center and updating older drawings using I-deas and 2D Autocad.
• Maintain databases and records for audits

Qualifications we require:

Education

• High School Diploma

Experience

• 5 or more years in the Engineering and Design field

Experience and Education Exchange

Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to useNX with Team center and I-deas, 2D Auto-cad in designs
• Familiar with geometric dimension and tolerance and tolerance stack-up analysis per ASME standards.,
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.,
• Strong and effective communication both verbally and in writing
• Ability to understand various techniques with machining, welding, tolerances to be applied to designs
• Ability to use tape measures and a vernier caliper
• Ability to work with minimal direction and interact with engineering and scientific staff

Qualifications we prefer:

Education:

• Associate's degree in relevant field

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 Jefferson Science Associates, 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

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). JSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status or on any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. As part of the JSA's equal employmentopportunity policy, we also take affirmative action as called for byapplicable laws and executive orders to ensure that minority groupindividuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans,other protected veterans, Armed Forces, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.

JSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for persons 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 8:00 am -5:00 pm EST to provide the nature of your request. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Employment with JSA 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.