Production Lead

SLAC Job Postings

Position Overview:

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's Advanced Prototyping and Fabrication Department within the Technology Innovation Directorate is seeking a Production Lead with experience in one of the following categories machining, brazing, thin film coatings, or vacuum processing to fabricate a wide variety of prototype devices, including klystrons and accelerator structures. As the primary interface between the customer and the manufacturing facility, you will review fabrication requests to evaluate feasibility, develop cost estimates, and schedules. You will manage a specific work center, technicians, as well as the workflow by planning/coordinating fabrication processes including material testing, precision machining, cleaning, plating, welding, brazing, vacuum processing, assembly, and quality verification.

Given the nature of this position, SLAC will require onsite work.

Your specific responsibilities include:

• Manage a work center and technicians (For example brazing, machine shop, coating lab, etc.), set daily work objectives, and ensure safe reliable operation of equipment.
• Oversee fabrication processes through completion with technicians, other SLAC manufacturing facilities, and outside vendors
• Critically review the fabrication requirements submitted by engineering and scientific staff and determine if the scope of work is adequately described for successful fabrication.
• Collaborate with engineering and scientific staff and get clarification where needed.
• Develop the manufacturing plan, cost, and schedule estimates to support scientific and engineering projects.
• Communicate any changes to cost and schedule to the customer real-time.
• Specify equipment repairs and upgrades with technicians and outside vendors
• Assist with fixture design, engineering, and fabrication
• Work with technicians and technical staff to develop joining processes and fixtures for brazing and diffusion bonding.
• Ensure all work practices/equipment/training comply with SLAC and CAL-OSHA requirements.

To be successful in this position you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field, and 6 years of work experience in manufacturing or 10 years of work experience in manufacturing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing practices including copper hydrogen brazing, TIG welding, precision machining, thin film coatings, and ultra-high vacuum processing.
• Experience fabricating klystrons, accelerator structures, or brazed assemblies.
• Familiarity working with CAD applications (Solid Edge and Teamcenter Experience preferred).
• Ability to read ANSI standard mechanical drawings of piece-parts and fabrication assembly drawings, and plan fabrication workflow.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of staff, including engineers, scientists, technicians, and fabrication staff.
• Experience coordinating R&D engineering projects.

SLAC Employee Competencies:

• Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner.
• Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing.
• Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes.
• Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward.
• Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes.
• Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, presented messages.
• Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals.

Physical requirements:

• Frequently grasp lightly/fine manipulation, perform desk-based computer tasks, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
• Occasionally stand/walk, sit, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp forcefully, use a telephone, writing by hand, sort/file paperwork or parts.
• Rarely kneel/crawl, climb (ladders, scaffolds, or other), reach/work above shoulders, operate foot and/or hand controls, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh >40 pounds.

- Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

Working conditions:

• May be exposed to industrial hazards.

Work standards:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1 General Policy and Responsibilities: http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/esh/eshmanual/pdfs/ESHch01.pdf
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu .

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Classification Title: Science & Engineering Associate 3

Grade: K

Job code: 4993

Duration: Regular Continuing

The expected pay range for this position is $120,737 to $150,199 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.