Engineer for Installation & Electrical Design, Machine Protection Systems

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a partnership organization of 13 European member countries located in the city of Lund, Sweden. The ESS is hiring motivated and inspiring people from across the globe to design, construct and operate the world’s most powerful neutron source. We seek collaborative, talented people in a range of fields who are excited about playing a part in the future of science in Europe.

We are currently recruiting for the position of Engineer for Installation and Electrical Design for Machine Protection Systems within the Protection Systems Group at ESS. This is a critical role as you will ensure that Machine Protection Systems are implemented according to their design, and hence contributing strongly to achieving high beam availability for ESS.

Further, your responsibilities and qualifications will include:

About the role:

As the successful candidate, you will:


• Lead and coordinate the installation of all machine protection systems and related interfaces.
• Plan for all installations in a timely manner and propose ways to optimise the planning.
• Ensure that the installations are compliant with relevant standards and ESS guidelines and meet the requirements of the electrical design.
• Be involved in the development, verification and documentation of the electrical designs of machine protection systems.
• Evaluate whether protection functions, associated integrity levels and reaction times are correctly implemented in the electrical designs of the different machine protection systems.
• Implement requirements for electrical components of machine protection systems in alignment with the ESS availability and reliability goals.

About you:

As a recognised expert in your professional discipline, you are someone who can bring:


• Engineering degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5 years of experience from electrical design within industry or machinery equipment/systems or from within research facilities.
• 5 years of experience from installation of complex critical control systems.
• Experience from using PLM/PDM, CAD & Engineering tools.
• Experience in using in ePLAN P8 platform.
• Excellent oral and written English skills are mandatory; knowledge of other European languages would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of functional safety standards IEC61508 and IEC61511 would be an advantage.
• Having previously worked at research facilities is an advantage.

Duration & Location:

The position is a permanent, full-time position located in Lund, Sweden.

Application & Contact

Please provide your CV in English by clicking on “apply” and following the instructions.

The deadline for applications is 18 November 2022, or until the position is filled.

 For more information regarding the ESS recruitment process, please follow this link https://europeanspallationsource.se/ess-recruitment- process

For further information regarding the position, please contact the Line Manager, Annika Nordt, Group Leader Protection Systems, Annika.Nordt@ess.eu.

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Partner, Kate Quaak, kathryn.quaak@ess.eu.

For trade union information please contact Unionen / Conny Wendt at +46 72 179 24 63 or

SACO / Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers/ Yngve Levinson at +46 72 179 21 65

 

We look forward to receiving your application!