Mechanical Engineering - Horner Recruitment

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is home to Australia's nuclear science and technical expertise. More than 1000 scientists, engineers and experts

work at ANSTO and use nuclear science and technology to answer the big questions in the world around us - improving health outcomes, increasing our understanding of the environment and climate change and identifying new opportunities for Australian industry.

The Australian Synchrotron (AS) is a division within ANSTO and one of the nation's premier research facilities that provides a vibrant focal point for researchers and industry from Australia, NZ and further afield. Employing more than 160 staff in diverse areas of synchrotron science, engineering and corporate support, the facility provides world-leading technical capability that delivers better and faster experimental techniques that enhance fundamental and applied research. The facility promotes international collaboration to enable leading-edge research and development that will greatly benefit Australia and our regional neighbours.

About the position

As a member of the Control Systems group, the Controls Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, operation and maintenance of specialised Controls applications for our facility, with a strong focus on projects for the streamlined operation of experiments and the support of our users throughout the lifecycle of their experiment. The position will also require the continual development of skills in specialist areas of expertise.

BRIGHT is the exciting new ANSTO program that will design, install and commission 8 new beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron over the next 6 years. The BRIGHT Program's objective is to deliver to ANSTO, new world-class research infrastructure.

We are currently seeking a number of new Controls Engineers to become part of the Control Systems team. You will be expected to work collaboratively with the engineering and science groups, supporting the development of control systems required for the accelerator and beamlines.

Duties and responsibilities

In this exciting role you will work closely with other controls engineers and includes design, development, documentation, commissioning and acceptance testing of all aspects of the controls systems with a particular emphasis on improving the existing control systems used at the facility. Therefore, experience in the following specific areas is critical:

• Development and debugging of latest state-of-the-arts control systems and robotics solutions using Delta-Tau, Stuabli, Epson, Kuka and their related programming environment
• Strong experience and Knowledge with Delta-Tau would be an advantage
• Experience with Python, C/C++, EPICS, Linux and other programming languages would be an advantage
• Ability to program, debug and deploy motion controllers and work on motor records, configuration files and their related program environment would be an advantage
• Be able to work in a systematic method to document, test and deploy changes to control solutions in use on site
• Related Control systems experience would be an advantage
• Ability to read and understand electrical schematics
• Some prior knowledge and experience of PLC, PLC based safety systems and/or robotics systems would be desirable

Apply now and submit your resume to Horner Recruitment.

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