Electro-Mechanical Sr Technologist - Pulsed Power Systems

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

MSTS is seeking an experienced Electro-Mechanical Technologist (Sr. Technologist) to support engineers, scientists, and senior technicians with the installation, operation, and maintenance of pulsed power machines, neutron and high-energy x-ray generating devices, to interrogate explosively driven physics packages on subcritical experiments (SCEs) at the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experiments (PULSE) facility.

• Install, operate, and maintain pulsed power machines, neutron and high-energy x-ray generating devices, to interrogate explosively driven physics packages on subcritical experiments (SCEs) at the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experiments (PULSE) facility. 
• Collaborate with multiple internal and external organizations to field and characterize the Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) machine in Area 11 in preparation for installation and operation at the PULSE facility.
• Work as part of a team of engineers, physicists, and technologists from the weapons labs and the NNSS to install and operate Z-pinch Experiment Underground System (ZEUS) and possibly Scorpius, along with associated pulsed power diagnostics systems and detector systems on SCEs at the PULSE facility.
• Frequent travel to the NNSS forward areas is required (approximately 30 miles beyond the Mercury gate)
• Some travel to New Mexico and California to support weapons laboratories may be required.
• Experience in the use of basic and powered hand tools, must have a working knowledge of a variety of laboratory instrumentation such as digitizing storage, DVMs, and oscilloscopes.
• Perform other duties assigned by Management. 

• Associate degree in field related to the position plus at least 5 years’ progressive related experience or High School diploma plus 7 years’ progressive related experience.
• Experience with electrical components, circuitry, the building up and hand wiring of circuit boards, soldering, AC/DC electronics, basic hand tools, electronic test and measurement equipment, and basic electronic troubleshooting.
• Ability to work underground is required.
• Ability to work well with others, as they will regularly interface with team members, other teams and outside organizations.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with planning/organizing skills and initiative, and be capable of employing independent judgment and knowledge to ensure that requirements are completed efficiently and on time.
• Ability to effectively deal with pressures of deadlines and multiple tasks.
• Experience working in a team environment that includes scientist, engineers, technicians, and designers.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision in a dynamic multidisciplinary project environment with simultaneous commitments to performance, cost, and schedule.
• Experience using standard office software products.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions, work independently, and work as part of a team.
• Ability to execute work in a disciplined manner to demonstrate compliance with laws, codes, orders, and MSTS policies and procedures.
• Must be competent in basic electronic work and optical work including Fiber optics.
• The primary work location will be in the forward areas at the Nevada National Security Site (forward areas are approximately 90 miles from North Las Vegas) with some work occasionally performed at the Losee Road facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The PULS