Electronics Technician I

Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.

Posting Date: 3/4/2025

Salary Range: $43,000- 67,800 (TECH I)

Work Location Type: Dedicated On-site (100% working on-site)

What your job will be like:

Do you have a passion for solving technical challenges in pursuit of groundbreaking science? At Jefferson Lab, our Engineering Division provides technical services to the entire lab to support ongoing accelerator operations and other lab initiatives. We are seeking a skilled, self-motivated individual to join our Cryogenics Group as anElectrical, Instrumentation and Controls (EI&C)Technician, who is self-motivated and has a proficiency and understanding of highly complex electrical components. Maintain highly complex electrical, electronic, or mechanical equipment, structures, components or portions of systems and facilitate operations. Participate in the maintenance and repair of cryogenic electrical and electronic equipment, instrumentation, and controls within cryogenics operations. Provide technical support for modification and/or installation projects and update "as built" drawings and other documentation. Operate various types of rotating and reciprocating machines such as helium screw compressors, helium reciprocating expansion engines, vacuum pumps, and all associated components that support ongoing testing and accelerator operations. Maintain the operations logbook, maintenance records, and other documentation.

In this role, you will:

• Install, maintain, and repair medium and low-voltage cryogenic electrical equipment, wiring, and conduits
• Install, maintain, and repair instrumentation, cryogenic control system, electric and pneumatic valves
• Operate cryogenic equipment including supporting operations
• Perform tasks such as sensor calibration, wiring repairs, troubleshooting of control systems, installation and hookup of electrical motors, and installation of conduit.Document work in operations logbooks, maintenance records, "as built" drawings, and any other forms as required by management. Complete assigned tasks utilizing work control documents and safety procedures.
• Involved in the daily operations of the helium refrigeration plants. This may include starting/stopping machinery, system monitoring, opening/closing valves, and receiving gas deliveries.


• Support operations as a cryogenics coordinator on-call and responding to after-hours operational emergencies.

Qualifications We Require

• High School Diploma
• 2 or more years of relevant experience.Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of the safe and proper use of hand tools, hardware, and power tools
• Knowledge of the safe and proper use of electrical diagnostics equipment such as multimeters, meggers, etc.
• The ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, control enclosure drawings, and equipment manuals.
• The ability to safely troubleshoot and understand the operation of electrical equipment, the basics of cryogenic control systems and instrumentation
• Basic computer skills

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 (vacation, holidays, sick leave)
• 401(k) Plan - 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
• Flexible Work Arrangements (Hybrid & 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 employment opportunity policy, we also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, 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 accommodations for persons with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting @ jlab.org or call (757) 269-7100 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.