Radio-frequency Engineer
Radio-frequency Engineer (multiple positions) sought by RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC in Santa Monica, CA (Los Angeles County).
Duties:
Work as part of RadiaBeam’s team of scientists and engineers responsible for high-power vacuum components for use in normal-conducting RF linear accelerators, UHV beam diagnostics, and power generators/amplifiers. Research, design, develop, and test RF accelerator systems and components utilizing RF theory, including circuity, EM waves propagation, particle-field interaction, and modern simulation codes (CST, ANSYS and COMSOL). Contribute to the development and simulations of components relating to vacuum Radio Frequency Technologies (RF Technologies) while soldering, tuning, and testing circuitry in industrial and scientific accelerators. Assist in the development of particle accelerators and accelerator-related instrumentation for security, industrial, medical and research applications. Perform the full cycle of RF design from numerical simulations to fabrication. Design electronic circuits and components for particle accelerators. Perform measurements of different vacuum RF components (passive and active) in the frequency range from 1 MHz to 1 THz. Participate in RF component fabrication and mechanical tuning. Work with high-voltage and high-power components. Use data acquisition and analysis software like MATLAB. Evaluate project work to ensure effectiveness, technical adequacy, or compatibility in the resolution of complex electronics and radio frequency engineering problems. Maintain, operate, and characterize high-power RF sources (magnetrons and klystrons).
Requirements: Master’s degree, or equivalent, in Nuclear Physics, Accelerator Physics, or related field plus two (2) years of Radio Frequency Engineering, Electromagnetic Engineering, or related experience: fabricating, installing, operating, or troubleshooting high-power vacuum RF sources; researching and developing high-power vacuum microwave sources; performing measurements of vacuum RF components, using Vector Network Analyzers, microwave spectrometers and real-time oscilloscopes; operating vacuum radio frequency power sources (magnetron, klystron, or traveling wave tube); fabricating magnetron generators; performing multiphysics simulations (coupled EM -thermal-mechanical) to design high-power vacuum microwave sources; and simulating self-consistent interactions of charged particle beams with electromagnetic fields.
Salary: $105,000/year
To Apply: Alex Murokh, CEO, RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC, 1717 Stewart Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, or email jobs@radiabeam.com.
Laser Physicist
Laser Physicist sought by RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC in Santa Monica, CA (Los Angeles County).
Duties: Work as part of RadiaBeam’s team of scientists and engineers responsible for engineering systems and components for use in high peak power laser systems, UHV beam diagnostics and normal-conducting RF structures. Contribute to the research, design, and integration of high-power, short pulse laser systems and technologies. Apply expertise in physics, Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) systems, and optical material analysis to support ongoing R&D projects, as well as direct new efforts to expand the development of novel high intensity laser systems and accelerator-related instrumentation for security, industrial, medical, and research-based applications. Maintain, install, align, and commission high power infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) laser systems. Design, install, align, and commission high power optical cavities. Lead research and product development projects as the Principal Investigator. Initiate original research and product ideas and generate peer-reviewed, high-quality proposals, technical reports, and scientific publications. Interface with engineers and other scientists to assemble and test experiments and laser systems. Use MATLAB or similar software for data acquisition and analysis. Collaborate with national and international laboratories to plan and execute laser physics experiments.
Requirements: Master’s degree, or equivalent, in Physics, Applied Physics, or related field plus three (3) years of Optical Physics, Laser Physics, or related experience: designing, implementing, and optimizing high finesse Fabry-Perot cavity; designing and implementing optical set up; implementing and optimizing high average laser power experiments; utilizing Fujikura fiber welder for the repair and assembly of the fiber amplifier; researching thermal effects which deteriorate the storage performance of Fabry-Perot cavities; setting up methodology for cleaning the cavity mirrors; utilizing techniques to carry out mirror surface analyses; data acquisition and data mining on Matlab/Python; and utilizing technologies and methodologies such as AFM, XPS, Zygo, Matlab, Python, and Ansys.
Salary: $118,500/year
To Apply: Alex Murokh, CEO, RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC, 1717 Stewart Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, or email jobs@radiabeam.com.