Senior Electronics Technician at NRF National Research Foundation

About the position

Postion Summary:
iThemba LABS seeks to appoint a Senior Electronics Technician in the Accelerator Operations and Technical Support (ATS) Department, under the Control Electronics and Software Engineering (CESE) division.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform daily activities related to building, installation, configuration, testing, maintenance and repairs of the high stability, high power, power supplies and other control system electronic components
• Compile technical documentation and product specifications
• Design and develop electronic modules and sub-modules for various control system and the safety interlock system components
• Ensure effective management of critical spare parts for power supplies and safety interlocking system
• Responsible for procurement of power supplies and control system components
• Ensure workplace health and safety compliance

Minimum Qualification:

• Bachelors Degree / Advanced Diploma / NQF 7

Minimum Experience:

• 5-5 years

• BTech Electronics or Electrical Engineering or equivalent (NQF 7)

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in building, testing, maintenance and repairs of various electronic equipment including power supplies or power electronics devices
• PCB layout design and component soldering experience
• Experience with Interlock Systems advantageous
• Fault-finding from component to system level

Knowledge:

• Strong practical knowledge of light current and heavy current electronics (Power electronics)
• Knowledge of maintenance, fault-finding and repairs of power electronics and motion control systems
• Advantageous:Programming experience (PLC programming and/or embedded systems programming)
• Electronics design and circuit analysis
• Good mechanical aptitude
• General understanding of particle accelerators and related physics in a research environment
• General understanding of radiation safety

Additional Notes:
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Desired Skills:

• Skilled in applied field of position
• Knowledge to be relevant
• Responsible in performing duties

About The Employer:

The National Research Foundation (NRF) supports and promotes research and human capital development through funding, the provision of National Research Facilities and science outreach platforms and programmes to the broader community in all fields of science and technology, including natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. iThemba LABS is Africa·s leading research facility for accelerator based science that is committed to advance knowledge, transforminglives and, inspiring the nation through probing fundamental structure and the origins of matter; Advancing the understanding ofcondensed matter; Impacting the Societal need through provision for the health and environmental sector.