Mission Support and Test Services

Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

MSTS is seeking an experienced control systems technician (Sr. Technologist) to support engineers and scientists with the installation, operation, and maintenance of controls and communications systems associated with pulsed power machines designed to interrogate explosively driven physics packages on subcritical experiments (SCEs) at the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experiments (PULSE) facility. This position is based in Nevada but requires occasional travel to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LANL), and Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) prior to the accelerator arriving in North Las Vegas for integration testing and final installation and operation at the PULSE facility located at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).

Key Responsibilities

• Install, operate, and maintain control systems designed to communicate with subsystems of largescale pulsed power machines used as primary diagnostics to interrogate explosively driven physics packages on subcritical experiments (SCEs).
• Install, maintain, validate, and repair control systems and associated instrumentation in research and development settings.
• Install and configure controls systems associated with accelerator vacuum subsystems.
• Install and configure communications systems associated with accelerator vacuum subsystems.
• Setup, configure, operate, and test monitor and control hardware such as relays, transducers, gauges, digitizing data recorders, etc.
• Perform other duties assigned by Management.

Qualifications

• 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 and recording equipment, and basic electronic troubleshooting.
• Basic understanding of software and hardware integration and associated wiring and troubleshooting techniques.
• Fundamental understanding of network communications and database development preferred.
• Familiar with LabVIEW is preferred.
• 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.
• 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 PULSE facility is located in the forward areas of the NNSS.
• Work schedule for this position will be 4/10’s, Monday – Thursday (subject to change).
• Limited travel is required.
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2, “Personnel Security”. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4, “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted. Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709, “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.

MSTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

Hourly salary range for this position is: $33.78 - $50.67.

Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.