Location: Los Alamos, NM
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**What You Will Do** **This position will be filled at the Research Technologist 2 level.** Sigma-1 is seeking qualified applicants for a research technologist. The Sigma Complex is a unique prototyping and fabrication facility that specializes in providing material, components, and manufacturing science to the Los Alamos experimental programs. Customers of Sigma's experimental mission range from the US nuclear weapons program, DOD, academia, intelligence agencies, and many others. As part of this mission, Sigma Division works with a broad range of materials including stainless steel, aluminum, ceramics, uranium, and beryllium. You will work in a highly collaborative team environment, interfacing routinely with other Sigma Division staff as well as deployed personnel (Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics, Shipping, Facility Operations) to complete program objectives. You will work with several different pressure/vacuum systems, including using existing systems to conduct experiments and designing new systems to meet specific experimental objectives. Daily operations will require understanding and application of vacuum technology, mechanical design and construction, experimental control, data acquisition, analytical techniques, and instrumentation. You will communicate results through oral and written reports to a diverse group of scientists, engineers, technicians, and technologists. Organization skills and working in a team-based environment are required to achieve these goals. **Research Technologist 2 will be responsible for:** - Design, construction, testing, and operation of vacuum/pressure systems and equipment. - Installation, design, testing, and operation of computer-based experimental control and data acquisition systems/equipment (particularly LabView or PLC-based systems). - Preparation of engineering drawings to support design and assembly of fixtures and equipment. - Working with radioactive materials and other hazardous materials, chemicals, and solvent