Jobs at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Provides administrative and office management support to Production Division leadership. Responsibilities include correspondence, reporting, records management, travel coordination, purchasing, contractor training and badge tracking, facility service administration, guest registration, document compliance, confidential information protection, and departmental coordination. The role is fully on-site and requires advanced Microsoft Office proficiency, sound judgment, strong communication, and at least eight years of relevant administrative experience or equivalent education and experience.

Leads Brookhaven National Laboratory’s enterprise talent management and human capital strategy. Advises the CHRO and senior leadership on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, succession planning, performance management, change management, and employee experience. Establishes workforce metrics and analytics, drives organization-wide transformation and operational excellence, partners with external stakeholders, and leads a multidisciplinary HR and training team.

Supports NSLS-II research laboratory and beamline gas-handling operations as a Cognizant Space Manager. Responsibilities include laboratory oversight, maintenance scheduling, equipment and chemical procurement, gas cylinder inventory and connections, experimental setup approvals, safety and access compliance, user training, waste disposal, and coordination with research, engineering, and environmental health and safety teams. The role requires hazardous chemical and gas-handling knowledge, facility inspections, occasional extended hours, and maintaining required laboratory training and credentials.

Develop machine-learning algorithms for synchrotron data acquisition and online processing, organize data and metadata standards, and conduct original AI research for NSLS-II science programs. Collaborate with scientists, engineers, users, and sponsors to deploy and disseminate AI tools for light-source applications. Work includes data distribution, analysis-tool integration, and interdisciplinary open-source scientific development.

Conduct optical metrology research for ultra-precision X-ray mirrors using the OCMM platform. Establish measurement workflows, characterize hardware and error sources, develop reconstruction algorithms and software diagnostics, optimize measurement geometries, and validate results against established BNL metrology methods. Analyze and document data, perform root-cause investigations, publish peer-reviewed research, and present findings to management and scientific conferences.

Coordinates operational, compliance, risk assessment, documentation, and continuous-improvement processes in a multidisciplinary research environment. Serves as a liaison among scientific, engineering, operational, and administrative teams; develops procedures and digital workflows; supports assessments and corrective actions; and coordinates reports, dashboards, stakeholder input, and process automation using Microsoft 365 tools.

Conduct accelerator physics research on multi-harmonic RF cavities and bunch-stretching techniques for ultra-low-emittance storage rings. Analyze longitudinal beam dynamics, beam loading, instabilities, and RF system performance using analytical models, simulations, and scientific programming. Collaborate with accelerator physicists and RF engineers, support beam-based studies, and publish and present research findings.

Maintains, upgrades, tests, and supports accelerator beam position monitors and diagnostic instrumentation. Responsibilities include hardware troubleshooting, electronics design and integration, FPGA firmware and software support, maintenance planning, test documentation, safety compliance, and collaboration with engineers, technicians, programmers, and scientific staff. The role supports 24/7 accelerator operations and requires occasional off-hours response.

Leads Lean Six Sigma and DMAIC process improvement initiatives across laboratory business units. Facilitates cross-functional teams, maps current and future workflows in Microsoft Visio, identifies efficiency opportunities, manages improvement project lifecycles, tracks metrics, supports change management, and develops standard operating procedures. The role also builds process improvement capabilities, reports results, and advances quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.

Plans and performs neutron scattering experiments at national user facilities, writes beam-time proposals, analyzes data, develops research directions in quantum materials, and communicates findings through scientific publications and conference presentations. The role requires collaboration across condensed matter physics and materials science groups, with possible opportunities for crystal growth.

Conduct research on electric power grids, including cyber-physical modeling and simulation, power system dynamics and control under high inverter-based resources, and AI/ML applications for planning, operation, control, and cybersecurity. Collaborate on project teams, communicate research findings, and apply tools such as Python, MATLAB, OPAL-RT/RTDS, PSS/E, PSCAD, and EXata. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. by employment commencement and obtain a DOE Uncleared Personal Identity Verification credential.

Develops, analyzes, commissions, operates, troubleshoots, and repairs mechanical components and subsystems for RF cavities, transmitters, cryogenic plants, and utility systems. Responsibilities include mechanical design, simulation, procurement, fabrication, installation, documentation, maintenance planning, cryogenic system support, and operational troubleshooting. The engineer collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and provides limited off-hours support for mission-critical issues.

Lead a team of electrical engineers and technicians to design, integrate, and operate AC power systems, power-supply cables, cable trays, and rack plants for the EIC. Serve as Control Account Manager tracking schedule, cost, and earned-value metrics; manage fabrication, standards, quality control, documentation, and cross-disciplinary coordination. Ensure compliance with codes, safety, and project processes through design, procurement, installation, and commissioning support.

Lead architecture, RTL design, implementation, and integration of digital blocks and subsystems for mixed-signal ASICs. Develop synthesizable SystemVerilog/Verilog RTL, reusable IP, and perform synthesis, STA, CDC/RDC, power estimation, DFT, and timing-driven implementation. Collaborate with analog, physical design, verification, firmware, and detector teams to support FPGA prototyping, lab evaluation, and ASIC integration for scientific instruments.

Support data center infrastructure and scientific computing systems: install and manage computer and storage hardware, assist with asset management and DCIM, participate in off-hours support, and help maintain operational readiness for large-scale HPC and data-processing environments.

Conduct synthesis of catalysts and chromophores and perform mechanistic studies using steady-state and time-resolved techniques. Carry out photochemical and catalytic experiments (homogeneous/heterogeneous), analyze kinetics and mechanisms with relevant instrumentation, publish results, and present findings at conferences while working collaboratively within the Artificial Photosynthesis group.

Design and run experiments to study microbe-mineral interactions using synchrotron imaging/spectroscopy and multi-omics. Integrate imaging and omics data to identify molecular pathways, publish results, and present at conferences while collaborating across disciplines.

Provide mechanical engineering support for design, analysis, construction, testing, and maintenance of NSLS-II accelerator mechanical and utility systems. Manage projects end-to-end, produce drawings/specs/calculations, oversee fabrication/installation/testing, support operations and safety, coordinate technical staff and contractors, and present results to stakeholders.

Design and document complex mechanical components and systems for an accelerator using 3D CAD; produce fabrication drawings to ANSI Y14.5; support fabrication, testing, installation and commissioning; lead/coordinate project design efforts and mentor drafting staff; participate in design and safety reviews and collaborate with scientists, engineers, and technical staff.

Lead delivery of the Hadron Storage Ring WBS within cost, schedule, and technical baselines. Manage multidisciplinary teams for design, procurement, fabrication, installation, and commissioning. Maintain technical baseline, interfaces, and risk mitigation; use federal project management tools (EVMS, scheduling, tracking) for cost/schedule performance. Communicate status to stakeholders and support DOE reviews while ensuring safety and quality compliance.