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RadiaBeam Technologies is a rapidly growing R&D and manufacturing company specializing in the field of particle accelerator technology. Current areas of work include advanced accelerators for industrial and medical applications, novel radio frequency (RF) structures, and instrumentation and diagnostics for scientific research facilities. Our market is international, and to-date most of our sales revenue has come from outside the US.
RadiaBeam is an equal opportunity employer.
POSITIONS:
Closing Date: 4/30/2012
Compensation: Depends on experience
Type: Full-time
Qualifications: 2 years trade school or college + 5 years of experience
RadiaBeam Technologies is a particle accelerator research and manufacturing firm, based in Santa Monica, California, with many years of innovation and success. We are undergoing exciting growth with a dynamic team and collegial work environment. Check us out at RadiaBeam’s products are specialized scientific instruments, and the parts required are high-quality and low-volume. We are looking for an enthusiastic machinist who is comfortable with single to short run, small to medium sized prototypes with an emphasis on craftsmanship. The work schedule for the position is 7 AM to 3:30 PM.
You should be a bright and hard-working individual who is comfortable working in a flexible, creative scientific environment and takes pride in their art. You must possess great mechanical aptitude, a positive attitude toward work and a willingness to learn. You will be working in a small team, so the ability to excel with minimal supervision is crucial.
The minimum requirements are:
- 5+ years current work experience in a machine shop/manufacturing environment
- 2 years of trade school or community college machine shop courses.
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Able to work from written or verbal instructions
- Able to operate milling and turning equipment, as well as common machine shop support equipment.
- Demonstrated ability to operate and set-up milling and turning equipment, both manual and CNC.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret blueprints in metric or standard dimensioning as well as GD&T.
- Fluency with CNC programming
Also desired are the following:
- Superior CNC milling and turning skills / experience
- Possess own tools and measuring equipment
- Experience with SurfCAM
- Experience with Haas and/or Prototrak machines
- Experience with UHV or RF components
- Experience with welding and/or brazing
Interested applicants should send an email with a resume and a SHORT introduction (no cover letter!) to jobs@radiabeam.com with "Machinist" in the subject line. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION NOT BEING REVIEWED. We will only be interviewing local candidates; please do not apply if you do not reside within 40 miles of our location in Santa Monica.
Closing Date: 2/29/2012
Type: Full-time
Qualifications: 10+ years experience, 2+ years trade school or community college
Compensation: Competitive, highly dependent on qualifications and experience
RadiaBeam Technologies is a particle accelerator research and manufacturing firm, based in Santa Monica, California, with many years of innovation and success. We are undergoing exciting growth with a dynamic team and collegial work environment. Check us out at http://www.radiabeam.com
Our machine shop has reached the size that we now need an experienced, full-time shop manager. The shop manager will serve as a liason between the Engineering and R&D departments and the shop personnel. The specific responsibilities will include:
- Schedule personnel and machines to meet the company’s priorities
- Generate accurate cost and time estimates
- Purchase materials and tools necessary for job completion
- Recommend and implement changes to improve operational efficiency
- Identify and make justification for capital improvements
- Insure that all quality, safety, OSHA, and EPA procedures are implemented
- Implement and maintain a resource capacity planning program
- Implement and maintain a 5S program
- Deliver weekly reporting to upper management regarding shop progress
- Analyze input and output by machine and by employee
- Maintain accurate attendance records
- Interview, hire, and train shop employees
- Appraise shop employee performance, recommend rewards and discipline as needed
- Seek, develop, and maintain new/existing service vendor relationships
- Monitor vendor shipment schedules to ensure on-time delivery
The basic qualifications for the job include:
- 10+ years current work experience in a machine shop/manufacturing environment, 5+ years in a supervisory position
- 2 years of trade school or community college machine shop courses.
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Demonstrated ability to operate and set-up milling and turning equipment -- both manual and CNC -- as well as common machine shop support equipment.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret blueprints in metric or standard dimensioning as well as GD&T.
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
- Experience with resource and capacity planning
The ideal candidate will also be skilled in machining and willing to set up, edit, and run cnc and manual machines when necessary to achieve deadlines. Also desirable are the following:
- Current experience with Haas VF series mills and/or SL series lathes, and Prototrak mills and lathes.
- Fluency with CNC programming
- Experience with SurfCAM
- Experience with UHV or RF components
- Experience with welding and brazing
The desired work schedule for the position is 10 AM to 6:30 PM, but negotiable. RadiaBeam offers health, dental and retirement benefits, as well as generous paid time-off, to full-time employees. RadiaBeam is an equal opportunity employer.
Accelerator Scientist/Engineer
Type: Full-time
Qualifications: M.S. in Physics or Engineering, 5+ years experience in the accelerator field
Compensation: Competitive, highly dependent on qualifications and experience
RadiaBeam Technologies is a rapidly growing R&D and manufacturing company specializing in the field of particle accelerator technology. Current areas of work include advanced accelerators for industrial and medical applications, novel radio frequency (RF) structures, and instrumentation and diagnostics for scientific research facilities.
RadiaBeam is hiring highly expert physicists/engineers to support ongoing R&D and sales projects, as well as to propose and lead new projects. The position requires an advanced degree in physics or engineering, and several years of experience working in the accelerator field.
We are interested in applicants with expertise in at least two of the following areas:
- Practical knowledge of accelerator laboratory settings, including accelerator operation and optimization, beam dynamics and measurement techniques;
- Design, engineering and fabrication of UHV/XHV accelerator components and beam diagnostics;
- RF linacs and other high power RF structures
- Superconducting RF structures and technology;
- Ion/proton sources, accelerators, ion beams transport and applications;
- Advanced accelerator concepts, such as plasma wakefield and dielectric accelerators;
- Numerical and analytical experience in design and optimization of electron beamlines, including non-linear effects;
- Computational electromagnetic simulations, including the use of standard, pre-written codes or software packages, as well as the ability to develop and apply new codes using standard numerical techniques (particle-in-cell, finite element, monte-carlo, etc.);
RadiaBeam’s headquarters is located in beautiful Santa Monica, California. However, motivated and self-driven candidates unable to move to Southern California are also encouraged to apply.
RadiaBeam offers competitive benefits and a dynamic, flexible workplace with extensive opportunity for advancement. RadiaBeam is an equal opportunity employer.
Interested applicants should send an email with a CV and a SHORT introduction (no cover letter!) to jobs@radiabeam.com with "Accelerator Scientist/Engineer" in the subject line. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION NOT BEING REVIEWED.