**Job Description**

**Position Overview:**

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a directorate of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is a national Department of Energy Office of Science user facility providing synchrotron radiation for research in biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, material science, medicine, and physics. SSRL operates and maintains the 3 GeV electron storage ring SPEAR3, the associated injector facility, and synchrotron-radiation beamlines on SPEAR3. The SSRL Accelerator Division operates, maintains, and upgrades the SSRL accelerator complex and performs research and development toward a future major upgrade for the facility.

The Mechanical Engineering (ME) group of the SSRL Accelerator Division is responsible for the design, analysis, and upkeep of the mechanical subsystems of the SSRL accelerators, including magnets, vacuum chambers, and cooling water systems, as well as the mechanical aspects of al...