Senior Research Engineer

Position Overview

Posting Number: S14575P

Working Title:

Senior Research Engineer

Department:
Franklin-Biochemistry

Posting Type:
External

Employment Type:

Employee

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

Work Schedule:

M-F; 8am-5pm;
Evening or weekend work may be required

Proposed Starting Date: 04/01/2026

Posting Date: 01/08/2026

Chartered by the state of Georgia in 1785, the University of Georgia is the birthplace of public higher education in America and is the state's flagship university (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). The proof is in our more than 240 years of academic and professional achievements and our continual commitment to higher education. UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report.

The University's main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA employs approximately 3,100 faculty and more than 7,700 full‑time staff. The University's enrollment exceeds 41,000 students including over 31,000 undergraduates and over 10,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 19 schools and colleges, including our newly established School of Medicine.

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is the heart of the University of Georgia's learning environment, advancing new knowledge, research, scholarship and creative output by faculty, students, and staff in more than 80‑degree programs across 40+ units.

College/Unit/Department website: https://.edu

FLSA:
Exempt

FTE: 1.00

Benefits Eligibility:
Benefits Eligible

Advertised Salary:
Commensurate with experience

This position is an advanced professional work position in the fields of structural biology and X‑ray optical engineering. Work involves research, development, planning, organizing, evaluating and directing programs and projects in a Synchrotron Research Facility. An employee allocated to this class of work researches, develops, and evaluates design criteria, methods, processes, instrumentation, computer programs and systems, and related equipment for beamline operations at a Synchrotron Facility.

This position may assist with supervising the work of other subordinate beamline personnel. Methods of fulfilling responsibilities are usually at the discretion of the employee. Work is carried out under the general direction of an administrative superior and is reviewed through observation of the results. The SER‑CAT beamline engineer position is a critical component of the highly skilled staffing matrix of the SER‑CAT operations team that is required to maintain and improve SER‑CAT as a state‑of‑art Research Resource.

The SER‑CAT beamline engineer will be required to work as part of the operations development team with the SER‑CAT operation manager and controls scientists. The applicant will work independently on highly complex design and integration tasks in all areas of the defined beamline systems and be able to supervise the SER‑CAT Research Engineer and support staff in the regular maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of components in all defined beamline systems.

• Strong working knowledge of Synchrotron beamline components such as monochromators and sample goniometers
• Common drawing package such as Auto‑CAD or similar
• Cryogenic systems
• Vacuum technology
• Servo and stepper motors and their requisite amplifiers and drivers
• Control hardware for motion control such as delta‑tau and galil motion controllers
• Experience with experiment automation
• Experience with beamline operations

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent and 2 years of professional experience

• Normal working conditions in an office and laboratory environment
• Ability to lift the weight of a shipping Dewar (~40‑50 lbs.) and other shipment items of similar poundage

• Beamline Automation
  • Work as part of the SER‑CAT operations development team to research and propose upgrades to the various beamline automated…