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Work with chamber system leader to commission and maintain the SpinQuest proportional chambers. Duties include develop detailed understanding of the chamber system including operation of the high voltage, chambers, their gas system, electronics including the analog shaper/discriminator (ASDQ) level shifter boards and readout. Assist in the measurement and documentation of system performance both in oral presentations and written technical notes. Serve as local expert and may be on-call 24hrs/day 7 days a week assisting the chamber system leader to maintain and operate the system. Requirements: Graduate student resident at Fermilab. Basic understanding of electronic signal propagation, operation of proportional chambers and their electronics helpful, but not necessary. Programming experience in C,C++ and variety of scripting languages is helpful. Desire to learn a detector system from bottom to top is essential. Commitment: Minimum 1 year, may rise to leadership role. Number of Positions: up to 2
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Lead small group to commission and maintain the SpinQuest scintillator hodoscopes and NIM trigger, approximately 300 detectors. Duties include testing detectors and high voltage system to ensure signals are seen from all detectors up through discriminators up to time to digital converters (TDCs). Once all detectors are live, determine timing and efficiency of each detector using data collected from cosmic rays and beam. Document system performance in the form of oral presentations and technical notes. Once operation has been established with beam, serve as local expert on the E1039 hodoscope system and may be on-call 24hrs/day, 7 days a week when the experiment is taking beam data. May also include some involvement with the trigger to form primative signals to be used for higher levels of the trigger. Requirements: Postdoc or graduate student resident at Fermilab. Basic understanding electronic signal propagation and some experience with laboratory test equipment including multimeters and oscilloscopes. Knowledge of computers and computer programming in C, C++ and variety of scripting languages will be useful. Understaning of the operation of scintillators, photomultiplier tubes (PMT)s desirable but not essential. Ability to direct and work with others. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally Commitment: Minimum 1 year commitment. It is expected that the leader will train their replacement and serve as an expert consultant for the system when their replacement takes over system responsibility. Number of Positions: 1
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Work with Proportional Tube setup for commission and maintain during the SpinQuest run. Duties include develop detailed understanding of the proportional system including operations maintenance, electronics and readout. Assist in monitoring the health and optimization checks as well as preparation of the documentation of system performance both in oral presentations and written technical notes. Serve as local expert and be on-call 24hrs/day 7 days a week to keep the proportional tubes and operational and optimized. Requirements: Graduate student or Postdoc resident at Fermilab during running. Programming experience in C,C++ and variety of scripting languages is helpful. Desire to learn a detector system from bottom to top is essential.
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Expert on site to commission and maintain the SpinQuest Cherenkov. Duties include operation and maintenance of the Cherenkov system. Setup measurement and documentation of system performance both in oral presentations and written technical notes. Serve as local expert and to be on-call 24hrs/day 7 days a week while being responsible for the the system. Requirements: Postdoc or graduate student resident at Fermilab. Basic understanding electronic signal propagation and some experience with laboratory test equipment including multimeters and oscilloscopes. Knowledge of computers and computer programming in C, C++ and variety of scripting languages will be useful. Ability to direct and work with others. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally. Commitment: Minimum 1 year commitment. It is expected that the expert will train their replacement and serve as an expert consultant for the system when their replacement takes over system responsibility. Number of Positions: 1
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Expert on site to commission and maintain the SpinQuest data acquisition (DAQ). This includes living near by to FNAL so you can be onsite fast if needed. Duties include operation and maintenance of the data acquisition system. Setup, test and prepare documentation of system performance both in oral presentations and written technical notes. It will be necessary to provide a note on recovery for shift takers. Serve as local expert and may be on-call 24hrs/day 7 days a week while being responsible for the DAQ. Requirements: Postdoc or graduate student resident at Fermilab. Basic understanding electronic signal propagation and some experience with laboratory test equipment including multimeters and oscilloscopes. Knowledge of computers and computer programming in C, C++and variety of scripting languages will be useful. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally. Commitment: Minimum 1 year commitment. It is expected that the expert will train their replacement and serve as an expert consultant for the system when their replacement takes over system responsibility. Number of Positions: 2 (one position can be part time or in training)
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Expert on site to commission and maintain the SpinQuest trigger setup. Duties include operation, maintenanceandoptimization of the trigger system. Setup, test and prepare documentation ofthe systems performanceboth in oral presentations and written technical notes. Serve aslocalexpert and be on-call 24hrs/day 7 days a week while being responsible for the chamber system. Requirements: Postdoc or graduate student resident at Fermilab. Basic understanding electronic signal propagation and some experience with laboratory test equipment including multimeters and oscilloscopes. Knowledge of computers and computer programming in C, C++and variety of scripting languages will be useful. Ability to work with others. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally Commitment: Minimum1 year commitment. It is expected that the expert will train their replacement and serve as an expert consultant for the system when their replacement takes over system responsibility. Number of Positions: 1
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Expert may or may not be on site but must keep online Monitoring setup and running at all times for SpinQuest data collection. Duties include keeping the software running and optimized to monitor the data as its being collected and setting up utilities for shift workers to test data quality quickly and record monitoring histograms. Setup, test and prepare software for quick on-line analysis. Prepare documentation of system performance reports both in oral presentations and written technical notes. Requirements: Understanding online reconstruction for SpinQuest and the experimental setup at SpinQuest including detector package, trigger and DAQ Knowledge of computing fast running executables in C, C++ and variety of scripting languages. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally. Commitment: Minimum 1 year commitment. It is expected that the expert will train their replacement and serve as an expert consultant for the system when their replacement takes over system responsibility. Number of Positions: 1
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Expert may or may not be on site but must keep offline software for analysis, reconstruction, and simulations setup and running at all times for the SpinQuest analysis effort. Duties include keeping the software running and optimized for processing the data through reconstruciton and even building of the data collected from the experiment as well as setting up software utilities for the analysis effort. Have a software repository so that users can check out SpinQuest simulations and other tools. Setup, test and prepare software for the analysis effort as needed. The Offline Software Expert will also hold biweekly meetings until the effort has fully matured at which point holding meetings as needed is OK. Prepare documentation for simulation and reconstruction as well as report updates both in oral presentations and written technical notes. Requirements: Understanding online reconstruction for SpinQuest and the experimental setup at SpinQuest including detector package, trigger and DAQ Knowledge of computing fast running executables in C, C++andvariety of scripting languages. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally. Commitment: Minimum 1 year commitment. It is expected that the expert will train their replacement and serve as an expert consultant for the system when their replacement takes over software responsibility. Number of Positions: 1
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Knowledge of all slow control system including all the software for monitoring and controlling specifically the detector systems as well as DAQ and database for the data stream. The experts must be prepared to serve as local expert and must be on-call 24hrs/day 7 days a week while being responsible for the slow controls and data recording system of the slow controls data stream. Develop as needed all slow controls and monitoring software for experiment and keep software running during commissioning and production. Provide documentation of this software and recovery steps for shift workers. Requirements: A detail knowledge of database and slow controls will be needed. Understanding of all hardware data output to be monitored is necessary. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally. Commitment: Be prepared to serve as polarized target expert on site as needed for experiment. Provide what is needed by the Target Group Leader.
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Knowledge of all slow control system including all the software for monitoring and controlling the target and detector systems as well as DAQ and database for the data stream. The experts must be prepared to serve as local expert and must be on-call 24hrs/day 7 days a week while being responsible for the slow controls and data recording system of the slow controls data stream. Develop as needed all slow controls and monitoring software for experiment and keep software running during commissioning and production. Provide documentation of this software and recovery steps for shift workers. Extensive knowledge of LabView and integrated handlers for slow controls and cryogenic monitoring systems is required. Requirements: Postdoc or graduate student resident at Fermilab during service as local Slow Controls Expert. Detailed knowledge of LabView, database and slow controls will be useful. Understanding of all hardware data output to be monitored is necessary. Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally. Commitment: Be prepared to serve as polarized target expert on site as needed for experiment. Provide what is needed by the Target Group Leader.
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