Controls Engineering - Systems Development Tender in USA - 11255898

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Controls Engineering - Systems Development And Implementation

Deadline: 08 Mar 2017

Posting Date: 28 Feb 2017

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 11255898

Document Ref. No.: ControlsEngineeringSupport_CESMY-30817

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

42961100 - Access control system

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Slac national accelerator laboratoru is operating by stanford university for the department of energy. As a management and operating contractor, subcontracts awarded by the laboratory are not federal procurements, and are not directly subject to the federal acquisition regulations in 48 cfr. Nonetheless, certain federal laws, executive orders and regulations may affect our doe approved purchasing, as required by statute, regulation, or contract terms and conditions.
This is not a request for quote. Vendors interested in being considered as a potential source should identify themselves as an "interested party" via the fbo portal. Do not contact the subcontract administrator.
Slac seeks sources capable of providing the following:
controls engineering - systems development and implementation
the electronics engineering division (eed) at slac is seeking one or more controls engineering subcontractors to perform various engineering tasks. The specific quantity of engineers can vary due to slac funding profiles and project requirements. This position will develop, upgrade, configure, maintain, and commission distributed software control, data acquisition, and monitoring systems for accelerators such as lcls, lcls ii, facet, spear and other experimental or research facilities at slac. The subcontractor will work closely with other slac employees to learn specific control implementations, applications, and best practices, while maintaining and enhancing subsystems assigned. This position requires deep expertise with the epics (experimental physics and industrial control system) and its associated tools and methods. This position has a multi-disciplinary role, teaming with software, hardware, project and physics engineers and will have continuous interaction with internal partners comprised mainly of accelerator physicists and operators.
Scope of work for each on-site subcontractor
specific subcontract responsibilities include but are not limited to the following duties:
-c maintain and improve the existing epics control systems for slac facilities such as lcls i, facet, xta, asta.

-c development of epics base extensions in epics 7

-c development and integration of new epics control systems, including but not limited to lcls ii.

-c new software development, such as epics device support, linux drivers, etc.

-c implementation of fpga-based systems, including real time data acquisition, data management and control systems.

-c design of sil rated devices for safety systems implementations.

-c responsible for project management in all aspects of project scope, cost, schedule, documentation and reporting.

-c perform troubleshooting, diagnostics analysis and provide corrective active proactively.

-c interface effectively with operations, accelerator physicists, and program managers.

-c responsiblities may include occasional 24/7 support for the subsystems assigned.

-c work collaboratively with team members and management.

-c provide weekly written status reports.

-c each subcontractor will be responsible for understanding and ensuring compliance with safety regulations and quality standards of slac and eed.
Requirements - all or most for each subcontractor
-c masters degree in physics, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related field; or bachelors

of science degree with a minimum of 5 years of related controls systems experience.

-c a minimum of five years of experience with the epics toolkit in industrial

control, instrumentation, or research environment.

-c a minimum of five years of experience in developing control systems from

inception to commissioning.

-c demonstrated experience managing control system architecture including fast electronics through high

level applications.

-c deep understanding of the development of the epics base.

-c demonstrated experience with csstudio and csstudio-based operational guis.

-c demonstrated experience with the development of middle layer services in epics 7.

-c demonstrated experience with the epics 7 communication protocol (pvaccess).

-c deep understanding and proven track record programming in c, java, and/or c++

-c a minimum of five years experience with the linux os platform, as well as scripting languages such as

bash or python.

-c a minimum of five years experience with distributed data monitoring, networking and client /

server application models.

-c two support experiences in science laboratories or medical institutions similar to (or the same as)

slac.

-c several years experience programming fpga-bases systems (verilog or vhdl) and their interfaces with

control systems.

-c one past project which included field buses, such as ethernet or modbus.

-c one past project which included computer buses such as vme, xtca, pci.

-c demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.

-c demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively with a diverse

population.

-c demonstrated ability and willingness to quickly learn new technologies.

-c strong problem solving skills, independent decision making, and ability to work in a team environment.

-c must possess excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and the ability to manage several

projects simultaneously.

-c must possess excellent interpersonal communications skills
slac national accelerator laboratory

2575 sand hill road

menlo park, california 94025

united states
primary point of contact.:

margaret yamamoto,

sr. Subcontract administrator

[email protected]

phone: 6509263975 general information
d -- information technology services, including telecommunications services

naics code:

541 -- professional, scientific, and technical services/541990 -- all other professional, scientific, and technical services
541 -- professional, scientific, and technical services/541990 -- all other professional, scientific, and technical services

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