Job Type:
Scientific Support Services
Employment Category:
Temporary (20 hours/week)
Location:
Janelia Farm Research
Ashburn, Virginia
Job Number:
093097-029
Posted On:
02/05/2013
Reports To:
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Job Summary:
HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus (“Janelia”) is driven by creativity and an adventurous spirit. Janelia pioneers new research methods, opens new fields of science and makes important, sometimes-unimagined discoveries. Inspired by our mission, we work together to quickly eliminate barriers to scientific progress in an environment of openness, trust, and shared responsibility.Janelia has an exciting opportunity for a CAD/DB Administrator at HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus (JFRC) in Ashburn, VA. The Administrator will be responsible for managing and maintaining CAD and other engineering documentation for the Instrument Design & Fabrication (ID&F) team. This activity requires a thorough knowledge of Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Vault.
Principal Responsibilities:
Instrument Design & Fabrication (ID&F) supports the science and research by designing, building, and testing commercially unavailable instruments, tools, and software. This team enables unique experimental methods and directly contributes to high-performance research. Team members have complementary skills spanning mechanical, electrical, and optical engineering, as well as software systems design and implementation. Janelia’s goal is to provide in-house solutions to assist the researcher through a complete life cycle of system development.Database Management & Support: Vault Maintenance
- Monitoring Backups, Database size, IT Liaison, Troubleshooting
- Licenses, Support Contracts, Permissions
- Updating Vault pre-defined lists (property drop-downs)
- Web Client
- DB upgrades, updates and service packs
- Client Support
- Deployments/Installations
- Client upgrades, updates and service packs
- Restoration of files
- Bulk migrations, Bulk data uploads (via Autoloader)
- Advanced Modeling Techniques, Advanced Assembly Techniques
- Simulation
- Enforcement/Policy Conformance
- Migration
- Library Management
- Troubleshooting
- Common JFRC Template Files, Standard Notes
- Transmittal Standards, Materials and Finishes, Styles
- Common JFRC part number scheme
- Mobile, Simulation, User Interfaces
- Accounting/Project Management Integrations
- EE Design Files
- Software/Firmware Files
Preferred Qualifications:
Education & Experience Requirements:Any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and ability required to successfully perform the job will be considered. A typical way to get the knowledge and abilities would be:
- At least 5 years of extensive experience in Autodesk Inventor AND Autodesk Vault.
- An associate’s degree with major course-work in computer engineering, computer science, or related field may be substituted for the required experience. Years of experience may be substituted for a higher education degree based on 2 years of experience per one year of a higher education degree
- MS Office proficient
- Must pass an on-site qualifications exam
- Autodesk Inventor/Vault Certified Professional
- Familiar with Inventor/Vault API
- Basic Programming Experience (VB.NET, C# or C++)
- SQL Database experience
Additional Information:
Please apply for this position at https://janeliacareers.silkroad.com/.Please include a cover letter, three references, and hourly pay rate with your resume. Thank you to all candidates for your interest. Only selected individuals will be contacted for follow-up
To Apply:
To apply for this position, please email your resume to:
Veronica Dunn
Sr. HR Specialist, TA
Ashburn, Virginia 20147
Email: jfrcjobs@janelia.hhmi.org
Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled
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