Cleared R&D Systems Engineer (Senior/Principal) - Systems Testing and Qualification, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled R&D S&E, Systems Engineer with a diverse skill set to lead and execute system qualification tests. Our department is responsible for trailer system level qualification with integrated surety architectures for all nuclear deterrence systems and trailer systems. You will have the opportunity to coordinate with teams on many of Sandia's high visibility projects from the W76 Alt 939 to the W93 to the SafeGuards Transporter (SGT) and the Mobile Guardian Transporter (MGT). You will lead, execute, and/or direct admiral level, high-fidelity field tests across Sandia National Laboratories and the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Review, understand, and map test activities to system and component requirements
• Regularly collaborate with Sandia domain specialists and other systems engineers in defining and developing the test scope and methods to collect desired information
• Identify and assign test support personnel across multiple departments to each test activity
• Show compliance with corporate requirements for test activities such as ES&H, security, required reviews, approvals, and documentation
• Create, edit, and report out on test lifecycle milestones with dedicated schedules
• Identify and elevate risks and issues impacting mission execution
• Create, modify, or upgrade department test capabilities including custom hardware or software (Python, MATLAB)
• Conduct programmatic tests of record to include scheduling hardware logistics with multiple stakeholders spread across sites, authoring test plans, conducting test readiness reviews, managing assembly activities, conducting post-test briefings, and authoring test reports to be stored in medium to high-rigor corporate storage as necessary
• Present test results, observations, and recommendations to engineers or top-level customers including NNSA and DOW

Due to the nature of this work the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$117,500 - $235,700

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline plus five years of equivalent relevant experience or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development
• Active DOE Q clearance or equivalent

The ideal R&D S&E Systems Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience working with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) laboratories and plants including Pantex, Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLNL) and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO).
• Experience working on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering plus five years of relevant experience
• Experience working in an electronics, mechanical, materials analysis, and/or physics lab environment
• Hand tools for installation and disassembly of hardware
• Python, MATLAB, and LabVIEW
• Leading, planning, and executing nuclear weapons development, testing, and/or production qualification activities.
• Leadership experience with security requirements and safety work planning and controls for activity level work
• Experience in successfully developing productive relationships within the Nuclear Security Enterprise such as NNSA, management, senior management, nuclear deterrence systems organizations, and transportation (e.g. SGT, MGT) organizations
• Proven ability to communicate through both written (e.g. writing delivered documentation) and verbal (e.g. giving presentations) avenues
• Ability to work onsite full-time
• Ability to travel occasionally (<10% of the time)
• Active DOE Q-level security clearance

The Special Projects department was established to focus on the successful deployment of Integrated Surety Architectures (ISA) applications for reentry body and air delivered systems into the transportation safeguards system embodied by the Safeguards Transporter (SGT). The organization serves as the ISA project integration office at Sandia to the NNSA enterprise for over the road (OTR) applications. Currently, there are two major ISA efforts underway at SNL for ALT 940 and the Multi-application Transportation Attachment Device (MTAD) for air delivered systems. As such, the organization interacts extensively with the NW development and stockpile systems capabilities within the laboratory in addition to the transportation safeguards program.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.