What Your Job Will Be LikeWe are seeking a motivated, and self-starting R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the dynamic advanced manufacturing group (7520) as a production process engineer supporting agile product realization. You will work with a team of experienced personnel to take on challenging production, and development assignments that serve the evolving needs across the NSE as well as SPP programs. Our team brings together a diverse set of skills and backgrounds to enable rapid production missions in close collaboration with our customers and partners. You will be responsible for overseeing process development, qualification, and full-scale production of concurrent product lines in a high paced and dynamic work environment. Work scope will require close collaboration with design, systems, testing, quality, acceptance, and procurement organizations.
Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Develop, qualify, maintain, and oversee new production processes that meet mark quality requirements while meeting all safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
- Oversee testing operations for packaged electronics devices, and calibration of measurement equipment.
- Perform structured problem solving to address urgent process, or product issues.
- Collect and analyze data to monitor key production metrics.
- Identify opportunities to reduce yield loss, improve throughput, and lower product cycle times.
- Review design definition to assess production feasibility and provide manufacturability improvements.
- Consult with organizations across Sandia to provide production expertise to teams supporting high impact missions
- Closely integrate with SNL quality and surety, component design systems, NNSA, NSE partners, SPP partners and vendors.
Due to the nature of work, successful candidate must be able to work onsite.
Salary Range$102,400 - $199,700
*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.
Qualifications We Require- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, 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 level security clearance or equivalent
Qualifications We DesireThe ideal R&D Mechanical Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
- Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
- Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex.
- 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:
- Experience with product realization, production, or process development
- Experience with electrical testing, calibration, and/or programming
- Understanding of fundamentals of radio frequency (RF) engineering
- Systems oriented person able to manage production processes and identify and mitigate associated risks
- Ability to analyze and optimize manufacturing processes to balance quality, schedule and cost.
- Demonstrated ability to monitor process health by collecting data, performing analysis and tracking using standard metrics.
- Excellent time management skills and organization needed to manage multiple concurrent projects
- Experience in a manufacturing environment with knowledge of industry standard Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) systems and related business practices
- Strong communication and presentation skills needed to effectively engage with partners, customers, and management of all levels
- Evidence of high academic achievement.
About Our TeamThe Advanced Manufacturing group (7520) serves the evolving needs across the NSE and strategic partners (SPP) by providing a suite of services ranging from consultation for product feasibility and readiness, design for manufacturing support, to responding as a designated Production Agency (PA) of last resort capable of delivering mark quality, diamond stamped product. With decades of product realization experience across ND and SPP programs together with our strategic partnerships across SNL and the NSE, we aim to provide flexible and rapid response to unique production-related challenges. Our teams represent a diverse set of skills and background to enable rapid production missions in close collaboration with our customers and partners. Our experience spans various disciplines and domains including, but not limited to Testing (electrical, thermal, and environmental), Engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, industrial), Electro-mechanical assembly, ND component production, Sounding rockets, Semiconductors, Automation, Trusted vendor qualification, Packaging and logistics, Project management, and Data mining and analysis.
Posting DurationThis 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.
