What Your Job Will Be LikeWe are seeking an experienced R&D Electronics Engineer to join our team and support legacy use control products.
Your daily roles and responsibilities will involve:
- Collaborating with weapon systems colleagues to respond to Unsatisfactory Reports (URs) and Significant Finding Investigations (SFIs)
- Providing technical support for legacy coded switches and CMS equipment
- Working with Military Liaison and System partners to resolve PAL-related Unsatisfactory Reports (URs)
- Evaluating coded switches to support the stockpile assessment
- Supporting development of Component Assessment Reports (CARs) as needed
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.
This role requires occasional travel - typically less than 10% - to support mission-related work.
Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.
Salary Range$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.
Qualifications We Require- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly 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.
- Position requires an active DOE Q-level security clearance or equivalent to start.
Qualifications We DesireThe ideal R&D S&E Electronics Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
- Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
- Demonstrated experience with analog and digital circuit design and analysis.
- Hands-on experience testing and de-bugging circuitry, with clear mastery of tools such as oscilloscopes, logic/network/spectrum analyzers, function/pulse generators, etc.
- Proven experience with design and analysis tools (e.g., Matlab and LabVIEW), analog simulation codes (e.g., LTSpice), and HDL simulation codes (e.g.,ModelSim).
- 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 anomaly resolution efforts including URs and SFIs.
- Knowledge of system designs for currently fielded air-delivered systems.
- Experience with product realization of electronic systems.
- Experience with nuclear safety.
- Experience with analog and digital electronics.
- Experience with ND chemical compatibility.
- Experience with materials aging information.
- Ability to operate laboratory testing equipment.
- Familiarity with and/or contributions to Stockpile Assessment Reports.
- Teaching and training skills.
About Our TeamThe High Assurance Product Realization group develops embedded and ground support equipment in support of high assurance National Security missions. We are a leader for high-assurance National Security hardware, utilizing current and advanced electronic hardware approaches, tools, and techniques in developing information assurance subsystems. These responsibilities span research, design, development, production liaison, and existing product evaluation for Use Control Applications. Our staff develops custom electronic technologies in support of the DOE/DoD Use Control community and specialize in real-time embedded electronic design solutions with emphasis on security and reliability. The team also has a key role in the development, maturation, and deployment of advanced technologies for next-generation weapon systems and information assurance products.
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.
