What Your Job Will Be LikeWe are seeking a highly motivated R&D Systems Engineer to join the MGT Quality team to support the Trailer Electronics team develop, implement, and maintain strategies to lead design and production project teams in successful product qualification and delivery.
On any given day, you may be called upon to:
- Provide critical design contributions throughout the entire product lifecycle, including requirements engineering and traceability, verification and validation (V&V), risk analysis, and technical documentation, at both system and subsystem levels.
- Develop, at both system and subsystem levels, requirements traceability reports, verification/validation plans, qualification plans (PQs), and essential Engineering Authorizations that ensure the product fully meets its requirements and design intent.
- Perform engineering evaluations on product and processes in order to meet design definition in support of production qualification per the Qualification plans (PQs) to get to Qualification Evaluation Release (QER).
- Generate engineering authorizations such as specification exception releases (SXRs), change orders (FCOs, ACOs), and Qualification Evaluation Release (QER) via the PRIME configuration management system.
- Communicate and team effectively across multiple roles and technology areas, to include staff, team leads, and several levels of management.
- Engage in projects which span across all phases of the product realization lifecycle from conceptual design and development, through to production, maintenance, and sustainment.
- Exercise critical thinking and technical knowledge and judgement to identify, assess, and mitigate risks through the practical application of defect prevention to develop a safe, reliable, and robust product.
- Lead people and teams through influence rather than authority to produce high quality products.
This job's responsibilities are primarily onsite, but some flexibility to work a combination of onsite and offsite work may be accommodated. However, the selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location, as most of the work is onsite.
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.
- Active DOE Q security clearance or equivalent.
Qualifications We DesireThe 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:
- Experience preventing, identifying, and mitigating technical product defects and risks.
- Experience applying risk-based approaches to evaluate difficulty level of product qualification activities.
- Implementing production and/or process improvements to reduce production deficiencies while maintaining and improving performance standards.
- Understanding the nature of system problems and leading teams through resolution activities.
- Knowledge of quality principles including project and configuration management processes and methodologies.
- Experience in designing and qualifying hardware, software, and test equipment
- Product development and/or manufacturing experience.
- Experience in both authoring and implementing qualification plans (PQs), qualification evaluation releases (QERs), Specification Exception Notices and Releases (SXNs/SXRs), requirements management, verification and validation (V&V), requirement mapping, test plans, and measurement assurance plans, especially in the area of production qualification.
- Familiarity with the PRIME configuration management system.
- Familiarity with Sandia Nuclear Deterrence (ND) processes and terminology.
- Advanced (M.S. or Ph.D.) degree in a relevant science or engineering field, such as electrical engineering.
About Our TeamMonitoring Systems & Technology (MST) Quality Department 6763 provides Center 6700's capability for defining, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving Quality Management Systems (QMS)s for Center projects and programs, primarily Global Burst Detector (GBD) and Mobile Guardian Transporter (MGT). We engage with project and program teams, partners and stakeholders to ensure customer cost, schedule, performance, and quality requirements and expectations are met.We lead the Center's continuous improvement efforts and ensure compliance to program procedures & Quality standards via the following: product and process evaluation activities, including compiling and analyzing relevant data to inform improvement approaches; shepherding technical insertion opportunities; participating in risk & root cause analyses; providing internal auditing via certified auditors; and providing lessons learned to ensure implementation of improved practices for future activities. We also lead efforts to ensure the Center achieves and maintains external Quality certifications, such as AS9100 and ISO9001. We also apply Lean Six Sigma principles for laboratory spaces utilized across the Center in support of QMS activities. The cornerstone of our department's practice is implementation of the Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology.
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.
