Sandia National Laboratories

Early Career Data Scientist - Perceptive Systems, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories$102K — $199K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience in research and development.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q and SCI clearance.
  • Graduate degree in a computationally-intensive field with independent research experience.
  • Experience in software development for national security applications.
  • Proven skills in real-world data acquisition, preparation, and analysis.
  • Strong software development skills and knowledge of modern practices.
  • Effective communication skills in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in scientific research to address national security challenges.
  • Apply advanced techniques to tackle complex data analysis problems.
  • Collaborate with customers to clarify requirements and available data.
  • Contribute to missions leveraging diverse computer science fields and techniques.
  • Engage in Laboratory Directed Research and Development proposals, promoting innovative projects.
  • Publish and present research findings to propel groundbreaking initiatives.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Work on meaningful projects impacting national security.
  • Collaborative and interdisciplinary team environment.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools for innovative solutions.
  • Engagement in diverse computer science specialties and research areas.
Full Job Description
What Your Job Will Be Like

Passionate about your work and dream of joining a dynamic team that solves challenging issues for our nation's security? Join us and unleash your potential!

We are looking for data scientists/engineers with a broad set of technical skills to take on problems across including:
  • Applied research across multiple mission domains
  • Solving Broad Data Science Problems
  • Machine Learning / Deep Learning Modeling and Algorithm Development
  • Prototyping and pathfinding new concepts to solve technology challenges which mitigate risk and provide future solutions for projects
  • Image and signal processing, computer vision application and research
  • Uncertainty Quantification for MLDL and other algorithms in high-consequence applications
  • Growth and focus in data analysis across a number of sources including remote sensing, systems testers, and microscopes

On any given day the selected candidate may be called on to:
  • Be a member of a group of researchers/engineers working to solve difficult scientific problems for national security purposes
  • Apply state-of-the art techniques which solve the most challenging data analysis problems for a wide array of customers.
  • Work collaboratively with customers to understand requirements, available data and mission need
  • Contribute to deeply rewarding missions through engagement with diverse computer science specialties and in areas such as data fusion, signal processing, analytics, cloud computing, machine learning, modeling/simulation, service oriented architectures, and in the future big-data management and visualization, plus pattern recognition
  • Engage in Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Proposals.
  • Engage in presenting, publishing and collaborating to advance groundbreaking research

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant 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.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI clearance.


Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D S&E, Data Science candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
  • Graduate degree in a relevant computationally-intensive discipline where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
  • Experience in developing software for enterprise and national security applications.
  • Experience acquiring, preparing, and analyzing real world data.
  • Demonstrated software development skills and familiarity with modern software development practices.
  • Proven ability to work and communicate effectively in a collaborative and interdisciplinary team environment.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:
  • Space Domain background.
  • Experience in researching and developing solutions in the areas of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Control (SC).


About Our Team

The Perceptive Systems department specializes in the exploration, development, and analysis of emergent and disruptive technologies in computer science to solve complex problems. We bring to bear diverse expertise in mission analysis, software engineering, web services, big data management and visualization, image processing, machine learning, and modeling and simulation, which are applied to a myriad of sensor data processing challenges across the laboratory. Our research and capabilities drive innovative solutions in big data understandability, providing tools for analysis and visualization that help customers make decisions.

Posting Duration

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.

About Sandia National Laboratories

The Sandia National Laboratories is one of three National Nuclear Security Administration research and development laboratories in the United States, managed and operated privately by the National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia. Their primary mission is to develop, engineer, and test the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons and high technology. Headquartered on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it also has a campus in Livermore, California, next to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and a test facility in Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii. It is Sandia's mission to maintain the reliability and surety of nuclear weapon systems, conduct research and development in arms control and nonproliferation technologies, and investigate methods for the disposal of the United States' nuclear weapons program's hazardous waste. Other missions include research and development in energy and environmental programs, as well as the surety of critical national infrastructures. In addition, Sandia is home to a wide variety of research including computational biology, mathematics, materials science, alternative energy, psychology, MEMS, and cognitive science initiatives. Sandia formerly hosted ASCI Red, one of the world's fastest supercomputers until its decommission in 2006, and now hosts ASCI Red Storm, originally known as Thor's Hammer. Sandia is also home to the Z Machine. The Z Machine is the largest X-ray generator in the world and is designed to test materials in conditions of extreme temperature and pressure. It is operated by Sandia National Laboratories to gather data to aid in computer modeling of nuclear weapons. In December 2016, it was announced that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, under the direction of Honeywell International, would take over the management of Sandia National Laboratories starting on May 1, 2017. Educational opportunities are conducted in collaboration with university students through several programs, including the Securing Top Academic Research & Talent at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program and the Sandia University Partnerships Network.
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