Sandia National Laboratories

Senior/Principal R&D Systems Engineer - ND Electronics Systems, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories$117K — $235K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 5 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Current active DOE Q-level or DoW Top Secret security clearance
  • Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with independent research project
  • Experience with Nuclear Security Enterprise laboratories and plants
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

  • Develop tech basis and qualification strategy for product realization
  • Interface with other component and systems organizations
  • Establish an information management strategy for documentation and project history
  • Communicate project schedule, budget, and risk with partners
  • Provide regular status updates to management and government sponsors

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance for qualifying applicants
  • Opportunities for leadership roles in qualification and systems integration
  • Dynamic teamwork environment with cross-department collaboration
  • Engagement in national security missions and technology development
Full Job Description
What Your Job Will Be Like

The Electronic Systems Ops Department is seeking highly motivated Systems Engineers to join our dynamic team, which focuses on specialty sensors, embedded electronics, and RF technologies for a wide variety of national security missions including both Nuclear Deterrence (ND) and Strategic Partnership Projects (SPP). The selected candidate will have demonstrated the ability to work in a dynamic teaming environment, sharing resources as well as programmatic responsibilities across the group. Leadership roles in Qualification, Tech Basis, and/or Systems Integration are available for suitable candidates.

On any given day, you may be called on to:
  • Develop tech basis and qualification strategy for product realization.
  • Interface with other component and systems organizations.
  • Establish an information management strategy to ensure documentation is appropriately captured and project history is maintained.
  • Develop and provide the necessary documentation to communicate project schedule, budget, and risk with our various industry and government partners.
  • Provide regular status updates to management and government sponsors.


Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite. Relocation will be provided for those that qualify.

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.
  • Current active DOE Q-level or DoW Top Secret security clearance.


Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D Systems Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
  • Graduate degree in Electrical 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:
  • Knowledge and practice of formal nuclear weapons product realization processes and procedures.
  • Demonstrated experience working on cross-functional technical teams to meet mission critical deliverables and milestones
  • Previous working relationships with two or more of the external or internal partners listed here: Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), SNL 2000, SNL 5000, SNL 8000, and the NNSA (NA-12)
  • Familiarity with delivering high rigor systems, production, product development and qualification, testing and evaluation.
  • Ability to work effectively with management.
  • Ability to integrate into and work effectively across multiple technical teams.


About Our Team

The RF & Electronics Systems Center (Center 5300) provides key electronics systems deliverables to a wide variety of nuclear weapons, space, intelligence and military programs across Sandia and the nation. The Strategic RF Systems group (Group 5370) supports the Nation's technology superiority strategies by delivering capabilities for global highly-reliable communications and novel advancements for future electronics. We are a highly dynamic set of departments that cross-team to provide integrated engineering systems solutions ranging from core research through prototype development and high-end, fielded products.

Electronic Systems Ops Department (Department 5375) strives to:
  • Provide advanced hardware designs for strategic flight and ground systems.
  • Develop talented staff and partnerships to advance national capabilities.
  • Engage with partners to link communities and expertise for electronic components.


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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