What Your Job Will Be LikeWe are seeking a R&D S&E, Physics
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Plan, conceive, and conduct research and development for Sandia's customers and sponsors.
- Collaborate as part of an integrated team to plan research, in addition to working independently to analyze data and develop new research methodologies.
- Direct systematic study toward a fuller knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts and discover new approaches to achieve goals.
- Create new understandings and capabilities by using the scientific method's hypothesis, test, and evaluation techniques; critical review; or similar engineering research and development methods.
- Publish your findings and interact with the academic community
- Initiate, design, develop, execute, and evaluate new processes, products, or systems through basic and applied research.
- Use engineering principles to research, design, or develop structures, instruments, machines, experiments, processes, systems, theories, or technologies; to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions.
- Undertake development and possible technology transfer of solutions, products, principles or technology.
- Undertake creative work, making systematic use of investigation or experimentation, to discover or revise knowledge of reality, and use this knowledge to devise new applications.
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work 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.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
Qualifications We DesireThe ideal R&D S&E Physics candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
- Graduate degree in Physics or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
- Experience preparing research for dissemination through presentations at national conferences and peer-reviewed publications in top journals.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities of both projects and teams and the ability to work in loosely defined areas with minimal direction while maintaining vision for the overall mission.
- 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:
- PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Astronomy, or a related STEM discipline
- A technical competency in development, fielding, or analysis of x-ray diagnostics for high-energy-density plasmas, such as spectroscopy or imaging, demonstrated through publications in refereed journals
- Excellent communication skills demonstrated through invited presentations at professional physics conferences
- Experience designing, leading, and analyzing experiments on large-scale high-energy-density facilities such as Z, NIF, and/or Omega
- A demonstrated ability to develop and sustain collaborations with external organizations
About Our TeamDepartment 1683 designs and performs High-Energy-Density (HED) science experiments on HED facilities. The majority of our experiments are conducted at Sandia's Z Facility. The department is accountable for experimental work in Pulsed Power radiation and fusion physics and application of novel target designs to achieve higher energy densities in pulsed power experiments. This work enables new applications to stockpile science with pulsed power; 1683 and its partners are responsible for taking full advantage of these new opportunities.
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.
