What Your Job Will Be LikeWe are seeking an R&D Computer Scientist/Software Engineer that would be responsible for deploying high-impact and high-consequence national security capabilities supporting surety applications. Your work will directly impact advanced technologies for weapon-related systems.
You will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to the relentless pursuit of exceptional service in the national interest. We are seeking individuals who thrive in a team environment, who are dedicated to improving National Security, and demonstrate desire to learn new skills and applications. We are particularly interested in individuals who take great pride in the quality of their code and the products our team produces.
You will need to have strong software engineering skills, including an understanding of the software lifecycle, requirements engineering, verification and validation, configuration, and change management. The successful candidate should be able to learn and execute the development methodologies and engineering practices being used by the established team and contribute to improving and refining those practices and processes.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Design, implement, and deploy desktop applications in direct support of our nation's nuclear deterrent
- Work independently with little oversight as well as collaboratively on an Agile team with others of diverse and multi-disciplinary skill sets.
- Learn about and implement information assurance concepts key to our nuclear deterrent
- Partner with both hardware, systems, and software engineers
- Troubleshoot complicated issues in dynamic environments
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.
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.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance with Sigma-15 caveat.
Qualifications We DesireThe ideal R&D S&E Computer Science candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
- Graduate degree in Computer Science or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
- Demonstrated software development skills and familiarity with modern software development practices and tools (e.g., Agile).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and a passion to improve and expand technical skills.
Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:
- Experience with delivering production software
- Experience with Memory Safe Language (Rust)
- Experience with Object Oriented Programming in C#, Java, or C++
- Experience in GUI development
- Experience with an Agile software development methodology
- Experience with version control systems
- Experience with documenting software requirements and design
- Experience with unit testing
- Experience in trusted software systems
- Basic understanding of computer architecture
- Passion for software engineering principles
- An understanding of commonly used data structures and algorithms for software development
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Masters in technical field (e.g. computer science, computer engineering, and software engineering-related fields)
- An active DOE Q-level security clearance or equivalent
About Our TeamSandia National Laboratories is seeking an experienced Software Developer to join the Code Management System (CMS) team. CMS is used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to manage Permissive Action Link (PAL) codes and keys and to support critical nuclear weapon operations (e.g., recode/rekey, Limited Life Component Exchange (LLCE), training, deployment readiness, and assembly/disassembly). The system helps ensure authorized use and prevents unauthorized use of air-delivered weapons.
Staff in this department develop custom software solutions in support of the DOE/DoD Use Control community and specialize in high assurance software design solutions with emphasis on security and reliability. The department specializes in complex embedded, application and GUI software, trusted processing, crypto algorithms, and database management. The selected individual will be responsible for design and development of software 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.
