What Your Job Will Be LikeAre you interested in joining a high performing and closely collaborative verification, validation, and integration (VV&I) team within the Use Control mission area supporting the nation's nuclear deterrent? We are seeking a motivated software systems engineer interested in specializing in software system VV&I including test and qualification support.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Develop knowledge of complex systems, respective requirements, and design documents
- Work independently within a diversely skilled Agile team
- Provide test engineering strategies and process improvements
- Learn and leverage model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies for testing
- Independently work on a high consequence system in a classified environment
- Lead the development and implementation of software test procedures to verify sophisticated software against requirements
- Develop the design and implementation strategies for tracking requirements, tests, and results
- Collect evidentiary packages to document verification and validation results
- Investigate, evaluate, and recommend development for testing automation tools and techniques
- Interact with team members involved in systems, hardware, and software
- Support the integration of hardware and software elements, performing integration tests, and evaluating interfaces between the hardware and software
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- Master's degree in Management of Information Systems, Computer Science or in a relevant field plus one year of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in developing software using at least one well-established programming language such as C++, C#, or Java
- Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q-level security clearance with Sigma 15 clearance which may require non-lifestyle polygraph testing
Qualifications We Desire- Minimum of five (5) years developing software that has been released to an operational environment
- Minimum of five (5) years of software test engineering including test plan and procedure development, test data management, and software verification and validation
- Familiarity with embedded software development and projects
- Familiarity with Rust language
- Experience writing automated software tests
- Experience with Windows operating environments
- Knowledge and/or practice regarding Agile software development practices
- Knowledge of Use Control systems
- Experience with Software Testing methodologies and techniques
- Experience with Systems Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) model development and tools (sysML, Cameo, or other)
- Experience with configuration management and controls
- Self-directed, organized, able to work independently as well as in a team environment
- Ability to prioritize work and make decisions while working on multiple tasks
- Ability to quickly learn new tools, approaches, and concepts and to understand and follow defined testing and engineering practices and standards
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Active DOE Q security clearance or DOD equivalent
About Our TeamThe High Confidence System Environments (6616) organization enables Sandia mission product development through our use of practical cutting-edge software and systems engineering principles. We define, develop, test, and qualify well-engineered software architectures and products for critical systems in high consequence mission environments. Our projects leverage our key competencies including software engineering; secure embedded software development; systems engineering (requirements engineering; MBSE; technical planning, monitoring, and control); software quality engineering; and software verification, validation, and integration.
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.