Sandia National Laboratories

Senior/Principal Space Systems R&D Electrical Engineer - 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 and 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
  • Proven ability to collaborate from modeling through to testing phase.
  • Must be eligible for DOE Q and SCI clearances.
  • Masters degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering preferred.
  • 10+ years in design, building, and testing space electronics components.

Responsibilities

  • Provide insights on space electronics subsystem design to modelers.
  • Create models of space electronics for various designs.
  • Develop fault trees for space electronics to streamline testing.
  • Design, build, and conduct tests on space electronics components at the board level.
  • Offer expertise on radiation effects and testing protocols for space electronics.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering innovation.
  • Opportunity to work on mission-critical national security projects.
  • Access to advanced technology and engineering resources.
  • Support for continuing education and professional development.
Full Job Description
What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking an Experienced Space Systems R&D Electrical Engineer to fulfill the role of a subject matter expert to support space system modeling, space system component design and build, space system component testing and analysis, and to interpret results from modeling, testing and analysis of space electrical systems. These efforts are to help inform and train National Security Space customers and provide space capabilities to National Security Space customers.

On any given day, you may be called on to:
  • Provide an understanding of space electronics sub-system design to space systems modelers
  • Generate models of space electronics that are built and designed by others
  • Help develop space electronics fault trees to inform fault testing
  • Design, build and test space electronics components at the board level
  • Provide guidance on radiation effects and radiation testing for space electronics


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 work in a collaborative work environment from modeling to hardware build and testing
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI or equivalent


Qualifications We Desire

  • Masters degree or higher in Electrical or Electronics Engineering
  • 10 years or more of experience designing, building and/or testing of space electronics components that have then flown in space
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and execute a technical effort (e.g. Thesis/Dissertation, publications, work project, making space flight hardware deliveries, etc.)
  • Experience on US Space Force, NASA and/or NRO satellite system programs
  • Knowledge of FPGA programming, Versal/Xilinx edge processing architectures for space
  • Ability to work in a collaborative work environment from modeling to hardware build and testing
  • Knowledge of and experience with SMC-S-016
  • Current TS/SCI and TS/SAR clearances


About Our Team

We provide mission analysis and modeling, architecture studies and prototype enabling technologies for pathfinding space-based solutions to national security problems. 6353's focus is on expansion and evolution of mission capabilities for the Space Mission Engineering Program. Responsibilities of 6353 are to foster research and develop solutions in the areas of Space Cyber Resilience and Space Control (SC) and nurture strategic partnerships with various government agencies, universities, and industry partners operating and supporting space missions.

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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