Cleared Senior/Principal PRT Lead - W80-5 Systems Engineering Team, NM/CA, Onsite

About the role

We are seeking a Product Realization Team (PRT) Lead (job title: R&D Systems Engineer) for the W80-5 Enhanced Capability Shipping Configuration (ECSC).

Responsibilities

• Lead a PRT to field high-integrity products, meeting both technical and programmatic requirements.
• Utilize your expertise in engineering to serve as a Subject Matter Expert in areas of design, production, or qualification of components.
• Employ analytical thinking to work through ambiguous problems with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Leverage electrical, mechanical, process, test, and manufacturing engineering skills to identify robust and practical solutions.
• Mature designs to a production-ready state through iterative design-build-test cycles and collaboration with the production agency.
• Define test activities that demonstrate robustness in a variety of environments at various levels of assembly.
• Advance new engineering processes to improve the efficiency of product development.
• Mentor and train less experienced engineers.
• Estimate, negotiate, and manage project budgets and schedules using earned value management.
• Present your work to peers, customers, and management in formal and informal settings.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in 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 National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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.
• Experience in the design, development, qualification, and production of Nuclear Deterrence components.
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary product team.
• Experience developing or managing project budgets and schedules.
• Familiarity with design engineering including computer aided design/drafting and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes relevant to machined parts, electronics assemblies, cable assemblies, and robust packaging.
• Familiarity with materials characterization and qualification techniques.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to prepare clearly written reports and deliver well-articulated briefings.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse teams across multiple geographic locations.
• Strong commitment to quality, safety, collaboration, and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Position requires an active DOE Q-level security clearance or equivalent to start.

Benefits

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide.
• Extraordinary co-workers.
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world.
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities.
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions including 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home).
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance.

Schedule

• Onsite 100% of the time at either Livermore, CA or Albuquerque, NM facility.
• Up to 15% travel to support the mission.

Pay

• Salary Range: $117,500 - $235,700