Cleared Senior/Principal RD Systems Engineer - Systems Surety Engineer, Onsite

About the Role

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation. The Surety Engineering Groups (2910 & 2920) are a center of excellence for R&D Surety Systems Engineering, providing hardware and software surety expertise throughout the entire product realization lifecycle. We are seeking a highly motivated R&D Systems Engineer to develop, implement, and maintain strategies that lead R&D project teams in successful product qualification and delivery. This position requires onsite work due to the nature of the work.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical R&D contributions throughout the entire product realization lifecycle, including requirements engineering and traceability, validation and verification (V&V), risk analysis, and crucial technical documentation
• Develop requirements traceability reports, verification/validation plans, qualification plans, and essential engineering authorizations that ensure the product fully meets its requirements and design intent
• Communicate and team effectively across multiple roles and technology areas, including staff, team leads, and several levels of management
• Engage in projects spanning all phases of the product realization lifecycle from conceptual design and development through production, maintenance, and retirement
• Collaborate on projects that include both nuclear and non-nuclear components, subsystems, and systems, as well as capability development
• Exercise critical thinking to identify, assess, and mitigate risks through practical application of defect prevention to develop a safe, reliable, and robust product
• Lead through influence rather than authority, integrating people, teams, products, and activities across multiple technologies

Requirements

• 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 demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development
• Active DOE Q-Level security clearance required to start, or equivalent

Qualifications

• 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 Laboratory (LLNL), 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
• Product development or manufacturing experience
• Designing and qualifying hardware, software, and test equipment
• Applying risk-based approaches to evaluate difficulty level of product qualification activities
• Preventing, identifying, and mitigating technical product defects and risks
• Understanding the nature of system problems and leading teams through resolution activities
• Implementing production and/or process improvements to reduce production deficiencies while maintaining and improving performance standards
• Authoring qualification plans, requirements maps, test plans, and measurement assurance plans

Pay

Salary range: $102,400 – $199,700. Actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Schedule

Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work four ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home). However, due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite. These benefits vary by job classification.

Benefits

• Generous vacation
• Strong medical and other benefits
• Competitive 401k
• Learning opportunities
• Relocation assistance
• Amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance

Security Clearance & Requirements

• Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD)
• Applicants must be able to maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship
• If you hold more than one citizenship (U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted
• Sandia is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review including checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications
• Applicants offered employment are subject to a federal background investigation to meet requirements for access to classified information
• Substance abuse, illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct, or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE
• If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED) such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment, you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs; additional steps may be necessary prior to an on-site interview

Job ID: 699495 | Job Family: RD | Regular/Temporary: R | Full/Part-Time: F | Posting open for a minimum of three calendar days; Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date.