Early Career R&D Electrical Engineer - Firing & Embedded Systems, Onsite

About the role

The Firing & Embedded Systems group (7620) at Sandia National Laboratories is seeking multiple Electrical Engineers with experience in analog or digital circuit design. The selected applicants will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, qualifying, and monitoring firing subsystems and other high-consequence embedded systems used in U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons programs, as well as other national security programs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on multidisciplinary teams, providing ownership and direction for electrical designs.
• Cookordination with customers, production agencies, and stakeholders to support design, testing, development, qualification, and production activities.
• Analyze performance against requirements, build prototypes, and refine designs.
• Perform modeling and simulation of design performance using tools such as Pspice, LTspice and MATLAB/Simulink.
• Communicate technical information and project status effectively to team members, customers, and management.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Sigma 15 access.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement.
• Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling.
• Experience with high voltage electronics.
• Experience working in Nuclear Deterrence mission spaces including design, development, production, or surveillance.
• Experience working in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.

Skills

• Active DOE Q-level security clearance; or other equivalent active security clearance such as DOD Top Secret with CNWDI.

Benefits

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide.
• Extraordinary co-workers.
• 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.

Pay

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. Salary Range $102,400 - $199,700.

Schedule

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories. Travel to partner and customer locations as required (generally less than 5 days per month).

Application Instructions

Applicants chosen for an interview will be asked to provide an overview briefing of an example that illustrates relevant design experience. Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.