Early Career R&D Electrical Engineer - High-reliability Electronic Components, Onsite
About the role
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We are looking for a motivated R&D Electrical Engineer to work in our robust Hi-Reliability Commercial Technologies Department. You will be a member of a team of engineers responsible for the delivery electronic products used in our high-consequence, high-reliability systems. You will have the opportunity to support multiple weapon programs, engage with subject matter experts (SMEs) across Sandia, and work closely with the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC). The work is critical to ensuring the success of our nation's defense by assuring only quality products capable of meeting demanding performance specifications and reliability requirements are delivered. The department operates in a fast-paced, schedule driven environment, and meeting deadlines is essential to our success due to the focus of our work. We have the need for an individual who has a good understanding of the makeup of electronic components, how designs perform through adverse environments, and how to test for and analyze electronic performance in degraded environments. This position offers the opportunity to develop a depth of knowledge and to influence the foundational components of our high-reliability systems.
About Our Team: The High-reliability Electronic Components group is responsible for the specification, characterization, assurance, production, and procurement of high reliability electronic products for ND programs and other national security customers. The group is composed of talented staff who specialize in both custom and commercial products, and is home to the Electronic Parts Program, an integrated activity that identifies the future technology needs of our customers and leads the technical, supply chain and requirements efforts needed to ensure our design partners can use them with confidence. The group is growing and changing the paradigm for electronic part use in ND systems. We are relentlessly focused on improving our systems, culture, structure, processes, and people to achieve world-class performance in our field. Within this group, the High Reliability Commercial Technologies department provides accurate and timely information about commercial-off-the-shelf electronic components, assesses their suitability for use in high reliability and strategic applications, leads component qualification activities and assures supply chain integrity in support of our national objectives. The team consists of component engineers with diverse technical backgrounds that provides the ability to holistically evaluate commercial electronic parts.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, major component and systems engineers, as well as SMEs across Sandia and KCNSC to ensure comprehensive technical assurance through rigorous design, testing and analysis.
- Document engineering and design decisions to ensure the preservation of all testing and associated analysis.
- Plan, support, and execute testing activities; analyze test data; and document and present data on the results product performance.
- Provide SME expertise on assigned products.
- Interface with product realization teams, test facilities personnel, suppliers, purchase product and quality engineers, electrical test engineers, etc.
- Support production activities at KCNSC.
- Coordinate and collaborate with commercial electronics manufacturers.
- Perform failure analysis.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, 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 obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
Qualifications
- Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
- Ability to work independently and collaborate well in a multidisciplinary team.
- Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling.
- Five (5) or more years of related engineering experience.
- Proven experience with design and analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB, JMP, Python).
- Proven experience leading technical projects to meet customer requirements.
- Experience with product design, selection, qualification, and testing.
- Experience with tests board layout and design and conducting electrical tests.
- Strong ability to learn new technical areas rapidly.
- Familiarity with military standards and test methods, as well as industry standards and test methods (MIL-SPEC, JEDEC, etc.).
- Knowledge of reliability assessment methods to include accelerated life testing, robustness validation, and success-run testing.
- Knowledge of semiconductor device physics.
- Knowledge of failure mechanisms of capacitors, resistors, diodes, and semiconductor devices.
- Knowledge of supply chain management and counterfeit avoidance.
- Knowledge of radiation testing and radiation effects in microelectronics and semiconductor devices.
- A strong commitment to safety, security, quality, and program success.
- Active DOE Q or DOD TS security clearance.
Benefits
Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance. These benefits vary by job classification.
Pay
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.
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 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home).
Check we didn't repeat job title. Good. We omitted "About Sandia" introductory paragraph? Actually we included some of that in About the role? We used "About Sandia" content? We omitted the initial paragraph about Sandia being premier lab etc. That is substantive info about the company; should we include? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information. The initial paragraph about Sandia is substantive. Should we include it somewhere, maybe as part of About the role or a separate section like "About Sandia". But we are only allowed to use headings from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We cannot add arbitrary headings like "About Sandia". However we could incorporate that content into About the role section (makes sense). The About the role currently includes description of role and team; we could prepend the Sandia overview. Let's add a paragraph at start of About the role: "Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: 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 include 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; World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov These benefits vary by job classification." But note we already have Benefits and Schedule sections; we might duplicate. Better to keep the Sandia overview separate but we cannot add a heading not in list. Could we put it in awithout heading? The instruction: