Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer - Electronic Warfare Technical Advisor, Onsite

About the role

We are seeking an Electronic Warfare technical expert to function as the technical advisor for a multi-million-dollar program that conducts space systems modeling to support acquisition and operational employment decisions by the U.S. Space Force. This effort involves staff from across Sandia and the National Security Space enterprise and requires deep technical expertise in employment, operations, design and/or modeling of complex systems to support the Space Warfighter.

Responsibilities

• Create models of ill-defined space and RF systems in STK, AFSIM, XPatch, CAMEO/Magic Draw, and other modeling tools.
• Leverage previous knowledge and experience of military systems, space systems, and ground RF systems and system of systems to best capture their operations and performance in a modeling environment.
• Work in a high-pressure, dynamic environment up to a TS/SCI/SAR level.
• Team across multiple disciplines, Sandia Centers (especially the Sandia RF Systems Center), and with intelligence analysts to properly build electronic warfare and space systems models and analytics.

Requirements

• 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 obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI security clearance.

Qualifications

• The ideal R&D S&E, Electrical Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
  • A graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a directly 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 of designers and test engineers.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to develop and deliver clear, compelling briefings.
• Experience performing classified engineering and analysis work for Defense customers, including TS/SCI/SAP-SAR.
• Experience working on modeling/simulation, engineering design, qualification, production, and/or operations of Electronic Warfare systems.
• Experience working with DoD or IC programs, specifically in modeling/analysis, development, testing, fielding, and/or operations of Space Systems.
• Experience leading hardware design and development, flight testing, and operational certification of National Security Space or Defense Electronic Warfare systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• An active DoD/DOW Top Secret or DOE Q clearance.

Benefits

On any given day, for this position, you will be expected to perform the following:

• Create models of ill-defined space and RF systems in STK, AFSIM, XPatch, CAMEO/Magic Draw, and other modeling tools.
• Leverage previous knowledge and experience of military systems, space systems, and ground RF systems and system of systems to best capture their operations and performance in a modeling environment.
• Work in a high-pressure, dynamic environment up to a TS/SCI/SAR level.
• Team across multiple disciplines, Sandia Centers (especially the Sandia RF Systems Center), and with intelligence analysts to properly build electronic warfare and space systems models and analytics.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite. Travel approximately once a month is expected for this position.

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.

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.

Security Clearance: Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination.

EEO: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.