Senior/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - Environments Engineering & Integration, Onsite
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We need to parse the posting and decide which sections to include.
The posting includes:
- About Sandia (company description) - maybe "About the role"? Actually "About Sandia" is about the organization, not role. Could be "About the role"? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content to these headings.
We have sections:
- About Sandia (company description) - maybe not needed? Could be part of "About the role"? But "About the role" is about the job, not company. However we could include a short paragraph about the team and mission. The instruction says we can include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content about Sandia mission, benefits, flexible work arrangements, etc. That could go under Benefits? Actually benefits are listed: flexible work arrangements, generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance. Also "These benefits vary by job classification." So we have benefits content.
- "What Your Job Will Be Like" includes description of role, responsibilities, tasks. That could be Responsibilities.
- "Qualifications We Require" and "Qualifications We Desire" - that's qualifications.
- "About Our Team" - maybe could be part of About the role? Or could be omitted? Might be considered part of role description.
- "Posting Duration", "Security Clearance", "Eeo", "NNSA Requirements For MedPEDs", "Job ID", etc. Those are boilerplate or metadata; we should remove EEO, legal, etc. Posting duration maybe minor metadata; could be dropped or put in short p. Security clearance is substantive: need DOE Q-clearance, US citizenship. That is a requirement. Could be part of Qualifications.
- Salary Range: $138,600 - $235,700. That's Pay. So we need a Pay section.
- Schedule? Not explicitly given besides flexible work arrangements (9/80, 4/10 compressed workweeks, part-time, telecommuting). That's schedule info. So we could have a Schedule section.
- Benefits: we have flexible work arrangements, generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance. Also "These benefits vary by job classification." So we have Benefits.
Thus we can have sections: About the role (maybe a brief intro about the team and mission?), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to avoid filler headings. Ensure each section has substantive content.
We need to use
for each section heading.
Inside sections, use
for prose,
- for lists.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details like specific tasks, qualifications, etc.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID etc as headings; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Probably drop Job ID, posting duration, etc.
We must remove EEO, legal boilerplate, duplicated lines.
We need to ensure we don't include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now craft HTML.
First, maybe a short intro paragraph about the role? The posting starts with "About Sandia" then "What Your Job Will Be Like". Could combine as About the role: includes description of team and mission.
Let's extract substantive content:
About Sandia: "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."
That's a mix of benefits and company description.
What Your Job Will Be Like: "Our team is ready to welcome a highly motivated, experienced, and productive R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the Environments Engineering and Integration Department as a loads and dynamics engineer. Our work encompasses a wide range of applications in structural dynamics and signal processing and offers many opportunities for research and development. The position involves a challenging mix of engineering analysis, modeling, model validation, data analysis, signal processing, and product performance evaluation for a wide range of Sandia products. There are significant opportunities to team with in-house (high-fidelity, multi-physics) analysis teams, testing teams, as well as daily opportunities to work on very challenging problems utilizing world-class computational and testing resources. On any given day, you may be called on to: Team with project, test, and analysis engineers at Sandia and with Sandia's external stakeholders. Lead a diverse team of staff to support our programmatic needs. Lead or be a member of a shock and vibration environments qualification team. Support shock and vibration specification development for weapons systems, wind/water turbines, missile payloads, and space instruments. Support the development of field testing to collect environments data. Work with the modeling and simulation analysis community to derive and assess environmental specifications and test specifications. Analyze data from field and laboratory tests to derive and assess environmental specifications and test specifications. Work closely with systems team and individual component leads to advise on all topics related to shock and vibration qualification. Represent environments team to LLNL, NNSA, military branches, KCNSC, missile vendors and other stakeholders. Participate in applied research to improve shock and vibration data analysis and specification development. Join our team and achieve your goals while making a difference! Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must work onsite."
Qualifications We Require: "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-clearance"
Qualifications We Desire: list many items: Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g. independent project, thesis, or dissertation); Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex; Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.; Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a relevant field; Graduate or Professional Research Experience; Experience analyzing aerospace systems; Experience with developing laboratory shock and vibration specifications and supporting testing; Experience performing Structural Dynamic Analysis and Testing; MatLab, Python, C++ or other programming experience; Experience as a Principle Investigator; Experience in a Leadership Role; Experience using MATLAB for structural dynamics analysis and processing of measured data; Experience in mechanical shock analysis; Experience building trusted relationships between analysts, test teams, management, and customers; Experience using or developing AI/ML models; A strong track record of scientific and/or technical achievements through publication, as evidenced by peer-reviewed journals and external presentations at appropriate scientific conferences; Experience leading and participating in large multi-disciplinary teams.
About Our Team: description of department responsibilities, capabilities, etc. Could be part of About the role or separate but we might not need separate heading if we already have About the role. Could incorporate into About the role paragraph.
Pay: Salary Range $138,600 - $235,700. Note: "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." That's substantive.
Schedule: Flexible work arrangements: 9/80, 4/10 compressed workweeks, part-time work, telecommuting (mix of onsite work and working from home). Also "Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must work onsite." That seems contradictory: flexible work arrangements but must work onsite. Actually they say flexible work arrangements for many positions include ... but due to nature of work, selected applicant must work onsite. So schedule: onsite required, but flexible arrangements possible? We'll include both.
Benefits: Already listed in About Sandia: flexible work arrangements (but that's schedule), generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance. Also "These benefits vary by job classification."
We need to avoid duplication: flexible work arrangements appears both in benefits and schedule; we can keep schedule separate.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have sections:
About the role
... combine About Sandia mission and team description? Might be long. Could split: About the role includes description of team and mission, plus what the job entails? But we have separate Responsibilities section. So About the role could be brief overview of the team and Sandia's mission. Let's extract: "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 that includes benefits and schedule; maybe better to keep About the role short: just description of Sandia's mission and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. We need to parse the posting and decide which sections to include. The posting includes: - About Sandia (company description) - maybe "About the role"? Actually "About Sandia" is about the organization, not role. Could be "About the role"? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content to these headings. We have sections: - About Sandia (company description) - maybe not needed? Could be part of "About the role"? But "About the role" is about the job, not company. However we could include a short paragraph about the team and mission. The instruction says we can include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content about Sandia mission, benefits, flexible work arrangements, etc. That could go under Benefits? Actually benefits are listed: flexible work arrangements, generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance. Also "These benefits vary by job classification." So we have benefits content. - "What Your Job Will Be Like" includes description of role, responsibilities, tasks. That could be Responsibilities. - "Qualifications We Require" and "Qualifications We Desire" - that's qualifications. - "About Our Team" - maybe could be part of About the role? Or could be omitted? Might be considered part of role description. - "Posting Duration", "Security Clearance", "Eeo", "NNSA Requirements For MedPEDs", "Job ID", etc. Those are boilerplate or metadata; we should remove EEO, legal, etc. Posting duration maybe minor metadata; could be dropped or put in short p. Security clearance is substantive: need DOE Q-clearance, US citizenship. That is a requirement. Could be part of Qualifications. - Salary Range: $138,600 - $235,700. That's Pay. So we need a Pay section. - Schedule? Not explicitly given besides flexible work arrangements (9/80, 4/10 compressed workweeks, part-time, telecommuting). That's schedule info. So we could have a Schedule section. - Benefits: we have flexible work arrangements, generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance. Also "These benefits vary by job classification." So we have Benefits. Thus we can have sections: About the role (maybe a brief intro about the team and mission?), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to avoid filler headings. Ensure each section has substantive content. We need to use
for each section heading. Inside sections, use
for prose,
- for lists.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details like specific tasks, qualifications, etc.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID etc as headings; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Probably drop Job ID, posting duration, etc. We must remove EEO, legal boilerplate, duplicated lines. We need to ensure we don't include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now craft HTML. First, maybe a short intro paragraph about the role? The posting starts with "About Sandia" then "What Your Job Will Be Like". Could combine as About the role: includes description of team and mission. Let's extract substantive content: About Sandia: "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." That's a mix of benefits and company description. What Your Job Will Be Like: "Our team is ready to welcome a highly motivated, experienced, and productive R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the Environments Engineering and Integration Department as a loads and dynamics engineer. Our work encompasses a wide range of applications in structural dynamics and signal processing and offers many opportunities for research and development. The position involves a challenging mix of engineering analysis, modeling, model validation, data analysis, signal processing, and product performance evaluation for a wide range of Sandia products. There are significant opportunities to team with in-house (high-fidelity, multi-physics) analysis teams, testing teams, as well as daily opportunities to work on very challenging problems utilizing world-class computational and testing resources. On any given day, you may be called on to: Team with project, test, and analysis engineers at Sandia and with Sandia's external stakeholders. Lead a diverse team of staff to support our programmatic needs. Lead or be a member of a shock and vibration environments qualification team. Support shock and vibration specification development for weapons systems, wind/water turbines, missile payloads, and space instruments. Support the development of field testing to collect environments data. Work with the modeling and simulation analysis community to derive and assess environmental specifications and test specifications. Analyze data from field and laboratory tests to derive and assess environmental specifications and test specifications. Work closely with systems team and individual component leads to advise on all topics related to shock and vibration qualification. Represent environments team to LLNL, NNSA, military branches, KCNSC, missile vendors and other stakeholders. Participate in applied research to improve shock and vibration data analysis and specification development. Join our team and achieve your goals while making a difference! Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must work onsite." Qualifications We Require: "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-clearance" Qualifications We Desire: list many items: Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g. independent project, thesis, or dissertation); Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex; Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.; Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a relevant field; Graduate or Professional Research Experience; Experience analyzing aerospace systems; Experience with developing laboratory shock and vibration specifications and supporting testing; Experience performing Structural Dynamic Analysis and Testing; MatLab, Python, C++ or other programming experience; Experience as a Principle Investigator; Experience in a Leadership Role; Experience using MATLAB for structural dynamics analysis and processing of measured data; Experience in mechanical shock analysis; Experience building trusted relationships between analysts, test teams, management, and customers; Experience using or developing AI/ML models; A strong track record of scientific and/or technical achievements through publication, as evidenced by peer-reviewed journals and external presentations at appropriate scientific conferences; Experience leading and participating in large multi-disciplinary teams. About Our Team: description of department responsibilities, capabilities, etc. Could be part of About the role or separate but we might not need separate heading if we already have About the role. Could incorporate into About the role paragraph. Pay: Salary Range $138,600 - $235,700. Note: "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." That's substantive. Schedule: Flexible work arrangements: 9/80, 4/10 compressed workweeks, part-time work, telecommuting (mix of onsite work and working from home). Also "Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must work onsite." That seems contradictory: flexible work arrangements but must work onsite. Actually they say flexible work arrangements for many positions include ... but due to nature of work, selected applicant must work onsite. So schedule: onsite required, but flexible arrangements possible? We'll include both. Benefits: Already listed in About Sandia: flexible work arrangements (but that's schedule), generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance. Also "These benefits vary by job classification." We need to avoid duplication: flexible work arrangements appears both in benefits and schedule; we can keep schedule separate. Now craft HTML. We'll have sections:
About the role
... combine About Sandia mission and team description? Might be long. Could split: About the role includes description of team and mission, plus what the job entails? But we have separate Responsibilities section. So About the role could be brief overview of the team and Sandia's mission. Let's extract: "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 that includes benefits and schedule; maybe better to keep About the role short: just description of Sandia's mission and