Senior/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - Equipment & Lifecycle Management, Onsite

About the role

We are seeking an R&D S&E Mechanical Engineer to join our equipment lifecycle management team. You will work in a results-oriented, lean six sigma culture in which your personability, imagination, drive, and creativity will enable you to build significant value. Our engineering positions are designed for top-performing individuals who desire to have a positive impact in Sandia's future and our nation's security.

What Your Job Will Be Like

• Work closely with our production, design, and analysis customers to develop specifications for new or replacement laboratory or manufacturing equipment and lead a team through procurement, installation, and commissioning of that equipment
• Work with a variety of partners including operators, maintenance staff, leadership, and engineers to understand and help lead equipment and facilities projects in a range of locations
• Evaluate processes, collect and define requirements, design and craft solutions, understand infrastructure needs, develop relationships with critical vendors, field new systems on the production floor, and upgrade/fix deployed systems
• Oversee manufacturing efforts at a range of vendor sites, ensuring builds are to specifications, on time and within budget
• Traveling to various sites to support these builds
• Partner, mentor, and seek outside expertise in an ongoing fashion
• Effectively collaborate with internal customers, suppliers, and several levels of management

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Qualifications

• 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 acquire and maintain a DOE Q clearance

The ideal R&D S&E Mechanical Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• A 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:

• Experience in equipment, processes, and/or infrastructure needs of critically important manufacturing and/or R&D
• Experience in working closely and successfully with customers with a wide range of needs and experience
• A strong commitment to customer service and excels at navigating complex organizational processes and procedures
• Project management experience along with leadership experience (in any venue)
• An active DOE Q clearance
• Strong analytical, social, and critical thinking skills