Job Description

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 vacations, 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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an R&D S&E Science and Engineering Team Lead to provide leadership and oversight of the 07636-2 Electronics Fabrication Apprenticeship Program. This position provides onsite leadership to ensure apprentices are provided the appropriate training from mentoring and subject matter experts, successfully progress through the critical skills areas in On-The-Job Training, Related Instruction, Observational Tours in developing and achieving stability in proficiency in the Electronic Fabrication Trade Curriculum identified within Sandia\'s Certified Advanced Manufacturing Trades Training Program AMTTP. You will foster work force development, champion workforce diversity, ensure safe and secure work practices while modeling integrity and technical interface with ND and SPP customers mission owners across the complex.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Manage 10-20 represented & non-represented personnel that perform the day-to-day fabrication of electronic assemblies, electromechanical hardware, complex cabling, magnetic components, rack systems, tester fabrication, population of printed wire assemblies PWA\'s and quality testing.
• Provide leadership for ensuring hardware and component quality levels are achieved from developed hands-on applied proficiency skills in balancing multiple tasks, mentoring, setting expectations for apprentices meeting mission deliverables in the areas of security, safety, quality, cost and schedule.
• Oversee the continuous improvements and enhancements of the Electronic Fabrication training metrics for the Advanced Manufacturing Trades Training Program (AMTTP) to support current customer base as well as identifying new techniques, technologies, requiring additional or advanced training to support Sandia\'s challenging programs.
• Participate in the recruitment of new apprenticeship talent and recruiting activities.
• Cultivate and build strategic partnerships with a wide and technically diverse customer base across the laboratory and sister National Labs in establishing technical work to be executed within the department.
• Generate, perform represented performance reviews, and team evaluations, teaming with the manager in updating and configuration of PHS, OP\'s and Work Planning & control WP&C documentation.
• Be accountable as a WP&C Work Planner to ensure work acceptance, cost estimations, procurements, planning of large projects, engineering support, customer interface, work schedules to customers Security, Safety, Quality requirements.
• Handle classified, working within a VTR, CAS experience alternate.

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

Salary Range:

$127,900 - $217,400

*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.

Qualifications We Require:

• Advanced degree (MS) in electrical or mechanical engineering plus 5 years of experience; or equivalent (BS plus 9 years of experience).
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q security clearance
• Technical understanding of electrical schematics, mechanical drawings to establish formal agreed upon schedules, evaluation of risk, quality, security, safety for acceptance of ND and SPP program work issuance assignments to team members and apprentices.
• Working Knowledge of AutoCad or Solidworks drawing platforms
• The ability to understand, apply and lead hands on fabrication processes for electronic and electromechanical components and assemblies in a prototype/developmental and production environment.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Nuclear Weapons Engineering & hardware assembly experience
• Master\'s degree in a relevant STEM discipline, Mechanical or Electrical
• Prior experience working in a fast-pace, agile and dynamic electronics research prototype and production environment.
• Prior experience as a team lead, manager, or technical program lead in mechanical or electrical hardware assembly.
• Experience with product realization processes, ISO compliance, lessons learned and process development.
• Demonstrated techniques in high problem solving and the ability to manage budget/cost schedules meeting safety and quality requirements.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and customer service skills.
• A commitment to a culture of security and safety.

About Our Team:

The Electronic Fabrication Department 07636 & 07636-1 is responsible for providing Sandia with agile and rapid manufacturing technologies for prototyping electronics, systems and packaging through capabilities that include product design, fabrication, inspection, testing and installation. We evolve product designs to enable product realization in a timely and cost -effective manner in support of Sandia\'s ND and SPP Programs and our external Nuclear Weapons Complex\'s. We additionally execute the Electronic Fabrication Apprenticeship Trades Program being a State Certified Program under Electromechanical Fabrication Trades within the Advanced Manufacturing Trades Training Program AMTTP, Organization 07636-2 Apprenticeship program continues to champion, mentor talent in critical skills areas since March of 1960 to provide highly trained electromechanical fabricators being responsive to Sandia missions. We are an onsite department, performing activity level work in complex cabling, magnetics, electronic enclosures, tester fabrication, PWB/PWA\'s, Surface Mount Technologies, Quality & Testing having an agile engineering design team of subject matter expertise supporting our hardware deliverables.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

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.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 693861

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.