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 a Technologist to work within advanced concepts and mission payloads for missile defense applications. You will be joining a department that develops and integrates system and subsystem components for missile defense applications supporting lab testing, mission integration and fielding flight systems. You would also integrate into a team that is developing, testing, and flying mission payloads. This position will include both laboratory and field-testing operations. Moderate travel may be required to support project meetings, reviews, and field/flight test.

On any given day, you may be asked to:

• Supports engineers on technical projects and products working from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts, or defined plans to perform testing, checkout, and troubleshooting functions.
• Establishes and executes inspections before systems are processed or installed.
• Monitors work practices and ensures that corrective actions are implemented.
• Works with engineering and development during new product or facility start-ups and implements key checkpoints for new products and processes.
• Deals with the acceptability of labeling and packaging materials and maintain an inspection and approval system.

Due to the nature of the role, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$70,200 - $135,400

*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:

• Associates degree in relevant engineering or technology field; OR equivalent (high school + 4 years experience)
• Ability to support assembly, integration, test, and troubleshooting of mechanical and electromechanical assemblies at the system and component levels.
• Experience working in laboratory or field environments.
• Knowledge and experience with installing, testing, repairing, and maintaining equipment or systems.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings .
• Ability to obtain and maintain a required DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Ability to read, analyze, and understand component design drawings, mechanical and electrical drawings, and engineering authorizations.
• Experience preparing and presenting systems and equipment reports.
• Ability to work independently and as well as part of a team.
• Experience and demonstrated skill in conducting research, investigating alternative solutions, and recommending solutions on problems affecting systems and equipment.
• Knowledge of Sandia National Laboratories’ policies, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of legal requirements and environmental impacts affecting equipment and systems maintenance and engineering.
• Ability to interpret and apply knowledge and practical understanding of equipment and systems theory and principles.
• Ability to use Sandia's engineering systems to retrieve drawings and engineering authorizations.
• Ability to support integrated system design, development, and qualification.
• Proficiency with computer hardware and software.
• Experience working with classified and hazardous materials/hardware.

About Our Team:

The Advanced Concepts and Mission Payloads department is focused on defining advanced technology concepts and future target mission requirements in support of Missile, Air and Space Defense programs. Additionally, the department tests concepts both experimentally and in flight to deliver modeling and simulation truth data, while providing mission payloads in support of Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ballistic Missile Defense System.

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:

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, 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.

Essential Functions:

If offered the position, you may be required to demonstrate your fitness to perform certain physical aspects of the position, including lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.

Job ID: 694280

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.