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

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
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• 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*
  
  

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• These benefits vary by job classification.
  
  

What Your Job Will Be Like

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. You will play a critical role in advancing national security by creating accurate and robust models and analyses that inform mission-critical decisions, working in tandem with our sponsors to guide critical decisions that will shape the future of space warfare.

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.
  
  

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 and SCI security clearance.
  
  

Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D S&E, Electrical Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• 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.
  
  

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Greater than 10 years of 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.
• Active DoD/DOW Top Secret or DOE Q clearance.
• Active SCI clearance.
  
  

About Our Team

We provide architectures and enabling technologies for pathfinding space-based solutions to national security problems. 6353's focus is on expansion and evolution of mission capabilities for the Space Mission Engineering Program and the Science and Technology Advancing Resilience for Contested Space (STARCS) internal research and development campaign. Responsibilities of 6353 are to foster research and develop solutions in the areas of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Control (SC) and nurture strategic partnerships with various government agencies, universities, and industry partners operating and supporting space missions.

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. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access 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 the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

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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: 697712

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F