Senior/Principal R&D Systems Engineer - Telemetry Engineering, NM/CA, Onsite

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We are seeking a creative and motivated Systems Engineer (R&D S&E, Systems Engineering) to join the Telemetry Engineering development programs.

The Telemetry Engineering team plays an essential role in nuclear weapon surveillance and works closely with weapon systems team to meet both NNSA and military customer needs. You will be a member of one or two Telemetry Product Realization Teams and play a vital role in requirements definition and management for the Telemetry system and subcomponents as well as developing strategy and acceptance criteria for verification and validation of requirements.

Your assignments will also include using variety of system engineering technical judgements and skills to participate in trade space evaluation, anomaly resolution and root cause analysis, change control, risk and opportunity management, and product lifecycle evaluations.

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

• Collaborate with Telemetry customers and stakeholders to create and manage telemetry and telemetry subcomponent requirements including understanding rationale and traceability for all requirements.
• Work with the various subsystem teams to verify complex requirements, often from a combination of analysis, simulated environmental testing, and flight testing.
• Map Telemetry System and subsystem requirements to the validation and verification activities and product design.
• Use knowledge of the Telemetry System, Subsystems, and next-level assembly to assess how requirement and/or design changes affect cost, schedule, and performance for the lifecycle of the product.
• Participate as a lead member on change control boards.
• Evaluate, test, and analyze Telemetry functionality and subsystem contribution to higher level system function. Document and distribute both test planning and results.
• Use systems engineering principles and Sandia realize product procedures to guide Telemetry engineers and project managers through key project milestones; understands how a graded-approach in procedures affects cost, schedule, and performance of the telemetry system. May use statistical knowledge to understand production feasibility, capabilities, or processes to be applied to the solution space.

The position requires an ability to travel up to 25% to support the mission.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time at the Albuquerque, NM or Livermore, CA facility.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

$139,900 - $280,600

*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.

• 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-level security clearance.
  

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

• Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience working with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) laboratories and plants including Pantex, Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO).
• Experience working on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects.
• 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:

• Active DOE L or Q clearance or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience with requirements management, preferably using software solutions, such as DOORS or DOORS Next.
• Ability to communicate advanced ideas to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Multidisciplinary technical knowledge and competencies appropriate to the position.
• Ability to perform the integrated technical analyses that underpin the development of a realizable system concept.
• Ability to synthesize operational concepts for experimental or exploratory systems to innovate and deliver solutions to customers in mission areas not fully defined or understood.
• Thorough knowledge of and applied experience with scientific and engineering methods and with the disciplines standards for the ethical conduct of research.
• Thorough knowledge of and experience with scoping, designing, planning, and executing research, design, and development projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with implementing Sandia policies affecting research, design, and development activities, projects, or initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to engage customers and stakeholders in the synthesis of significant systems experiments and to team across disciplines.
  

Telemetry consists of two groups and six departments which have responsibility for the design, development, and qualification of weapon system instrumentation (or telemetry systems) for use in Joint Test Assemblies (JTAs) for the entire US nuclear arsenal. The JTA program is a cornerstone of the Stockpile Evaluation Program and allows critical assessment of the weapon system, DoD platform, and support personnel performance. To fulfill its mission responsibilities, Telemetry employs a diverse and talented group of electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, system engineers and technologists. The Organization collaborates with other NW groups within Sandia and across the Nuclear Weapons Complex, including NNSA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the production agencies (National Security Center and Pantex), and the DoD.

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.

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.

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.

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.