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 highly motivated R&D Systems Engineer to join the MGT Quality team to develop, implement, and maintain strategies to lead design and production project teams in successful product qualification and delivery.

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

• Provide critical design contributions throughout the entire product lifecycle, including requirements engineering and traceability, verification and validation (V&V), risk analysis, and technical documentation, at both system and subsystem levels.
• Develop, at both system and subsystem levels, requirements traceability reports, verification/validation plans, qualification plans (PQs), and essential Engineering Authorizations that ensure the product fully meets its requirements and design intent.
• Communicate and team effectively across multiple roles and technology areas, to include staff, team leads, and several levels of management.
• Engage in projects which span across all phases of the product realization lifecycle from conceptual design and development, through to production, maintenance, and sustainment.
• Exercise critical thinking and technical knowledge and judgement to identify, assess, and mitigate risks through the practical application of defect prevention to develop a safe, reliable, and robust product.
• Lead people and teams through influence rather than authority to produce high quality products.

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Salary Range:

$109,300 - $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:

• Bachelor’s in a relevant STEM Field plus five (5) or more years of relevant experience or equivalent
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Active DOE Q clearance.
• Experience preventing, identifying, and mitigating technical product defects and risks.
• Experience applying risk-based approaches to evaluate difficulty level of product qualification activities.
• Implementing production and/or process improvements to reduce production deficiencies while maintaining and improving performance standards.
• Understanding the nature of system problems and leading teams through resolution activities.
• Knowledge of quality principles including project and configuration management processes and methodologies.
• Experience in designing and qualifying hardware, software, and test equipment
• Product development and/or manufacturing experience.
• Experience in both authoring and implementing qualification plans (PQs), qualification evaluation releases (QERs), requirements management, verification and validation (V&V), requirement mapping, test plans, and measurement assurance plans, especially in the area of production qualification.
• Familiarity with Sandia Nuclear Deterrence (ND) processes and terminology.
• Advanced (M.S. or Ph.D.) degree in a relevant science or engineering field.

About Our Team:

Monitoring Systems & Technology (MST) Quality Department 6763 provides Center 6700’s capability for defining, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving Quality Management Systems (QMS)s for Center projects and programs, primarily Global Burst Detector (GBD) and Mobile Guardian Transporter (MGT). We engage with project and program teams, partners and stakeholders to ensure customer cost, schedule, performance, and quality requirements and expectations are met.

We lead the Center’s continuous improvement efforts and ensure compliance to program procedures & Quality standards via the following: product and process evaluation activities, including compiling and analyzing relevant data to inform improvement approaches; shepherding technical insertion opportunities; participating in risk & root cause analyses; providing internal auditing via certified auditors; and providing lessons learned to ensure implementation of improved practices for future activities. We also lead efforts to ensure the Center achieves and maintains external Quality certifications, such as AS9100 and ISO9001. We also apply Lean Six Sigma principles for laboratory spaces utilized across the Center in support of QMS activities. The cornerstone of our department’s practice is implementation of the Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology.

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.

Job ID: 694231

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F