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:

Do you want to join a dynamic team that modernizes our Nation’s most critical weapon systems to ensure a safe and credible strategic deterrence for America? If so, department 2218 is seeking a Mechanical Engineer with strong interpersonal, teaming, and analytical skills to support production efforts for the W88 ALT370 AF&F (Arming, Fuzing & Firing) and System.

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

• Resolve production challenges in a collaborative manner across multiple internal and external agencies.
• Work with engineers, technologists, and technicians from multiple Sandia National Labs (SNL), Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Pantex (PX), and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) organizations to solve technical challenges.
• Update design definition and documentation.
• Serve as systems point of contact to component product realization teams.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite in Albuquerque, NM. Some travel may be required for this position.

Salary Range:

$95,400 - $185,700

*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:

• Bachelor's degree in a Mechanical Engineering or Systems Engineering with a Mechanical background; OR equivalent experience and/or achievements in engineering or science that demonstrate the knowledge, skills and ability to perform the duties of the job.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in above stated field.
• Active DOE Q clearance or equivalent (DoD Top Secret clearance).
• A desire and ability to work on and communicate ambitious issues with dynamic conditions, competing importance, and firm target dates in a constantly evolving environment with urgency.
• A demonstrated ability to integrate, build, and work effectively across technical teams, collaborate with customers and partners to resolve issues, and conduct trade-offs to identify system solutions.
• Experience in a nuclear weapon system or component organization.
• Previous work with the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) and/or Pantex.

About Our Team:

Department 2218 W88 ALTs 370 Product Realization, provide systems engineering and program integration for the US Navy Strategic Nuclear Weapons. The department is directly responsible for the design, development, and qualification the W88 ALT 370 System consisting of the Mk5 reentry body and the integrated Arming, Fuzing, and Firing (AF&F) system for the reentry body. Our departments focus has transitioned into supporting rate production with our production agency partners to deliver Mk5 reentry bodies and AF&Fs to meet the nation’s deterrent needs. We also provide input to the Weapons Stockpile Management organizations as it relates to Annual Assessment and formal anomalies.

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: 694499

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F