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 dedicated Operations Engineer and Staff Scientist with a curiosity about innovative science and engineering to develop concepts with additive manufacturing processes and materials. You will play a key role as part of multidisciplinary team of engineers and material scientists who are working to develop future technologies and manufacturing processes required for development of metal advanced manufacturing processes, prototypes and production ready components. You will have opportunities to contribute across a spectrum of basic research and applied technologies, working from concept, design and simulation through fabrication and test.

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

• Set up, operate and maintain multiple metal additive manufacturing tools and ensure proper configuration and operation of these tools within a multi-disciplinary environment
• Work across a variety of mission spaces to understand requirements and collaborate to produce process optimization, prototypes
• Develop computational approaches to additive machine control and process monitoring
• Optimize material systems and process parameters for multi-scale 3D printing
• Work with a variety of stakeholders to develop viable strategies for optimizing process and design parameters and produce testable hardware
• Collaborate across fields with internal organizations as well as academic and industrial collaborators

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite Sandia Job Title: R&D Mechanical Engineer

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 and master's in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering, materials science, or related field
• Experience with mechanical design and process optimization in a metal additive manufacturing environment
• Experience leading the installation, maintenance, trouble shooting of complex capital equipment
• Experience in advanced manufacturing technologies
• Able to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• A record of productivity and innovation, as evidenced by industry and/or government experience
• Ability to establish safe operation procedures and documentation for a variety of metal materials
• Experience with multiple forms of metal additive manufacturing including laser powder bed fusion, electron beam additive manufacturing, binder jet additive manufacturing and other modalities
• Experience with materials characterization (any of the following: dynamic mechanic analysis, vision-based inspection, microstructure analysis among others)
• Experience with chemical and materials laboratory practices
• Experience with materials characterization including optical and electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy and other inspection techniques
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills as needed to work successfully in a team environment

About Our Team:

CAMINO is envisioned to address Sandia mission needs in advanced manufacturing across a broad spectrum of national security mission areas with a firm foundation of digital engineering and workforce development. Every resource and capability in CAMINO will be available to mission stakeholders, from high-tempo concept exploration to preemptively ensuring efficient production of national-security-relevant products. CAMINO will address all technologies that span product spaces ranging from electronics, mechanical products, next-level assemblies, and broader functional enhancements. CAMINO accelerates innovation through collaboration and agile principles, with specific attention to collaborative environments through data and information technology and physical space that will accelerate transitioning designs from prototype to low-rate production.Our team is committed to nurturing environment compatible with a broad group of people and perspectives in accordance with the changing makeup of the workforce. In support of this vision, our center actively recruits applicants from diverse groups of backgrounds and fosters an inclusive community.Join us and work towards your goals while making a difference!

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: 694524

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F