Senior/Principal Engineering Support Technologist Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) for Global Burst Detector (Experienced), 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

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• 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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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Technologist to join our innovative Assembly, Integration, and Test team. In this vital role, you will support the development and testing of the Global Burst Detector (GBD) playing a key part in ensuring its success from initial development through early-on-orbit operations. Our team is dedicated to conducting essential test and post-delivery activities focused on the United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System's (USNDS) Global Burst Detector (GBD) Space Segment. If you are passionate about advancing national security through cutting-edge technology and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want to hear from you!

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

• Assist in the development of integrated system testers to evaluate the payload operational boundaries, including test scripts to exercise system functionality.

• Execute payload operations prior to system delivery: system integrated tests and thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing.

• Support payload integration to the space vehicle and associated SV/GBD test activities and resources.

• Provide support for pre-launch processing and assist with early on-orbit testing to verify performance before the asset transitions to operational status.

• Develop and fabricate the hardware and software utilized for payload system testing.

  Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite with an option for occasional work from home. Some extended hours and travel are required for this position.

Salary Range:

$72,800 - $140,600

*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.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant STEM field plus 3 years' relevant experience; or equivalent

• Associate degree in stated field plus 7 years' relevant experience

• No degree plus 11 years' directly related experience

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Active DOE L or Q clearance, or DoD equivalent.

• Excellent teamwork, influencing, and ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms.

• Experience with military payload development projects, as well as research and development of payloads.

• Experience with system tester and test script development and execution.

• Experience with software development, including C and python.

• Self-motivated and positive individual who thrives in a diverse, fast-paced, results-oriented environment.

• Experience with realization and delivery of high rigor designs.

About Our Team:

We perform key test and post-delivery activities with a focus on the United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System's (USNDS) Global Burst Detector (GBD) Space Segment. GBD payloads have a long association with Global Positioning System (GPS) host satellites and contribute to a diverse national capability for the detection of nuclear detonation.

We lead the integration and test (I&T) of GBD hardware in Albuquerque and support the payload I&T at satellite vehicle factories and launch sites. Our space light function is conducted in unison with ground systems engineering and the mission user community. We manage one of the major satellite environmental test facilities: Thermal Vacuum (TVAC). The TVAC Facility has a comprehensive suite of chambers that simulate the temperatures, and high altitudes, of a space environment, characterizing designs and assessing payload space light survivability .

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: 695109

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F