Cleared Mechanical Engineer, Pulsed Power - Onsite

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Are you passionate about your work and dream of utilizing state-of-the-art facilities to explore solutions? If so, you will want to consider applying for this opportunity! You could be the Mechanical Engineer we are seeking to join our dynamic team to support design and product realization efforts for the Pulsed Power Sciences Center. This work is typically the realization of complex pulsed power systems which integrate complex hardware, unique control systems, state of the art diagnostics, and supporting infrastructure that must operate in critical extreme environments.

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

• Use engineering principles to research, design, or develop structures, instruments, machines, processes, or systems; to construct or operate the same with cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions
• Conceptualize, design, analyze, and manage product realization of hardware on current and next generation accelerators and pulsed power machines
• Engage with physicists and scientists in the realization of complex hardware systems to perform advanced research
• Develop dynamic state of the art sensors, diagnostics, and pulsed power concepts
• Accomplish sub-scale and full-scale testing of designs in and for use in pulsed power environments
• Work to meet critical schedules in an extremely exciting environment
• Present concepts, designs, test data, results, status to management and team members
• Engage with a team of engineers, designers, scientists, and technologists to resolve complex hardware realization issues
• Minimal travel as required, for training or to support project efforts

Join our team and achieve your goals while making a difference! Due to the nature of the role, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

$99,400 - $193,600

*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, 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.
• Active DOE Q- Level Clearance or DOD equivalent required to start

The ideal Mechanical Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex.
• 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:

• Experience using CAD software Creo Parametric and/or Solidworks and PDMLink tools
• Experience with engineering design tools for finite element analysis (FEA) or thermal analysis
• Experience in creating mechanical product design definition to include 3D solid models and mechanical drawings with applicable Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Experience to seek definition, evaluate, analyze, and then realize mechanical designs based on physicists and electrical designers visions
• Engineering and design experience in pulsed power systems (i.e mechanical systems subjected to extremely high current and voltage environments resulting in dynamic mechanical and thermal loads)
• Experience directing and overseeing manufacturing of hardware
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams

The Pulsed Power Sciences Center (1600) is accountable for advancing the understanding, development, and application of pulsed power for the missions of the nuclear weapons program. The Center also utilizes its major experimental, theoretical, and computational capabilities to meet the national security and fundamental science needs of diverse Sandia and external customers. Center 1600 is Sandia's primary organization for research in High Energy Density Physics (HEDP), Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), Advanced Radiography, Pulsed Power Science and Technology, and Fusion Technologies.

The Pulsed Power Engineering and Design Organization (1690) supports the engineering needs for the Pulsed Power Sciences Center by providing advanced engineering, design, and documentation services supporting current and future pulsed power machine development and maintenance. Additionally, the department supports other Sandia groups and external partners with engineering services by performing analysis, testing, and design. We provide the technical expertise needed to deliver and support robust, cost-effective pulsed power systems services. We maintain the required mechanical engineering and design staff needed to design, deliver, and support state-of-the-art pulsed power systems.

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.

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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