Cleared Senior/Principal R&D Electrical Engineer - Advanced and Exploratory Systems Engineering, Onsite

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Are you looking to do innovative, creative, and impactful engineering? The Advanced and Exploratory Systems Engineering Demonstrators team is at the forefront of nuclear deterrence, driving technology acceleration and exploring the art of the possible.

We are seeking a dedicated R&D Electrical Engineer to support the California Advanced & Exploratory Demonstrator Systems Engineering Team. This role is ideal for an engineer that is passionate about advancing engineering systems development for future Nuclear Deterrence programs and our stakeholders.

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

• Lead the design and integration of electrical systems for advanced and future warhead concepts, ensuring alignment with weapon system requirements and operational needs.
• Plan, conduct, and execute Sandia's science and engineering programs within the spectrum of fundamental research, development, and demonstration, with a focus on R&D initiatives.
• Apply scientific methods and engineering principles to demonstrate innovative designs, concepts, products, processes, or systems that enhance nuclear deterrence capabilities.
• Define and guide the development of concept weapon system architectures and layouts, collaborating closely with mechanical and systems engineers to ensure integration of hardware.
• Conduct system-level design architecture analysis that combines multiple component parts or subsystems into a complete functional system, identifying and resolving integration challenges.
• Identify future technology development needs and define requirements for experimental test units (Demonstrators), ensuring they are equipped to validate new concepts and technologies.
• Develop advanced engineering demonstrators and/or test units, conduct testing, and analyze results to explore the art of the possible.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Livermore, CA.

$135,700 - $270,900

*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 and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, 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 clearance or equivalent to start.

The ideal R&D Electrical Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Demonstrated experience with analog and digital circuit design and analysis.
• Hands-on experience testing and de-bugging circuitry, with clear mastery of tools such as oscilloscopes, logic/network/spectrum analyzers, function/pulse generators, etc.
• Proven experience with design and analysis tools (e.g., Matlab and LabVIEW), analog simulation codes (e.g., LTSpice), and HDL simulation codes (e.g.,ModelSim).
• 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:

• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Proven technical background with experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Demonstrated qualities:
• Design of weapon electrical systems or subsystems.
• Understanding nuclear effects, including shielding design and performance, as well as circuit design techniques to mitigate these effects for high-consequence systems.
• Defining model-based electrical systems and implementing them in CAMEO or similar tools.
• Defining requirements for electrical systems in collaboration with component teams.
• Experience with nuclear weapon reliability, safety, or surety, and the ability to synthesize military requirements into innovative solutions.
• Testing and debugging complex electrical systems in a lab environment using tools such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.
• Cable design, manufacturing, and fabrication.
• Product realization experience.
• Independent resourcefulness in developing new ideas or programs.
• Ability to conduct engineering work within a systems context.
• Success in navigating requirements ambiguity.
• Background in nuclear weapons across the lifecycle with big ideas on how to shape the future of weapon design.

As part of the Nuclear Deterrence Futures, the California Advanced and Exploratory (A&E) Demonstrator Systems Engineering department has the responsibility to provide Systems Engineering leadership for technology acceleration and future nuclear deterrence systems. Working with our military service partners and the design physics laboratories, we develop weapon system level demonstrations that accelerate component technologies, answer knowledge gaps for future design, and explore future system concepts to meet critical, urgent national needs. As part of the demonstrator systems, the team:

• Develops innovative weapon system concepts and architectures with features resilient to future uncertainties (e.g., threat environment)
• Designs and builds physical, functional, and flight demonstration test units for future systems
• Provides a system framework for future technologies needs to internal Labs-wide research programs

The California A&E Systems Engineering Demonstrators department partner with the broader Sandia community to bridge Science and Technology capabilities with system needs. The department maintains key collaborations around the Nuclear Security Enterprise, such as KCNSC, LANL, Pantex, Y-12, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, and others.

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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