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 highly motivated and experienced R&D Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team as a Technical Lead for the AI&T/Qualification Team. In this pivotal role, you will help shape the future of advanced systems qualification by providing technical and programmatic leadership in planning and executing system-level AI&T (Assembly, Integration, and Test) activities. You will collaborate with a diverse range of internal partners, oversee critical qualification processes, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality documentation and reporting.

As a key member of the Mobil Guardian Transporter (MGT) System Project Team (PRT), you will engage in major schedule, budget, and risk management activities while driving the implementation of the MGT System Qualification Plan. Your expertise will be essential in guiding test activities, data collection, and analysis to provide robust verification and validation evidence. The selected candidate will be responsible for planning, executing, documenting, and reporting a comprehensive range of activities to verify that MGT meets its system-level requirements. The AI&T Qualification Team conducts verification and validation activities, including module/subsystems level verification, full-scale systems tests (both non-destructive and destructive), and the management of modeling and simulation activities.

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

• Own and direct the implementation of the MGT System Qualification Plan Volume (QPV) and lead or guide efforts defining and executing test activities, data collection, and analysis to provide system-level verification and validation evidence.
• Prepare and present both technical and programmatic status to internal and external partners, including Sandia management and Federal Program management.
• Travel occasionally to support program qualification efforts.
• Provide direction on the development and release of documentation, including qualification plan volumes (QPVs), test plans, test readiness reviews, test execution reports, data assessments, quick look reports, and test reports.
• Review and approve all qualification-related documentation (e.g., QPVs, test plans, test reports, memos, change requests, etc.).
• Ensure documentation is released, activities are closed out, and evidence is archived.
• Engage with facility capabilities to mitigate risks and address gaps in system-level qualification activities.
• Assess and provide system qualification impacts for Change Requests.
• Document and programmatically communicate qualification decisions.
• Work with MGT project controllers to oversee project tracking and charging (labor/ODC) and manage the AI&T/Qualification schedule.

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

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 degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other relevant STEM field plus 5 years’ relevant experience, or a master’s degree in the above stated fields plus 1 year relevant experience.
• Ability obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Active DOE Q or DOD TS clearance.
• Master’s degree in above stated fields.
• Experience with testing, verification, and validation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a large technical team in the execution of highly complex and varied technical activities.
• Understanding of requirements flow down and verification methodologies.
• Proficiency with varied communication methods, including oral presentation, preparation of high-impact visual presentations, written reports, and the ability to communicate scientific and technical information at a level tailored the audience.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and manage cost, schedule, and performance for a large-scale project.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Nuclear Deterrence product realization process, including the Engineering Authorization process.

About Our Team:

The MGT Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) Org 06761 is responsible for the qualification of the Mobile Guardian Transporter (MGT) which is the next-generation replacement for the existing Safeguard Transporter (SGT). The MGT will assure the safety and security of cargo and containers, protect the public, meet nuclear explosive safety requirements associated with accident scenarios and reduce the risk to new security threats. The MGT is a highly complex system with demanding safety, security, and technical performance requirements.

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: 694611

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F