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 vacation, 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 R&D S&E, Systems Engineering System Safety Engineer. The System Safety Engineering (SSE) applies engineering and management principles, criteria, and techniques to achieve acceptable mishap risk within the constraints of operational effectiveness, time, and cost throughout all phases of the system life cycle. The application of system safety engineering results in the definition of system safety requirements throughout the life cycle for any system. When properly applied, these requirements enable the identification and management of hazards and their associated risks during system developmental and sustaining engineering activities. The application includes utilizing the MIL-STD-882E order of precedence to meet safety requirements, adequately characterizing the safety significance, and integrating precepts early in the program help establish and engrain safety requirements and criteria throughout the life cycle.

The following describe the top-level functions of the SSE:

• Provide leadership for SNL System Safety to ensure all aspects of the CPS system safety program are defined, communicated, and executed.
• Serve as the focal point for System Safety activities and ensure that safety efforts are closely coordinated, aligned with program management and industry, and safety tasks are completed.
• Ensure adequate safety scope, technical approach, and coordination to eliminate or mitigate hazards identified using the MIL-STD-882E safety order of precedence.
• Develop a System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) to present the System Safety approach and safety tasks for developing and integrating the Hypersonic Glide Body (HGB) into the CPS Weapon System (WS) and associated launch platforms.
• Support working groups to facilitate System Safety collaboration within cross-functional forums.
• Software Safety Subgroup
• Flight Systems Safety (FSS) Subgroup
• Platform Integration Safety Subgroup
• Battery and Initiator Safety and Certification Subgroup (SCSG)
• Parts, Materials, Processes (PMP) Working Group
• Coordinate communication of Technical Data Packages (TDP)/Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) supporting Joint Services Weapon Safety Review (JSWSR) and Safety Review Authority Review, such as:
• Navy Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB)
• Joint Services - Fuse and Ignition System Safety Authorities (JS-FISSA)
• Joint Services - Software Safety Authorities (JS-SSA)
• Joint Services - Insensitive Munitions Technical Panel (JS-IMTP)
• Navy Insensitive Munitions Office (IMO)
• Munitions Response Evaluation Board (MREB)
• Army Fuze Safety Review Board (AFSRB)
• Software System Safety Technical Review Panel (SSSTRP)
• Fuze and Initiation System Technical Review Panel (FISTRP)
• Range Commander’s Council (RCC)
• Advise and update SNL Leadership, LM, GNT, IP on all matters pertaining to System Safety, to include development and communication of schedules, milestones, deliverables, and plan of action (i.e., POA&M).
• Support as needed requirements derivation, analysis, including technical risk assessments, identification of design issues and risks, design trade-offs, and validation and verification (V&V) activities.
• Support for major program reviews, with development and delivery of system safety engineering-related briefings.
• Support System Safety screening, analysis, and recommendations to proposed HGB design, engineering, and part changes.
• Contribute, as needed, to various program safety events such as Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM), Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings, Safety Summits, In-Process Reviews (IPR), Action Item (AI) reviews, Failure Review Boards (FRB), System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) panels, Risk and Opportunity Management Boards (ROMB), requirements review, and ad-hoc working groups.
• Conduct preliminary analysis to identify, classify, and mitigate safety hazards associated with the Hypersonic Glide Body (HGB) as a system element of the Weapon System (WS) and its integration within an overall weapon system-of-systems (SoS) and host platform(s) at any stage in its respective lifecycle.

Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$114,000 - $227,500

*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 5 years relevant experience.

Experience with System Safety efforts described in MIL-STD-882E or other system safety standards, augmented by identifying specific tasks that may be necessary to ensure that the program adequately addresses areas that the Program needs to emphasize.

Some specific tasks may include, but are not limited to:

• Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Sneak Circuit Analysis (SCA)
• Bent Pin Analysis (BPA)

Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

Experience and ability to conduct preliminary analysis to identify, classify, and mitigate safety hazards associated with the program as a system element of the Weapon System (WS) and its integration within an overall weapon system-of-systems (SoS) and host platform(s) at any stage in its respective lifecycle. These analyses generally scope the following tasks:

• Preliminary Hazard List (PHL) - MIL-STD-882E Task 201
• Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) - MIL-STD-882E Task 202
• System Requirements Hazard Analysis (SRHA) - MIL-STD-882E Task 203
• Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA) - MIL-STD-882E Task 204
• System Hazard Analysis (SHA) - MIL-STD-882E Task 205
• Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP) and Report, MIL-STD-882E Task 108
• Operating and Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA) - MIL-STD-882E Task 206
• Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA) - MIL-STD-882E Task 208
• Environmental Hazard Analysis (EHA) - MIL-STD-882E Task 210
• Safety Assessment Report (SAR) - MIL-STD-882E Task 301
• Programmatic Environmental Safety and Health Evaluation (PESHE)

About Our Team:

The Military Systems Engineering department applies interdisciplinary systems engineering principles and approaches to transform a set of customer needs into a solution that meets those needs with verifiable, traceable, and testable requirements. The team accomplishes this by overseeing the engineering design, development, and demonstration of complex military systems. Methods used are Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Concept of Operations Development, Requirements Analysis and Definition, System Design Descriptions, Trade Studies, Design Analysis, Interface Design & Assessment, Integrated System Test Planning, System Verification & Validation, and Configuration Management.

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: 695118

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.