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:

R&D Systems Engineering Lead - Multiple Positions Available

We are seeking highly independent, self-motivated R&D Systems Engineers to join Sandia National Laboratories Center 2200 in pivotal leadership roles supporting critical national deterrence missions. These positions offer the opportunity to support an accelerated development program within the Nuclear Security Enterprise and contribute directly to the safety, security, and reliability of the United States nuclear deterrent.

Multiple leadership roles are available in the following areas:

• Program Integration Lead: Serves to integrate programmatic and technical scope across the Systems team, specifically focused on creating a holistic effort between risk management requirements engineering, cost and schedule, and ensuring accurate and timely reporting to all program stakeholders.
• Risk Management Lead: Scope includes collaborating across technical teams to identify risks, issues, burndown plans, and opportunities and ensuring all data is captured in the Federal Integrated Risk Register. Also responsible for all reporting to the Federal Program Office (FPO).
• Environments Lead: Exercises expertise in weapon environments and DOE and military concept of operations (CONOPS) to develop system and component-level specifications that map to customer requirements (i.e., Stockpile-to-Target Sequence (STS)).
• Systems-Owned Parts Lead: Provides staff leadership in requirements development, qualification, and production strategy development and execution for Systems-owned piece parts.
• Qualification Test Lead: Leads a multi-disciplinary team in the execution of the system-level test verification strategy in close partnership with the Systems Qualification Lead and System Surety Engineer and supporting experimental test organizations.
• Testers Lead: Partner across organizations to develop the strategy for system tester realization and utilization.

Each role will focus on distinct technical challenges and leadership responsibilities while requiring depth in understanding of other aspects of the Program.

In these leadership roles, you may be called on to:

• Lead Complex Systems Engineering Efforts Drive the design, development, integration, and qualification of War Reserve (WR) systems or components, proactively identifying and mitigating technical risks while balancing Sandia¿s need to innovate, act with urgency.
• Collaborate Across the Enterprise: Partner closely with diverse teams spanning Sandia, NNSA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Kansas City National Security Campus, Pantex, USAF, and other key stakeholders to address complex technical and programmatic challenges.
• Drive Strategic Technical Communication: Clearly articulate technical issues, options, and recommendations through concise and compelling presentations, enabling informed decision-making at all levels.
• Ensure Systems Engineering Excellence: Rigorously analyze system performance and environmental factors to ensure all designs meet or exceed stringent requirements, maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and reliability.
• Define and Refine Requirements: Support the development, validation, and traceability of functional and interface requirements to ensure seamless system integration and compliance with regulatory standards.

This position will require some travel. Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$117,500 - $235,700

*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:

• 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.

Qualifications We Desire:

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

• Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience working with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) laboratories and plants including Pantex, Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLNL) and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO).
• Experience working on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects.
• 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:

• Proven experience in systems engineering lifecycle processes, including requirements development, system integration, qualification, and production
• Expertise in requirements management and traceability using model-based system engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo or equivalent.
• Demonstrated skills in risk identification, assessment, and mitigation using established frameworks and tools (e.g., FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis).
• Experience developing technical execution strategies
• Leading and coordinating cross-functional teams in complex, multidisciplinary environments.
• Proficiency in technical writing and presentations.
• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, JIRA) and experience managing scope, schedule, and resources.
• Knowledge of configuration management, change control, and quality assurance processes.

About Our Team:

Our team recently led the accelerated B61-13 program and continues this vital work through the newly authorized Hard and Deeply Buried Target (HDBT) Program of Record. We provide systems engineering and management support for the stewardship of nuclear weapon systems developed in New Mexico. Committed to ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of these weapons throughout their lifecycle, we prioritize advancing new technologies and maintaining technical excellence as central to our mission and Center activities

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

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.

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: 699008

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F