Early Career - Electromechanical Technologist, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

Are you passionate about your work and dream of exploring innovative solutions? We develop advanced technologies to ensure global peace. Join us in our critical mission to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of our nation's nuclear deterrents!

We are seeking a mid‑career Electro‑Mechanical Technologist position on the Responsive Nuclear Deterrence (ND) Architectures team, which is an Advanced and Exploratory Systems organization with staff at both NM and CA. This specific position is for New Mexico. When you join our team, you will be part of a diverse, collaborative group that values individual contributions and encourages a culture of respect for all.

The work is challenging, dynamic and will require high accuracy. This career path offers opportunities to participate in a team that solves significant issues for our nation's security.

On any given day, depending on your specialization and interests, your responsibilities may include a few or all of the following tasks:

• Assemble, modify, inspect, troubleshoot, or repair/rework PCBs, cables, and other electrical equipment
• Perform soldering work for assembly and repairs
• Assist senior members of the workforce to assemble systems to meet project schedules and test schedules
• Provide support for field activities such as testing support at environmental test facilities
• Perform quality inspection using standard equipment such as multimeters, microscopes, etc. and specialized test equipment you’ll learn on the job
• Assist in a multitude of tasks involved with electronics lab management (i.e., parts inventory)
• On‑the‑job training is available, as needed

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

$63,800 - $123,400

* 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.

• High school diploma plus 3 or more years of directly relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to acquire and maintain a U.S. DOE Q security clearance
• Ability to travel within the U.S. up to 25% to support functional electrical testing and program needs

• Associates degree in an engineering/electrical field of study
• Intermediate to advanced solder and rework skills (i.e., familiarity and competency with a soldering iron)
• Experience with inventory and documentation management
• Quality inspection of cables and PCB boards (i.e., electrical continuity checks and isolation checks, voltage probing, white wiring, and inspection with microscope)
• Fabrication and assembly of test fixtures and enclosures (3D printed or machined)
• Great interpersonal skills (i.e., good at teaming and communicating with others)
• Experience working with classified and hazardous materials/hardware

As part of the Nuclear Deterrence (ND) Futures Office, the Responsive ND Architectures Department is responsible for creating, maturing, maintaining, and deploying standardized nuclear weapon interface solutions around data and power. Given that modularity/block upgrades are the goal for next‑generation weapon designs, our team enables modular solutions by using standard, flexible interfaces that meet emerging needs with proven survivability characteristics and varied capabilities that can be leveraged across future programs of record and A&E system demonstrators.

With our products, component development and system integration efforts are simplified and resilient to late requirements changes without requiring major concession or redesign; multiple options can be carried forward until late in the development cycles; and fielded systems will be upgraded readily without interface redesign. Our solution space includes providing system flight demonstrators to include experiments, sensors, and bus‑based telemetry solutions.

Our team ranges in work from experiments on the bench to testing at state‑of‑the‑art facilities, to flight testing with commercial rockets, university partnerships, and USAF/USN rockets.

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