Senior​/Principal PRT Lead - Code Management System Team, Onsite

Senior/Principal PRT Lead – Code Management System Team, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking an experienced R&D Systems Engineer to join the Code Management System (CMS) team as a Product Realization Team (PRT) Lead. CMS is used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to manage Permissive Action Link (PAL) codes and keys and support critical nuclear weapon operations such as recode/rekey, Limited Life Component Exchange (LLCE), training, deployment readiness, and assembly/disassembly.

The system ensures authorized use and prevents unauthorized use of air‑delivered weapons.

• Lead a Product Realization Team to deliver CMS products that meet technical, programmatic, and mission requirements
• Apply core systems engineering principles to deliver mission‑driven outcomes across the product lifecycle
• Partner closely with domain experts and fellow engineers to develop, mature, and integrate product requirements, concepts, and technical solutions
• Elicit, define, decompose, allocate, trace, and manage system and component requirements
• Coordinate product realization activities across design, development, production, and qualification
• Identify, document, and elevate risks and issues that could impact mission execution, product quality, cost, or schedule
• Estimate, plan, and manage work scope, budgets, and schedules aligned to program priorities
• Support technical decision‑making through trade studies, design reviews, and cross‑functional coordination
• Balance multiple priorities and adapt quickly as technical and program needs evolve
• Build and communicate a roadmap aligned to a long‑term strategic vision for CMS product realization
• Integrate Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools into day‑to‑day engineering where appropriate
• Mentor junior staff, influence technical direction, and engage effectively with senior staff and management
• Operate effectively both independently and in a collaborative team environment across multiple sites

Travel is required up to 15%. You must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.

$117,500 – $235,700 (range is estimated; actual salary depends on experience and qualifications, and geographic salary differential).

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q‑level security clearance.

• 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 National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO).
• Experience on engineering design, qualification, production, integration, or related modeling/simulation projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts to deliver complex products or systems in a mission‑focused environment.
• Experience coordinating product realization activities such as requirements maturation, design development, integration, verification, configuration management, and delivery planning.
• Experience developing or managing project budgets, schedules, and execution plans.
• Experience developing system requirements and maintaining traceability from mission need through implementation and verification.
• Experience with system architecture, design, and development in a high‑consequence engineering environment.
• Experience with MBSE methods and practical tool use (e.g., Magic Draw/Cameo or similar).
• Experience with the Product Realization Process 6.x process.
• Demonstrated ability to identify technical risks,…