R&D Engineer

What You Will Do

Located in northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is primarily responsible for monitoring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile and conducting advanced research in numerous areas related to national security. Additionally, it is a center for research in a wide range of scientific disciplines, including space exploration, geophysics, renewable energy, supercomputing, medicine, and nanotechnology.

Welcome to the Associate Laboratory Directorate for Weapons Production (ALDWP) and the Pit Technologies (PT) Division. The PT Division is one of 10 divisions in ALDWP. We are confident that you will find the PT Division a dynamic and rewarding place to work. Our employees are the most valuable asset within ALDWP and the Laboratory as a whole. The PT Division provides plutonium pit related products and services of superior quality and value to protect our nation and promote world stability.

Individuals working in this position will be interacting with multiple organizations to ensure implementation and compliance with Conduct of Engineering, Conduct of Maintenance, Conduct of Operations, Quality, and Safety Management Programs for their area.

• Apply engineering principles, theories, concepts, and practices to contribute to solutions for a broad range of technical challenges of national importance, including nuclear deterrence and threat reduction.
• Serve as a contributing member of integrated research and development (R&D) teams to address engineering challenges.
• Assist in the research, design, testing, analysis, verification and validation of engineering and technology solutions in support of R&D and Operations initiatives.
• Learn advanced technologies and analysis techniques employed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory engineering community.
• Adapt to evolving R&D requirements while meeting safety, security, compliance, and schedule imperatives.
• Assist in developing new methods, technologies, and analysis techniques for institutional programs.
• Ensure programmatic objectives through the provision of project management and engineering support to successfully complete milestones.

• Beginner to intermediate knowledge of professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, and procedures, as demonstrated by experience researching, designing, analyzing, testing, verifying, and validating engineering solutions.
• Basic knowledge along with any class project experience with analysis or testing in one or more of the following engineering areas: shock, vibration, fluids, thermal, nuclear, systems, explosives, manufacturing, process, control systems, data acquisition and data analysis.
• Demonstrated capability/experience performing a broad range of complex engineering work, including experience designing or reviewing a complete project, system, or component.
• Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing, system and component testing operations.
• Demonstrated experience developing, codifying, and validating engineering requirements.

• Intermediate analytical thinking skills, as demonstrated by experience designing and executing experiments or tests, including the analyzation and interpretation of data.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement concepts and tools.
• Demonstrated commitment to high quality and timeliness of deliverables.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently in high-intensity environments with coworkers representing a variety of technical backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to express detailed ideas clearly in ways that build understanding, respect, and trust, as demonstrated through presentations and publications.
• Demonstrated ability to express ideas clearly in oral and written communications.

Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution related to the occupation combined with 2 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and technical experience directly related to the occupation. Candidates that meet the degree requirement, but do not meet the 2-year minimum experience requirement are encouraged to apply and may be considered for hire through an exception process.

Requires a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related science, 2 years job related experience, and 1 year of nuclear experience.

• Demonstrated experience working in glovebox environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge or experience working in a manufacturing or production organization requiring implementation of defined manufacturing, testing, and quality requirements.
• Demonstrated experience working in a nuclear facility.

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with system and subsystem qualification testing and/or analysis.
• Demonstrated experience applying continuous improvement concepts and tools.
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