Instrumentation Assembly Engineer; R&D Engineer

What You Will Do

The Test Engineering group (V-14) of the Weapons Engineering Verification and Validation Division (V) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is seeking a Research and Development Engineer to support the weapons mission.

The successful applicant will be engaged in component, subsystem, and system testing within the Data Acquisition and Instrumentation team. Testing activities require working in a team environment with technologists, engineers, and scientists within LANL, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and other institutions to perform successful experimental operations. These operations include, but are not limited to: specification of instrumentation, instrumentation application, and fielding and collection of experimental data.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to travel periodically to other sites within the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE).

The Instrumentation Assembly Engineer is primarily responsible for supporting the achievement of programmatic objectives through the testing and experimental process: sensor suite planning with the customer, review drawings/documents for requirements and specifications, instrumentation design review with V-5 Assembly Team, oversee installation of instrumentation during assembly, data acquisition, and preparation of close‑out test documentation.

Job responsibilities will require working in controlled hazardous environments that may include radiation‑generating devices, radioactive materials, high explosives (HE), and other hazardous materials.

• Demonstrated experience advising and guiding experimental work including mentoring junior staff, students and technicians.
• Demonstrated thorough experience and knowledge of test engineering including assembly, test design, planning, preparation, execution, data reduction and analysis, customer interfacing, and documenting of experimental work.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently and with changing priorities while delivering multiple products on schedule.
• Ability to accomplish technical tasks while working independently and as part of a team with other engineers, scientists, and technicians.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and experience interacting with all levels of personnel and customers.
• Familiarity with instrumentation use/installation for test execution.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GD&T.

Education/

Experience:

Position requires a Master's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution and 6 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level a Ph.D. may be preferred.

• Demonstrated experience in nuclear weapons testing and qualification.
• Knowledge of LANL weapon systems.
• Experience in customer interfacing with contractors, NNSA, DOE or DOD.
• Experience in project management or leadership.
• Demonstrated knowledge PDMlink for document configuration and management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of hazard analysis for assembly and disassembly operations.
• HE (High Explosives) Handler.
• Crane Operator.
• Derivative Classifier.
• Active Q Clearance.

Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Position commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Note to Applicants: Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China— including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau—as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful…