Digital Engineering Technologist; Engineering Technologist

What You Will Do

The Product Realization and Reliability Office (PRRO) in Nuclear Production Operations consists of a multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists that support plutonium programs across the entire Nuclear Production Operations organization. The PRRO Office is seeking a digital engineering technologist to support standardization of process and data usage in support of factory floor improvements. The objective of this role is to standardize information collection practices, engineer solutions for leveraging the data to drive factory floor change, and link the information with other systems (PLM/MRP/MES/RMS etc.).

This position will primarily consist of office work with occasional shop floor interactions. The technologist position will provide as‑needed support to different digital engineering initiatives and achieve a broad understanding of the digital engineering domain. Training for specific digital engineering capabilities will be provided.

Engineering Technologist 1 ($87,800 - $143,000)

• Supporting the development of continuous improvement opportunities that leverage digital engineering capabilities
• Supporting migration of current engineering practice into information‑centric systems and demonstrating the full usage of those systems.
• Supporting capability leads in exercising specific digital engineering capabilities from concept through to production implementation
• Supporting nuclear production workforce in using digital engineering capabilities (PLM, RMS, MBSE, etc.)
• Supporting requirements gathering and user feedback collection from nuclear production workforce

Engineering Technologist 2 ($96,600 - $158,000)

• Supporting system configuration, upgrades, and reviews of change proposals.
• Participating in enterprise level discussions to represent Nuclear Production needs and ensure local awareness of enterprise direction.
• Leading small group training sessions for new capabilities.

• Strong documentation skills; demonstrated ability to document technical results in a formal method/format
• Demonstrated proficiency in at least one engineering software tool set (e.g., CAD, PDM, requirements management, modeling & simulation)
• Ability to obtain a Q clearance, which typically requires U.S. Citizenship.

• Experience with requirements management, process planning, or work instruction writing.
• Familiarity with the product realization process within the nuclear security enterprise.
• Demonstrated ability to break moderately complex tasking into actionable self‑tasks, and execute with minimal supervision.

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology, Science, Math, or related degree from an accredited institution and 2 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

For the higher level:
Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology, Science, Math or related degree and 5 years of directly related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Proactive mindset with a passion for driving continuous improvement and operational excellence in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with private industry production and continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with formal requirements management systems (e.g., DOORS Next Generation, PTC Code Beamer), product lifecycle management systems (e.g., Windchill, Team Center), or MRP systems a plus.
• Experience with Confluence and Jira a plus.
• Strong presentation skills

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

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