Senior​/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - Telemetry Systems Engineering, Onsite

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The Telemetry (TM) team at Sandia National Laboratories is seeking an R&D Mechanical Engineer to join our dynamic team! We are responsible for the design, development, testing, and qualification of multiple telemetry products across the ND portfolio. As a Mechanical Engineer, you will contribute to the mechanical design, conduct full product environmental testing, and verify requirements in support of qualification and product delivery.

Your role will also include fixture development, documentation, hardware assembly, and managing fabrication processes. Our telemetry units are highly integrated electro-mechanical designs that must operate effectively in severe environments. Success in this role requires the ability to collaborate with a multi-faceted engineering team.

A successful candidate would have skills and experience with the following:

• Mechanical Testing (Shock, Vibration, Temperature, Pressure, Humidity) and data analysis
• Strong design skills in CAD (CREO preferred)
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) knowledge
• Experience designing for multiple manufacturing processes including machined aluminum, sheet metal and 3D printing (FDM)
• Demonstrated strong documentation related to product development within a quality management system
• Mentorship and leadership ability
• Strong, methodical approach to problem-solving

On any given day, you may:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and document system needs and requirements for Telemetry hardware
• Work with a cross-functional team to establish long-term visions and short-term priorities for the mechanical engineering team
• Utilize critical thinking to troubleshoot both mechanical and electromechanical issues, providing solutions within programmatic constraints
• Engage in hands-on work with the Telemetry product through fabrication and testing activities
• Use CREO and PDMLink to design and model the Telemetry product
• Perform and analyze finite element analysis (FEA) simulations for stress, strain, modal and thermal environments
• Work with vendors and Sandia buyers to procure development parts
• Work with MCAD and the product definition team to create and authorize product drawings

The position requires an ability to travel up to 25% to support the mission.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time at the Livermore, CA facility.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

$139,900 - $280,600

* 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.

A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.

Demonstrated experience with Creo, Solidworks, or similar MCAD design tool.

Demonstrated experience developing or executing procedures associated with high value hardware (flight, customer deliverable, production).

Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q-Level Security Clearance.

The ideal R&D S&E Mechanical Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

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