Cleared Senior​/Principal R&D Electrical Engineer - W93 Flight Test Team, Onsite

Cleared Senior/Principal R&D Electrical Engineer - W93 Flight Test Team, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

Join us in building the foundation of the first Phase X program in over 40 years by designing, building, and flying flight bodies for the W93 program. We are seeking an R&D Electrical Engineer to join our W93/Mk7 Flight Test Team, where you will play a pivotal role in developing innovative solutions, creatively addressing challenges, and ensuring project success through effective collaboration and communication.

As part of the W93 Flight and System Enabling Technology department (2383), you will contribute to the design of environmental flight bodies and the environmental qualification of Joint Test Assemblies.

On any given day you may be called on to:

Technical Reporting:
Author sections of final test reports evaluating flight body functional performance and present findings at customer interface meetings, including working groups or design reviews.

Design and Characterization:
Support the development and qualification of the W93 environmental flight body designs, including electrical architecture and defining specifications for voltages, currents, and cables. Coordinate the link margin analysis among internal and external SMEs for each flight test. Assist in generating, and maintain, the test data list with sensor, environmental science, and WR teams internal to SNL and across the NSE.

Research and Development:
Conduct research on historical and current nuclear weapon systems to inform flight body design, focusing on dynamic system environments to support the maturation of W93 System level requirements and long-term data collection.

Collaboration:

Work closely with laboratories, production sites, and component organizations to facilitate the design, integration, and manufacturability of flight body systems. Ensure robust connections through collaboration with the flight, telemetry, and cable teams.

Trade Studies and Evaluations:
Perform technical evaluations and trade studies, balancing performance, costs, risks, and technology maturation.

Deliver Flight Test Hardware:
Play a key role in delivering flight test hardware for Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) testing.

Support Developmental Flight Test Builds:
Ensure hardware readiness through comprehensive checkout procedures, conduct tests on assembled components, analyze data, and provide performance feedback to guide design iterations.

Critical Thinking and Troubleshooting:
Utilize the scientific method to identify and address issues causing unexpected behavior, considering performance, schedule, and cost constraints.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$114,000 - $227,500

* 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.

Qualifications We Require:

A bachelor
¿ degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination…