Early Career Computer Engineer, Navigation Guidance & Control - Onsite

Overview

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Navigation Guidance and Control department is seeking a Computer Engineer with practical applications experience involving things that fly, preferably rockets. We are currently developing the real-time flight control system solutions for various rockets, missiles, and reentry bodies that require applied computer and electrical engineering expertise. We work closely with other Sandia organizations to develop and field-test these type systems on relatively short timelines that offer opportunities to launch frequently.

Our current multi-disciplinary team comprised of Aerospace, Electrical, and Computer Engineers requires additional computer engineers to execute the current and anticipated future body of work.

We seek entry level personnel with a penchant for system level flight applications who want to grow into and assume leadership roles. We are looking to add team members who love a good challenge and take satisfaction in supporting multi-disciplinary team accomplishments.

you may be asked to:

• Design and implement avionic flight components supporting flight systems applications
• Design and implement avionic tester apparatus
• Support realization of hardware-in-the-loop hardware and software emulators
• Test avionic components and flight control subsystems in relevant environments
• Travel to the launch range to support vehicle flight test preparations
• Perform gathering and analysis of data using tools such as Matlab and Lab View
• Develop and apply Simulink models to real time simulation systems
• Apply specialized test equipment, such as GPS Satellite Constellation Simulators, in high fidelity simulation systems
• Interact with valued sponsors and fellow National Team members

Periodic travel may be required to support field integration and flight system test activities. Such activities typically occur at rocket launch facilities located in Alaska, Hawaii, and Virginia. Associated trip duration's range from a few days to several weeks depending on the assigned role and responsibilities.

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

Salary Range:

$99,400 - $193,600

* 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, 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.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level clearance

The ideal Computer Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Computer Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Demonstrated ability to execute and deliver technical…