Measuring and Test Equipment Engineer

Job Description

Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE) Engineer supporting ongoing projects in the Superblock, a DOE Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility. Program owner for the Superblock M&TE and LLNL Performed Calibrations (LPC) Plan for Critical M&TE. Responsible for ensuring accuracy of test and experimental data used in reports, research & development, specifications, acceptance testing, and product development. Manage equipment life cycles, calibrations, data analysis, and ensure compliance with quality standards.

This position is in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED), within the Engineering Directorate.

This role may offer a hybrid schedule, flexible to work from home up to one day per week after probationary period.

• Perform, coordinate, and maintain calibration and certification of electrical, mechanical, and dimensional M&TE, ensuring traceability to national standards such as NIST.
• Manage M&TE assets, records, and databases, including calibration intervals, certificates, equipment tracking, scheduling, procurement, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Provide technical guidance on measurement tool selection, calibration, and categorization based on design requirements, Test Uncertainty Ratio (TUR), and intended application.
• Evaluate out-of-tolerance, nonconforming conditions and calibration recalls, analyze measurement data, assess quality impacts, and support root‑cause and corrective action investigations.
• Develop, validate, and continuously improve calibration procedures, specifications, and documentation, including calibration service providers, to ensure consistency, compliance, and process effectiveness.
• Test, calibrate, and certify instruments and tools used for electrical and physical measurements, ensuring nonconforming, damaged, or overdue equipment is removed from service, evaluated for impact, and dispositioned.
• Ensure compliance with project, quality, safety, and programmatic requirements through coordination with Quality Engineering and technical staff.
• Design and evaluate calibration systems, workflows, hardware, and software to support test, production, and program needs.
• Apply analytical and uncertainty methods and prepare clear technical reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.

• Provide technical leadership and direction in the development of M&TE processes, applying advanced level engineering knowledge, significant technical experience, and innovation to create solutions and resolve complex problems, while ensuring safety and compliance with DOE orders and specifications.
• Serve as the focal point for calibration-related activities across facility operations, laboratories, quality, and engineering.
• Drive continuous‑improvement projects that reduce cycle time, improve M&TE availability, and increase test‑system reliability.
• Lead the development and implementation of key performance metrics for the M&TE program.
• Evaluate and exert influence on the development, methods, resource needs, priorities, progress, and completion of programmatic and organizational goals, providing recommendations and advice to project leadership as necessary.
• Work with metrology SMEs to align LLNL Performed Calibration Plan implementation with institutional requirements and drive policy improvements.

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Metrology, or related technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Engineering aptitude as evidenced by past engineering, experimental, operational, or moderately complex troubleshooting or modification projects, including reviewing & performing engineering calculations, specifications, drawings, or analyses.
• 2+ years of hands‑on engineering experience with measurement or test equipment and instrumentation in aerospace, manufacturing, automotive, medical‑device, or similar hardware environments, such as torque wrenches, wire crimpers, pressure stands, load cells, temperature/thermal systems, electrical test…