Cleared Senior​/Principal R&D Mechanical Systems Engineer - Nuclear Weapon Systems Test & Development, Onsite

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

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* Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

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* 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

We are seeking a highly motivated Mechanical Engineer to join the W76-1 Joint Test Assembly (JTA) Weapon System Team. In this role, you will contribute to the mechanical design, development, and qualification of the new instrumented JTA flight test body for the W76-1 weapon systems.

You will engage in a diverse range of engineering activities, including assembling system-level assets, coordinating and planning tests, managing product definition and documentation flow, integrating systems, supporting production, and interfacing with design teams. Your work will involve close collaboration with internal Sandia teams as well as external partners at LANL, KCNSC, Pantex, NNSA, and Navy SP-28.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

* Develop a detailed understanding of customer requirements and support their maturation and translation into system-level configurations.

* Assemble and integrate mechanical, system, and subsystem assemblies.

* Integrate and test subassemblies and system configurations.

* Plan and execute testing for environmental, performance, and safety qualification, with significant coordination of activities at Sandia Mechanical test facilities.

* Analyze system-level test data and support anomaly resolution with critical thinking and problem-solving.

* Manage product definition, release documentation created by design teams, and ensure proper authorization and distribution through Sandia
¿ s drawing and authorization systems.

As a successful candidate, you will gain intimate knowledge of the detailed function of W76-1 nuclear weapon components, subsystems, and systems. You will also develop a broad understanding of the entire product realization lifecycle
¿ from concept exploration and design through development, qualification, production, and sustainment.

Due to the nature of this work, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite and travel occasionally (up to 25% of the time).

Salary Range

$117,500 - $235,700

* 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
¿ 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

* Active DOE Q Clearance or equivalent is required to start

Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D Mechanical Engineer 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 and ability to work effectively in…