Senior​/Principal Engineering Support Technologist - Radio Frequency; RF Test Systems and Power Supplies, Onsite

Position: Senior/Principal Engineering Support Technologist - Radio Frequency (RF) Test Systems and Power Supplies, 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

+ 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
* World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

* These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a hard working Engineering Support Technologist. The successful candidate will use their experience to troubleshoot and configure radio frequency (RF) test systems and power supplies. In this position you will perform configuration, operation, and maintenance activities of tester systems, prototype systems, and flight products. Join us to develop creative solutions to national security challenges!

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

+ Support engineers on technical projects and products working from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts, or defined plans to perform testing, checkout, and troubleshooting functions

+ Serve as the Lab Owner of spaces that house project-relevant equipment and/or support project activity level work

+ Test, characterize, and troubleshoot power-supply modules verifying voltage/current performance, stability, and compliance with system specifications

+ Implement and oversee lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures for antenna systems and related RF equipment to ensure safe maintenance and test operations

+ Collect, maintain, organize, compile, and manipulate technical data, including performing mathematical calculations and analysis of data where guidelines are provided

+ Create, build, assemble, modify, or repair prototypes

+ Prepare engineering documentation, reports, drawings, sketches, flow charts, diagrams, or schematics

+ Set up and conduct tests and record data to assist with engineering analysis

+ Work with our ES&H teams as the point of contact for developing compliance documentation in support of the activity level work being conducted

This position will require some travel (e.g. five to ten trips per year). Due to the nature of this work the selected applicant will need to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$74,700 - $144,400

* 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:

+ High school diploma plus 5 years or more of directly related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience

+ Familiarity with written or verbal instructions, drawings, layouts, and other related specifications

+ Experience operating sensitive electronic equipment

+ Ability to obtain and maintain a required US DOE Q security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

+ Associates degree in engineering, physics, or relevant science, technology, or mathematics (STEM) field

+ Experience/familiarity with RF Electronics

+ Demonstrated experience testing and validating power-supply modules

+ Familiarity with lockout/tagout procedures for antennas and RF test systems

+ Experience in process execution

+ Proven ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal)

+ Awareness of engineering principles and basic technical responsibilities, including design and system technology, within a designated field

+ Knowledge of legal requirements and environmental impacts affecting engineering

+ Knowledge of mathematical calculations in accordance with engineering specifications

+ Ability to do hands-on troubleshooting of payload and ground system design, operations, and testing

+ Ability to work independently and as a team

+ Perform occasional off-hour work support

+ Active DOE Q or DOW TS clearance

About Our Team:

Our team provides research and development (R&D), systems engineering, project management, and payload development articles for the United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System (Burst Detector Analysis payload) and to a variety of DOE and government sponsors. Once a payload is designed and delivered, it is typical for the organization to maintain cradle-to-grave involvement throughout the life of the payload. The organization uses TRL 1 through 9 technologies to provide the sponsor(s) with a…