Senior​/Principal Product Design Engineer - Enabling Aerospace Systems, Onsite

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We are seeking a Product Design Engineer. The selected candidate will be part of a highly developed engineering and assembly team. Our team has an organized system for integrating, supporting and mentoring our teammates. While working on exciting programs, you will have many opportunities for career growth and development. Center 5400 performs R&D on a multitude of Ground, Air and Space based systems in support of the Nation's need.

It is not uncommon for our teams to be supporting fast-turn proof of concept projects, while also working through multi-year or technology maturation programs. Best of all, our Engineers frequently are involved in the procurement, assembly and fielding of the technologies they developed!

Example of a day in the life of a 5400 Product Design Engineer:

• Determines product requirements based on user needs.
• Initiates, designs, develops, executes, and evaluates new processes, products, or systems for implementing and integrating engineering solutions.
• Produces designs, models, and product definition of complex objects.
• Uses CAD software to develop design and analysis of concepts.
• Evaluates design options using optimization techniques.
• Creates the design definition documentation utilizing Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) ensuring that the design can be effectively manufactured and inspected.
• Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$102,400 - $199,700

• 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.

• 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.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

• Experience designing and defining for manufacturing aerospace hardware and systems.
• Experience and comfort leading design definition activities.
• Thorough knowledge of and applied experience with scientific and engineering methods.
• Thorough knowledge of and experience with designing, planning, and executing design, and development projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with implementing Sandia policies affecting research, design, and development activities, projects, or initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to team across disciplines.
• Ability to understand and interpret various design documents, such as drawings and schematics.
• Ability to use and apply standard CAD or CAM principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
• Working knowledge of GD&T.
• Demonstrated technical judgment in selecting methods and techniques for product development.
• Applies configuration management principles to manage design authorization and change.
• Ability to work closely with customers and suppliers to define expectations and mutual responsibilities.
• Ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandia's core values.
• Willingness and ability to travel for testing and or fielding occasionally. It is not uncommon for a typical year in the 5400 team to have 1-3 each trips that are 3-5 days long, and less commonly, 1-2 trips that might extend to 1-3 weeks. We do work with our team members to not place undue travel burden on them.

Enabling Aerospace Systems, Department 5414, is a Concept to Field-Test provider focusing primarily on mechanical engineering, design and integration of flight systems.

In addition to demonstrating advanced concept viability and advancing what is possible, we build systems that are intended to be fielded , whether that is to perform in flight, or to meet some other National need; we put…