Cleared Senior​/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - FENG Design Team, Onsite

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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)

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an exceptional engineer to support our ferroelectric neutron generator (FENG) design team. As a member of the team you will serve in various roles, including contributing to new designs, improving existing designs, developing tooling and fixtures, and performing design activities to help establish the technical basis for our modernization work. The successful candidate will regularly interact with peers of diverse technical backgrounds within the Neutron Generator Enterprise and throughout Sandia.

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

Aid in component and fixture design using CAD and verifying drawings for manufacturability utilizing GD&T

Rapid prototyping using advanced and additive manufacturing (3-D print prototypes and fixtures) and environmental test of designs

Provide engineering support for the local production agency by analyzing the impacts of changes/exceptions to the manufacturing process, incoming materials, maintaining process specifications, and assisting with the development of work instructions (design for manufacturing)

Work with systems partners to further refine product requirements and definition

Coordinate with product engineers in the production agency to understand and evaluate the trade between producibility and performance

Interface and coordinate design efforts with design peers in subcomponent PRTs and next-level assembly

Provide design support for qualification planning, execution, and documentation

Engage with R&D activities to develop advanced FENG prototypes and partner with neutron tube, active ceramic, and energetic technology spaces

Coordinate and track the pedigree of multiple experimental test units, document test results, and communicate through presentations

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

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-level Security Clearance or equivalent. A willingness to obtain Sigma 15 access which may require random polygraph tests.

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D Mechanical Engineer candidate 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…