Cleared Senior​/Principal R&D Systems Engineer - Pantex Integration Lead, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a highly motivated R&D Systems Engineer to join the Stockpile Logistics Team. The selected candidate will leave work every day knowing they have played a critical role in keeping our country safe and secure. Our team executes design, development, qualification, and sustainment activities associated with the Integrated Surety Architecture Portfolio and the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile.

To support this vital mission, we are looking for a Systems Engineer to serve as the Pantex Integration Lead. This role involves leading SNL's efforts in support of Pantex readiness activities to achieve First Production Unit milestones and supporting production sustainment. The position requires a multidisciplinary approach to systems engineering, supported by engineering expertise, critical thinking, and collaboration with multiple internal and external partners.

This role includes interfacing with various internal organizations, as well as the Pantex Production Agency, U.S. Navy and Air Force, and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) customers, to ensure the successful integration of Department of Energy (DOE) systems into service.

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

Be the main point of contact for Weapon Production programs (i.e.W76-1/2 939, W88 ALT 940, MTAD integration) activity needs identified by System level counterparts at the CNS/Pantex Plant (Pantex);

Author and improve Product Specifications, Specific Use Specification, Weapon Safety Specification documents, as needed;

Collaborate with Weapons Response, Pantex, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Lockheed Martin counterparts on improvements to Pantex procedures;

Support inter-site logistics planning and actions to ensure Pantex is driving the Weapon System results;

Provide status briefings to National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and DOD partners, as needed, and during management reviews;

Monitor and support components and hardware being shipped to Pantex in support of Pantex production;

Team with counterparts at LANL to ensure high-production readiness levels and effective problem solving;

Coordinate with Systems Surveillance with respect to hardware provisioning in support of the weapon system state of health monitoring;

Update SNL management on production and First Production Unit status;

Support ongoing production and support resolving technical issues as they occur;

Provide system expertise and engineering authorizations to minimize impact of production interruptions at Pantex.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to travel to Pantex frequently or work onsite in Amarillo, TX and travel to Albuquerque, NM.

In addition to travel between Amarillo and Albuquerque, some travel to locations including, but not limited to Livermore CA, Los Alamos, NM, Washington DC and Kansas City, MO is required for this position.

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 and ability to obtain sigma 15 which may require polygraph testing.

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D Systems Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly…