Cleared Mechanical Engineer - Cargo Restraint Design, Onsite

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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

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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)

Generous vacations, 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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* These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a highly driven R&D Mechanical Engineer to join dynamic team to support cargo restraint design for high-security assets in the Transportation Safeguards and Surety Program! This work will involve the development, analysis, realization, and integration of cargo restraints and tie-downs for transporting some of our nation’s most critical assets.

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

Use engineering principles and CAD tools to research, design, or develop complex hardware sets to demonstrate / validate cargo securement methodologies and designs.

Troubleshoot existing tie-down schema to resolve technical or requirement deficiencies and evaluate and update as necessary.

Conceptualize, design, analyze, and manage product realization of new tie-down schema for the next generation of cargo fixtures, restraints, and tie-down for transportation.

Engage, interface, and team with subject-matter experts and members of the complex to ensure the success of the transportation mission.

Initiate, design, develop, implement, and evaluate new processes, products, or systems through basic and applied research.

Present concepts, designs, test data, analysis results, and status to management and team members.

Provide consultation for one-off and hazardous shipping configurations

Learn and provide historical context for how and why certain schema and hardware are used

Collaborate with internal and external customers

Collaborate with various systems organizations to provide cargo securement technical support for test and evaluation.

Provide on-site or remote support to responding agencies in the event of a secure transportation event.

Travel as required, for training or to support project efforts.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$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.

Qualifications We Require:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, 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

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D S&E Mechanical Engineering 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 realization in the NNSA complex.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

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