Hypersonics Test Engineer - Experimental Aerosciences, Onsite
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 87101, USA
Listed on 2026-08-22
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Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Mechanical Engineer, Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
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
What Your Job Will Be Like
- Sandia s Experimental Aerosciences department is seeking a Test Engineer to support research in hypersonics environments impacting national security missions. Sandia s aerodynamic test facilities include the trisonic wind tunnel, hypersonic wind and shock tunnels, and multiphase shock tube. This positional primarily supports the hypersonic shock tunnel. A successful engineer will lead the design, future road mapping, development, and operation of the hypersonic shock tunnel to conduct novel research experiments.
- On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Develop novel techniques for the operation of hypersonic facilities.
- Develop and execute experiments to support research plans with a diverse team of staff, test engineers, and technologists.
- Generate and process data
- Manage facility improvement project plans and execution.
- Take responsibility for facility safety and security.
- Contribute to manuscripts for peer-reviewed scientific publications and in internal technical reports.
- Present work to team members, Sandia mission partners, and the larger scientific community.
Are you ready for your next challenge? Join our team and achieve your goals while ensuring national security.
Due to the nature of the work, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite.
Salary Range
- $102,400 - $199,700
Qualifications We Require
- A Master s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and execute large facility improvement projects.
- Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q security clearance. US Citizenship is required. Clearance is not required to start.
Qualifications We Desire
- Experience working in supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamics facilities.
- Experience in the development of experimental controls techniques using PLCs and/or LabVIEW.
- Experience with infrastructure systems including compressors and vacuum systems.
- Experience conducting data analysis using MATLAB or Python.
- Demonstrated excellence in process documentation.
About Our Team
The Experimental Aerosciences Department of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico offers challenging and important work relating to national security in R&D and technology applications in aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, compressible fluid mechanics, and flight dynamics. Our primary mission supports U.S. Department of Energy Defense Programs, and aerosciences projects funded through the U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA, NASA, and industry. Our projects span the Mach number range from subsonic through hypersonic and involve systems ranging from aircraft released ordinance to reentry systems and rocket systems.
Technical activities include experimental analytical efforts plus support of flight test activities, both pre-flight/post-flight analyses and field test operations. The Aerosciences Department maintains a strong balance of research and development activities and works synergistically with other organizations at Sandia to meet current and future customer needs.
Posting Duration
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