Cleared Senior​/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - EMSAT Technical Manufacturing Lead

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We are seeking an experienced R&D Mechanical Engineer to lead the overarching development of manufacturing processes at Sandia's Explosives Manufacturing Science and Technology facility (EMSAT). Your primary role will consist of providing lead engineering expertise in the startup and development of multiple flexible product lines to demonstrate manufacturing capability across several components. This includes overseeing the qualification of all equipment, ensuring the timely completion of manufacturing operations throughout proof-of-concept builds, ensuring execution of appropriate supporting engineering documentation, and providing technical training and mentorship.

You will be working in a flexible team environment with other personnel to apply engineering concepts and best practices to the design, development, analysis, and testing of processes and equipment that meet design requirements on schedule and budget in support of key deliverables. Processes within our manufacturing area include, but are not limited to cleaning, laser welding, resistance welding, leak testing, powder pressing, encapsulation, soldering, glass-to-metal sealing, thin film deposition, mechanical/electrical measurements, and visual inspections.

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

• Plan, conceive, conduct, and manage process development for energetic components in a manufacturing environment
• Direct systematic studies to characterize processes with the intent of determining the ideal process equipment, tools, and parameters that will meet design requirements with high yield and high quality
• Manage and maintain manufacturing equipment and operational technology ensuring continuous, predictable operation
• Analyze the performance of manufacturing processes using key performance indicators such as yield, variance, and tact time
• Use manufacturing process results and data to provide objective Design for Manufacturability advice to engineers from both the Design and Production Agencies.
• Create new understanding and capabilities by using the scientific method: hypothesis, test, and evaluation techniques; critical review; or similar engineering research and development methods
• Use engineering principles to research, design, or develop tooling, instruments, machines, experiments, processes, systems, theories, and technologies
• Lead and support formal problem-solving efforts as needed to address manufacturing anomalies and to maintain high-rigor, high-quality processes
• Lead the development of work instructions and operating procedures to support the product lines under your purview
• Lead or participate in new process and equipment development and qualification
• Assist with the operational startup of a new facility
• Utilize effective teaming skills
• Partner across organizational boundaries
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills and challenge the status quo to facilitate the resolution of complex problems
• Make decisions regarding product quality
• Mentor and train engineers on equipment qualification, process development, and the product realization lifecycle

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