Cleared Senior​/Principal Mechanical Engineer - Ballistic Missile Tester Development, Onsite

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Join a cutting‑edge team at the forefront of national security innovation as an R&D Mechanical Engineer, where your expertise will directly contribute to the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. As part of the Ballistic Missile and Air Delivered Tester Development teams, you will play a critical role in the Stockpile Surveillance Program, ensuring the effectiveness of the nation
¿ s nuclear weapon stockpile. This unique role offers unparalleled exposure to the U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise and the critical technologies that underpin national defense.

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to distill customer requirements into functional designs, ensuring that all aspects of the product realization process are addressed.
• Design and implement test bed assemblies that will experience various mechanical environments, including centrifuge and shaker table test environments, as well as explosive containment assemblies (boom boxes).
• Engage in solid modeling using Creo to create conceptual designs that meet rigorous testing standards, including vacuum testing and assessments under extreme thermal conditions.
• Conduct first‑cut analyses to evaluate material strength, derive explosive constituents into TNT equivalents, and assess expected blast pressures to ensure design viability.
• Develop and implement innovative solutions to solve technically complex challenges, while partnering to clarify and refine system and subsystem‑level requirements for testers.
• Create detailed drawings and documentation, utilizing Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and generating build‑to‑print design definition drawings to facilitate the manufacturing process.
• Oversee the inspection and testing of hardware, ensuring that all documentation is accurate and complete prior to qualification, confirming that designs can perform their intended functions.
• Troubleshoot test equipment that may be based on legacy or the latest pioneering technologies and participate in peer reviews of design efforts and concepts within the Labs.
• Adapt to various projects at different stages of development to support the dynamic needs of the organization.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite in Albuquerque, NM. Some travel is required for this position.

If you are passionate about engineering innovation and national security, we invite you to join our team and make a lasting impact.

$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.

• 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…