Senior R&D Technologist - Experimental Aerosciences, Onsite
Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico, 87031, USA
Listed on 2026-09-04
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Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
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*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov
* These benefits vary by job classification.
What Your Job Will Be Like:
Sandia's Experimental Aerosciences department is seeking a Laboratory Support Technologist to support research in hypersonic 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 technologist will lead the operation of the facility through regular maintenance and custom fabrication.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
Conducting capability maintenance to maintain experiment operational cadence.
Perform daily experimental setup and resets.
Assist, learn, and perform optical diagnostics including laser and high-speed camera optical methods.
Contribute to long-term capability development plans.
Perform capability upgrades.
Assist with experimental data collection.
Contribute to safety and security procedures and documentation.
Execute experiments to support research plans with a diverse team of staff, test engineers, and technologists.
Present work to team members, Sandia mission partners, and the larger scientific community.
Due to the nature of the work, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite.
Salary Range:
$74,700 - $144,400
* 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:
High school diploma plus three or more years of directly related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience with activity-level work comprising of pressure, electrical, and mechanical hazards.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance
Qualifications We Desire:
Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) discipline or equivalent work experience
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…
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