Cleared Member​/Senior R&D Sensor Engineer - Environmental Controls and Sensors Team, Onsite

Job Details

Job : 698917

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

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:

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• Generous vacation, 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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Join our Environmental Controls and Sensors team as a Sensor Engineer (

Job Title:

R&D S&E Electronics Engineer), where you will play a key role in the design, characterization, qualification, and integration of sensor technologies across multiple Joint Test Assembly (JTA) programs. You will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams including mechanical engineers, designers, analysts, test personnel, and the Product Realization Team (PRT) Lead to execute engineering activities spanning the full product development lifecycle within the Nuclear Deterrence (ND) Product Realization Framework.

On a typical day, you may:

• Develop sensor designs to production-ready status through iterative design-build-test cycles, working closely with production agencies to ensure manufacturability and quality.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure sensor products meet all requirements via requirements mapping (RQ-R), verification (RQ-V), and qualification planning (PQ).
• Support sensor qualification testing and documentation, including developing test plans, executing tests, and analyzing results.
• Perform detailed analysis of environmental test data, including long-term sensor drift studies and reliability assessments.
• Serve as the technical interface between design teams and production/manufacturing agencies to resolve design and production challenges.
• Partner with Sandia engineers and external collaborators across the nuclear complex to ensure project success and compliance with standards.

The position requires an ability to travel up to 25% to support the mission.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

$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.

• A 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.
• Position requires an active DOE Q-level security clearance or equivalent at time of application.

The ideal R&D S&E Electronics Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Demonstrated experience with analog and digital circuit design and analysis.
• Hands-on experience testing and de-bugging circuitry, with clear mastery of tools such as oscilloscopes, logic/network/spectrum analyzers, function/pulse generators, etc.
• Proven experience with design and analysis tools (e.g., Matlab and LabVIEW), analog simulation codes (e.g., LTSpice), and HDL simulation codes (e.g.,Model Sim).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Proficiency in analyzing test data using statistical methods, trend analysis, and curve fitting.
• Proven ability to work effectively in team environments, collaborating with internal groups and external production facilities.
• Experience in sensor design, qualification, and transitioning hardware to production.
• Familiarity with DOE, NNSA, DoD, other National Labs, and production facility processes.
• Hands-on experience with a variety of sensors such as…