R&D S&E, Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical Calibration Engineer, Onsite

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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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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)

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a highly skilled R&D S&E, Mechanical Engineer (or Chemical, Physics, Comp Sci) to join our team. As a Mechanical Calibration Engineer at our Primary Standards Laboratory, you will play a crucial role in supporting Sandia in its global security missions. The PSL is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory providing metrology support to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

This position requires technical aptitude/knowledge spanning a broad range of measurement areas, systems, methods, and procedures to have an immediate impact on the work at the PSL. The ability to work in a team environment and provide engineering oversight to solve measurement issues is critical.

Daily, the Calibration Engineer will serve as a subject matter expert regarding exacting dimensional metrology, including dimensional calibration equipment, mass calibrations, force calibrations, gaging, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), uncertainty analysis, and calibration methods. The Calibration Engineer must apply sound understanding of the principles of thermal expansion, traceability to the SI, compliance with quality standards such as ISO 17025, material properties, stress, strain, deformation, and theory of operation of dimensional metrology equipment.

The Calibration Engineer must be able to prepare and defend reports, analyses, and presentations that are correct and clearly communicated. You will work with your team to develop new/improve existing measurement techniques, data analysis techniques, measurement systems and collaborate to support customers across Sandia's broad national security missions. A key role will be working in a team environment to support other mechanical measurements at PSL and interacting with colleagues across SNL/NNSA in mechanical measurements/calibrations and with colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

All work will be performed in accordance with laboratory procedures, policies, and practices.

On any given day you may be called on to:

• Apply knowledge, experience, and technical aptitude in measurement science related to the physical disciplines of pressure and the related systems, equipment, methods, and procedures.
• Conduct/support research and development of new measurement technologies and techniques related to the lab's capabilities.
• Perform Waiting Quality Approval (WQA) reviews in Maximo, review calibration data and draft certificates to assure they are correct. Approve Calibration Certificates and Reports.
• Participate in Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) quality activities, such as National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) surveys, Proficiency Test (PTs) and Inter-Laboratory Comparisons (ILCs).
• Mentor/coordinate activities of technologists, including technical training and workload management.
• Develop/maintain new measurement systems:
• Improve performance and quality metrics…