Early Career R&D S&E Electrical Engineer - Surety System Engineer, Onsite

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We are seeking an R&D Electrical/Electronics Engineer to join our dynamic team in a Surety System Engineering role with special emphasis on Category 1 Electrical Equipment Assurance. Our department provides system and software surety, with this position specifically focusing on Category 1 Acceptance Testers, Use Control Systems, and T‑gear for the DoD.

This position requires performing multiple engineering functions, from deep dive circuit analysis and failure mode determination, to testing actual prototypes, performing software safety analyses, qualifying Category 1 equipment, interfacing with Independent Assessment, and presenting to the NESSG. This role also involves engaging and collaborating regularly with personnel across multiple Sandia organizations, as well as with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Pantex production facility, and Department of Defense (DOD) organizations.

Additional duties may include software surety for weapons and weapons‑related product. This Surety Engineer would provide R&D contributions throughout the entire product realization lifecycle including monitoring every phase of the development process to ensure software product design, development, and verification activities delivers an assured software product that meets its requirements safely and reliably. The Surety Engineer applies engineering principles across a wide range of projects including components, subsystems, and systems.

Projects span across all phases of the product realization lifecycle from conceptual design and development to production and maintenance/retirement.

• Analyze and interpret electrical schematics, environmental specifications, and system level documentation using the Sandia NW drawing and authorization system.
• Perform Fault Tree and Failure analysis at the system, subsystem, component, and ancillary equipment level to identify failure modes in analog and digital circuit designs.
• Develop testing approaches and test configurations to ensure that designs effectively meet requirements in a safe manner across a wide range of environmental conditions.
• Understand component functionality in light of its parent product use, from FPGA/ASIC/SoC through PWB/PWAs, subassemblies, systems, and software to effectively verify functionality and safety of those products in normal and abnormal environments.
• Develop qualification and safety plans to ensure successful authorization of…