Cleared Senior​/Principal Mechanical Engineer Project Lead - Mobile Vault, Onsite

Cleared Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer Project Lead - Mobile Vault, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking high level project lead and technical contributor to support the program development of access delay (specifically the Mobile Vault). The successful candidate is required to have a strong technical background and have a proven record of leading and contributing to technical teams. They will work with both experienced and junior staff members and technologists and will ultimately be responsible for the successful design, testing, evaluation, management, and deployment of the Mobile Vault and other physical protection technologies.

They will also be responsible for helping develop new customers, both externally facing and within the laboratory with a strong focus on customer and program development.

On a given day the successful candidate will be:

Briefing high level stakeholders, partnering with end-users to develop Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), interfacing with commercial partners, providing direction to technical teams, developing customers, and serve as the mechanical systems lead for the Mobile Vault.

Leading a fast paced, cross disciplinary team developing new capabilities for the DoW and DOE to support the physical security of assets and materials.

Leading and contributing to key national security challenges with real world impact and near-term fielding and deployment.

Due to the nature of this work the selected applicant will need to work onsite and be able to travel occasionally.

Salary Range:

$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.

Qualifications We Require:

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 Equivalent

Qualifications We Desire:

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

Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).

Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

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