Senior​/Principal R&D Electrical Engineer - Test Systems Design, Onsite

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
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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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Are you an innovative electrical engineer ready to make a critical impact on national security? The Air Delivered Weapons Systems Tester Development Department (2256) and the Ballistic Missile Tester Development Department (2255) are looking for a passionate and highly skilled R&D Electrical Engineer to join a cutting-edge, mission-driven team.

Here, you will design, fabricate, qualify, and deploy some of the most sophisticated system-level nuclear weapon testers in the world tools essential to ensuring the safety, reliability, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear stockpile. If you thrive in a dynamic, technically challenging environment and want to contribute directly to the nation's defense, this is the opportunity for you.

• Innovate and Design: focus primarily on analog circuit design within complex test systems, with working knowledge of digital design concepts. You will design and integrate cutting-edge equipment that emulates the delivery sequences of nuclear weapons in a controlled laboratory environment.
• Collaborate with Experts: Lead or work alongside a multidisciplinary team of engineers, technologists, and subject matter experts to achieve project goals.
• Capture Critical Data: Develop advanced data-collection systems to capture a wide range of normal and exotic signals generated by the tester or a unit under test.
• Customize Solutions: Define and design custom cables, boards, chassis, or racks tailored to specific project requirements.
• Integrate and Troubleshoot: Work on integrating and troubleshooting tester systems that monitor the health of the U.S. Stockpile, ensuring optimal performance.
• Validate Designs: Assess and validate tester designs against customer requirements, ensuring compliance and functionality.
• Engage in Product Realization: Participate in product realization activities, from concept through fabrication and deployment, ensuring successful delivery of test systems.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite in Albuquerque, NM, and some travel will be necessary for this position.

$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.

• 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.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance and Sigma 15 access, which may require a polygraph

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Ability to work independently and collaborate well in a multidisciplinary team of designers and test engineers.
• Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling.

• Active DOE Q clearance or equivalent
• Strong expertise in analog circuit…