Senior​/Principal R&D Systems Engineer - Telemetry Engineering, NM​/CA, 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)

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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* These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a creative and motivated Systems Engineer (R&D S&E, Systems Engineering) to join the Telemetry Engineering development programs.

The Telemetry Engineering team plays an essential role in nuclear weapon surveillance and works closely with weapon systems team to meet both NNSA and military customer needs. You will be a member of one or two Telemetry Product Realization Teams and play a vital role in requirements definition and management for the Telemetry system and subcomponents as well as developing strategy and acceptance criteria for verification and validation of requirements.

Your assignments will also include using variety of system engineering technical judgements and skills to participate in trade space evaluation, anomaly resolution and root cause analysis, change control, risk and opportunity management, and product lifecycle evaluations.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

Collaborate with Telemetry customers and stakeholders to create and manage telemetry and telemetry subcomponent requirements including understanding rationale and traceability for all requirements.

Work with the various subsystem teams to verify complex requirements, often from a combination of analysis, simulated environmental testing, and flight testing.

Map Telemetry System and subsystem requirements to the validation and verification activities and product design.

Use knowledge of the Telemetry System, Subsystems, and next-level assembly to assess how requirement and/or design changes affect cost, schedule, and performance for the lifecycle of the product.

Participate as a lead member on change control boards.

Evaluate, test, and analyze Telemetry functionality and subsystem contribution to higher level system function. Document and distribute both test planning and results.

Use systems engineering principles and Sandia realize product procedures to guide Telemetry engineers and project managers through key project milestones; understands how a graded-approach in procedures affects cost, schedule, and performance of the telemetry system. May use statistical knowledge to understand production feasibility, capabilities, or processes to be applied to the solution space.

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 at the Albuquerque, NM or Livermore, CA facility.

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

Salary Range:

$139,900 - $280,600

* 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.

Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D S&E Systems Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the…