Cleared Senior​/Principal Systems Engineer - Electronic Parts Program, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join the Electronic Parts Program (EPP). In this role, you will partner across Sandia ND, other SNL Centers, and external entities to standardize engineering processes, drive qualification strategies, and manage component lifecycle risks. You'll lead cross-functional teams from planning through execution, coordinating failure investigations with KCNSC, representing EPP in CFIUS cases, and facilitating technical reviews and strategic read-ins.

By managing schedules, budgets, risks, and technical deliverables, you will ensure program health across stockpile, modernization, and SPP efforts. Success requires strong technical organization, stakeholder collaboration, and the ability to operate independently in a multi-center environment. To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be exceptionally organized, build trusted relationships across multi-disciplinary teams, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where you operate with minimal guidance to deliver mission‑critical outcomes

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

Build and nurture relationships across Sandia's ND organization and other SNL Centers engaging technical teams, Mission Services, procurement, supply chain partners, and Systems teams to align on best practices for parts acceptance, qualification, and risk mitigation

Lead the implementation of existing and newly created engineering processes and standards within the Electronic Parts Program (EPP) and associated modernization and SPP programs

Oversee cross-functional project teams in planning, tracking, and executing program plans from initiation through completion managing schedules, resources, and deliverables to meet stakeholder expectations

Drive EPP program implementation and parts strategy across Systems and Major Component (MC) programs, collaborating with SNL Supply Chain, procurement, and Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) partners to track critical part status, address obsolescence or availability risks, and execute technical risk‑mitigation plans across stockpile, active modernization, and SPP efforts

Serve as the primary EPP liaison to KCNSC engineers and site leads coordinating failure investigations, root‑cause analyses, and process‑improvement actions for commercial electronic parts

Represent EPP in Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) cases integrating with Sandia, DOE, and government CFIUS teams, responding to inquiries, and…