Senior/Principal Embedded Developer - Assurance Product Realization Team, Onsite
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 87101, USA
Listed on 2026-09-01
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Software Development
Software Engineer
About Sandia
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We are seeking an embedded software developer (Job Title R&D S&E Computer Science) that would be responsible for deploying high-impact and high-consequence national security capabilities supporting surety applications. Your work will directly impact advanced technologies for weapon-related systems.
You will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to the relentless pursuit of exceptional service in the national interest. We are seeking individuals who thrive in a team environment, who are dedicated to improving National Security, and demonstrate desire to learn new skills and applications. We are particularly interested in individuals who take great pride in the quality of their code and the products our team produces.
Candidates must have strong software engineering skills, including an understanding of the software lifecycle, requirements engineering, verification and validation, configuration and change management. The successful candidate should be able to learn and execute the development methodologies and engineering best practices and contribute to improving and refining those practices and processes.
- Design, implement, and deploy complex embedded software
- Author and review software documentation
- Work independently with little oversight as well as collaboratively on an Agile team
- Learn about and implement information assurance concepts
- Partner with hardware, systems, and software engineers
The position requires occasional travel (less than 5%) to support the mission.
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.
Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.
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.
- 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 acquire a DOE Q-level security clearance.
The ideal R&D S&E Computer Science candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
- Graduate degree in Computer Science or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
- Demonstrated software development skills and familiarity with modern software development practices and tools (e.g., Agile).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and a passion to improve and expand technical skills.
- Experience with delivering embedded software
- Experience analyzing and debugging complex systems at component and system levels
- Familiarity with lab…
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