Senior​/Principal Embedded Developer - Assurance Product Realization Team, Onsite

Senior/Principal Embedded Developer - High Assurance Product Realization Team, 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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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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What Your Job Will Be Like:

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.

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

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.

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 acquire a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

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.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

Experience with delivering embedded software

Experience analyzing and debugging complex systems at component and system levels

Familiarity with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers

Experience with an Agile software development methodology

Experience with documenting software requirements and design

Experience with unit testing

An understanding of commonly used data structures and algorithms for software development

Demonstrated experience with a high-level programming language (C++, Rust, C#, Python) and a strong understanding of object-oriented design

Strong understanding of embedded software design, including microprocessor/microcontroller/FPGA architecture, interfacing directly with hardware peripherals, working with limited resources, and rigorous…