Early Career R&D Embedded Firmware & Hardware Engineer, 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:

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*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

* These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Resilient Embedded Systems department (5327) is seeking a motivated electrical engineer to support large multi-disciplinary programs critical to national security. The successful candidate will support the design, development, test, and deployment of novel embedded computing solutions. The successful candidate will have a background in and understanding of firmware development, test, and debug; state-of-the-art computing (FPGAs, SoC embedded processors, etc.); embedded software;

and a readiness to apply this understanding to a variety of hardware systems.

You will work alongside world-class authorities and emerging leaders and use your skills in the following areas:

Design, test, and deploy firmware

Develop and test a variety interface protocols

Develop and execute hardware debug strategies

Create novel solutions with state-of-the-art hardware

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite. Relocation provided for those who qualify.

Salary Range:

$102,400 - $199,700

* 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, 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 security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D S&E Electrical Engineer candidate will in addition possess the following:

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.

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

Experience with firmware design, development, and debug and associated tools (e.g. HDL)

Experience developing, testing, and deploying embedded software

Experience targeting embedded processors and FPGAs in modern So Cs

Demonstrated ability using revisions control and bug tracking tools (Jira, Gitlab, Git)

Experience with C, C++ and Python

Familiarity with guidance, navigation, and control sensors and algorithms

Experience in logic verification, preferably System Verilog/UVM

Experience with hardware debugging tools (embedded and bench logic analyzer, oscilloscope, etc.)

Testing and debugging software systems

About Our Team:

The Resilient Embedded Systems department focuses on the development of secure and resilient computing solutions critical for national security.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and…