Cleared Senior​/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - Analytical and Tritium Technologies, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are looking for a highly motivated Mechanical Engineer to assist in a wide variety of duties associated with systems engineering, mechanical component testing, and mechanical design including mechanical development for rapid prototyping.

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

• End-to-end high-consequence process/capability research and development using robotics, programmable logic controllers, and digital twins
• Design mechanical components
• Test and evaluate against design requirements

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$117,500 - $235,700

• 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
• An active DOE Q clearance, or equivalent is required to start

• Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation)
• Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex
  
  Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams

• Experience in Robotics, and automation
• Solidworks modeling tools
• MATLAB or similar engineering-based simulation or programming tools
• Test planning, documentation, execution, data collection, and reporting
• Developing and delivering fieldable and/or flight-quality hardware
• Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and sometimes vague requirements
• Demonstrated experience as a successful and effective project leader
• Demonstrated commitment to developing yourself and your skills

The Analytical and Tritium Technologies Department is responsible for performing chemical and physical testing of materials and components for the Neutron Tube and Neutron Generator Production Programs within the Neutron Generator Production Center. The Department consists of laboratories specializing in defect/failure analysis, surface chemistry, radiochemistry, metallurgy and Ceramics, wet-chemistry and instrumental analysis, gas dynamics and mass spectrometry and particulate contamination control.

Our goal is to provide technical expertise, consultation and analysis capabilities required to support the Centers production mission.

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.