Senior/Principal PRT Lead - R&D Systems Engineer - Modular Telemetry Team, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking an experienced R&D Engineer to serve as the PRT Lead (R&D Systems Engineer) for the Modular Telemetry Team, providing technical leadership for a team of engineers supporting design maturation, qualification, and transition to production. The selected candidate will finalize the design and coordinate closely with Systems teams, KCNSC, and other partners to ensure production readiness.

On any given day, the PRT Lead may be called to:

• Serve as the primary technical representative for the Modular Telemetry Team with Systems, LLNL, NNSA, and production agency partners.
• Partner with program management and design leads to develop and maintain integrated schedules and execution plans; track progress and remove barriers to delivery.
• Represent telemetry at PRT and working group meetings; provide technical input, capture action items, and ensure timely closure.
• Partner closely with Systems teams to ensure requirements, interfaces, and verification approaches are aligned across the program.
• Drive alignment with Systems teams on requirements, interfaces, and verification/validation approaches.
• Perform and/or guide system architecture assessments and trade studies.
• Provide technical input to qualification plans, verification approaches, and testing to demonstrate compliance with requirements.
• Lead development, coordination, and negotiation of interface requirements (including inter-team and external interfaces).
• Support production readiness activities, including engagement with KCNSC on manufacturability and process planning.

The position requires an ability to travel up to 25% to support the mission.


Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time at the Livermore, CA facility.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

Salary Range

$139,900 - $280,600

*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
• Position requires an active DOE L-level security clearance or equivalent to start and the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.
  
  

Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D S&E Systems Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience working with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) laboratories and plants including Pantex, Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO).
• Experience working on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

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

• Significant experience leading technical execution for complex hardware systems from design through qualification and production transition.
• Demonstrated technical leadership: prioritizing work, driving closure of actions/issues, leading technical reviews, and coordinating across multiple disciplines.
• Experience with requirements development/management, interface definition/control, and verification planning (V&V) for hardware systems.
• Hands-on experience with hardware integration, functional test, and troubleshooting (e.g., printed wiring assemblies and/or embedded systems).
• Experience coordinating with external stakeholders/customers and presenting technical status, risks, and tradeoffs to leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment and collaborate with internal organizations and external production facilities and suppliers.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation (requirements/interface docs, test plans/reports, decision records).
• Experience working on engineering design, qualification, and production.
• Familiarity with development of specifications for components.
• Top-notch verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling.
• Currently holding an active security clearance; DOE Q or DOD TS.
  
  

About Our Team

Organization 8468, Telemetry Engineering 6 - along with sister departments 8436, 8434, 8437, 8462 and 8465 and has responsibility for the design, development, and qualification of weapon system instrumentation (or telemetry systems) for use in Joint Test Assemblies (JTAs) for the entire US nuclear arsenal. The JTA program is a cornerstone of the Stockpile Evaluation Program and allows critical assessment of the weapon system, DoD platform, and support personnel performance. To fulfill its mission responsibilities, Organization 8468 employs a diverse and talented group of electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, system engineers and technologists. The Organization collaborates with other NW groups within Sandia and across the Nuclear Weapons Complex, including NNSA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the production agencies (National Security Center and Pantex), and the DoD. Organization 08468 is also expected to have significant interactions with other DOE Laboratories and other NNSA entities (beyond the NW Complex), the DoD, and other government agencies.


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

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) L security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD).

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 maintain a DOE L-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.

EEO

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.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

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.