Weapons Data Analyst

Weapons Subject Matter Expert With Data Analyst Experience

SMSI, LLC is seeking a full-time Weapons Subject Matter Expert with data analyst experience for the Gas Transfer / Surveillance Systems to assist our Nuclear Safety and Weapons team onsite at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, NM.

The Gas Transfer Systems Group (Q-7) is responsible for design, development, production liaison, surveillance, and stewardship of all gas transfer systems (GTS) for LANL nuclear packages in the US nuclear weapon stockpile. While supporting the enduring stockpile, the group also supports the research and development of next generation GTS technology in support of future weapon systems.

The group is a programmatic tenant in two R&D facilities at LANL: The Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility (WETF), and a high-pressure gas transfer system radiological laboratory. At WETF, the group has a diverse array of responsibilities including tritium storage and recycling technologies, legacy item recycling and disposal, high pressure tritium operations, and GTS function testing. The team maintains calorimetry and gas mass spectrometric capabilities that support tritium accountability and the GTS development program as well as diverse programs across LANL. At the high-pressure radiological laboratory, the team supports design agency (DA) and production agency (PA) missions for all LANL weapon systems, including valve and actuator surveillance for both LANL and SNL systems. The lab is a highly active hands-on lab, specializing in gas pressure systems (cleaning, purging, filling, bursting, etc.) and related diagnostics. Supporting equipment includes gloveboxes, fume hood, high pressure compressors, lathes, mills, wire EDMs, thermal chambers, etc. Emphasis is on the delivery of programmatic objectives via excellence in personnel safety, security, compliance, and programmatic hardware reliability and availability.

Responsibilities:

• The qualified candidate will provide data support to manufacturing and engineering, helping to drive data driven decision making in fulfillment of gas transfer mission objectives.
• The candidate will develop technical knowledge of gas transfer system engineering practices in support of data validation and verification of manufacturing approaches.
• Develop new methods, techniques, capabilities, to address reporting and analyses of key criteria to enable production objectives.
• Coordinate with personnel to serve production issues.
• Provide support to multiple technical projects.
• Research, develop, review, and comprehend historical technical procedures as needed.
• Adhere to the requirements for working in facilities with radioactive hazards, including a Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility.

Requirements:

• 10-15 years of experience is required.
• Experience working with DOE and weapons is required.
• Ability to recognize technical problems and apply data analysis to generate root causes and recommend suitable solutions.
• Ability to effectively document and communicate results in a technical manner.
• Keen attention to detail is required, as this person will use decades of data to forecast future predictions.
• The candidate must demonstrate familiarity with manufacturing and measurement techniques and process control limits.
• The position requires background and pre-employment drug screening for drug-free workplace.
• This person must be able to work onsite at LANL during regular business hours 4-5 days per week.
• The candidate must be US Citizen.
• The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
• The candidate must have an active Real ID diver's license for badging and onboarding.

Preferred Skills:

• Someone with experience working for LANL in weapons area is highly preferred.
• A recently retired LANL employee with weapons experience as a scientist or engineer would be ideal.
• Active or recently inactive Q clearance preferred.

Educational Requirements:

• Position requires a bachelor's degree in related field and 10-15 years of experience.
• PhD or advanced certifications are a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work onsite at LANL 4-5 days per week.