Early Career Production Electrical Engineer - Advanced Programs, Onsite

About Sandia:

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

• Extraordinary co-workers

• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world

• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

• 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:

We are seeking a motivated and self-starting Production Engineer overseeing our Electrical Test Functional Area. You will work with a team of experienced personnel to take on challenging production assignments that others can't, won't or shouldn't. Our team brings together a diverse set of skills and backgrounds to enable rapid production missions in close collaboration with our customers and partners. You will be responsible for overseeing process development, qualification, and full-scale production of concurrent product lines in a high paced and dynamic work environment. Work scope will require close collaboration with design, systems, testing, quality, acceptance, and procurement organizations.

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

• Oversee testing operations for packaged electronics devices and calibration of measurement equipment

• Stand up, qualify, and oversee new production processes to meet Mark Quality requirements while meeting all safety, quality, cost and schedule requirements

• Perform structured problem solving to address urgent process or product issues

• Collect and analyze data to monitor key production metrics for ongoing production

• Identify opportunities to reduce yield loss, improve throughput, and lower product cycle times

• Review development design definition to provide manufacturability improvements and assess production feasibility

• Consult with organizations across Sandia to provide production expertise to teams supporting high impact ND missions

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

Salary Range:

$99,400 - $193,600

*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, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and experience defined by the following parameters:

• An Associate's degree in a relevant discipline plus four (4) years of directly related relevant work experience; or

• A High School Diploma plus eight (8) years of directly related relevant work experience.*

  *Equivalent education and experience must be engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.

• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q or equivalent clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D S&E, Electric Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories 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).

• Active DOE Q or DOD TS security clearance.

• 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 product realization, production, or process development

• Experience with electrical testing, calibration, and/or programming

• Understanding of fundamentals of RF engineering

• Active/current DOE security clearance

• Systems oriented person able to manage production processes and identify and mitigate associated risks

• Ability to analyze and optimize manufacturing processes to balance quality, schedule and cost.

• Demonstrated ability to monitor process health by collecting data, performing analysis and tracking using standard metrics.

• Excellent time management skills and organization needed to manage multiple concurrent projects

• Experience in a manufacturing environment with knowledge of industry standard Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) systems and related business practices

• Strong communication and presentation skills needed to effectively engage with partners, customers, and management of all levels

• Evidence of high academic achievement.

About Our Team:

Advanced Programs (7520), will integrate, adapt, and grow Sandia National Laboratories' (SNL's) new product realization capabilities to meet the evolving needs of SNL and the greater Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). Department 7521 is an integrated highly functional team that cooperatively tackles a variety of product realization challenges for the NSE and others.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) 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 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.

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.

Job ID: 695296

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F