Senior/Principal Engineering Support Technologist - Agile Production, Onsite

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We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Support Technologist to join the dynamic product realization team of department 7522. Our team has a diverse set of skills and background to enable rapid production missions in close collaboration with our customers and partners. You will be responsible for overseeing a variety of technical work related to new process development, work instructions, maintenance/calibration coordination, component and system assembly and testing, and facilities coordination.

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

• Work closely with the 7522 product and process engineers to ensure a technical understanding of the processes and expected results, recognizing product requirement deviations, troubleshooting and determining an effective solution
• Monitor process health and identify ways to increase yields, decrease variability, decrease span time and mistake proof
• Recommend corrective or preventive actions to assure or improve product quality and may be responsible for their implementation
• Author and maintain written work instructions, operating procedures, or other technical documents to control product definition during the manufacturing process
• Assemble and review product quality data to support product acceptance activities.
• Support assembly and testing of development hardware
• Partner with techs and engineers on the team to deliver complex products to the highest quality, safety, and security standards

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

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

$74,700 - $144,400

*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.

• High school diploma plus 5 years of directly related experience; or equivalent combination or relevant education and/or experience
• Experience creating detailed work instructions, operating procedures, and understanding product definition
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team that executes a variety of product realization missions and process development
• Experience reviewing quality data and paperwork to support product acceptance activities
• Demonstrated capability to learn the technical aspects of manufacturing processes and apply integrated technical judgment to anticipate, innovate, and deliver solutions
• Demonstrated capability to conduct problem solving activities/events and recommend corrective actions
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
• Proven ability to multi-task successfully across multiple projects
• A dedication to a culture of safety and security
• Basic knowledge of design for manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience implementing Lean Six Sigma principles
• Active DOE Q-level security clearance

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). Departments 7521 and 7522 are an integrated high functional team that cooperatively tackles a variety of product realization challenges for the NSE and others.

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.

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.

If offered the position, you may be required to demonstrate your fitness to perform certain physical aspects of the position, including lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.