What Your Job Will Be Like:
Are you looking to do innovative, creative, and impactful engineering?
We develop advanced technologies to ensure global peace.
Join us in our critical mission to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of our nation's nuclear deterrents!
We are seeking a hardworking and dedicated Electronics Engineer to help support the California Advanced & Exploratory Demonstrator Systems Team.
This engineer is passionate about and able to support engineering systems development activities for future Sandia programs and work for our customers
On any given day, you may be called on to:
Plan, conduct, and execute Sandia's science and engineering programs within the spectrum of fundamental research, development, or demonstration. Create and apply scientific methods and engineering principals to develop or demonstrate new designs, concepts, materials, machines, products, processes, or systems. Synthesize anticipated future deterrence needs to define weapon system and subsystem requirements. Define and guide development of weapons systems’ architectures and layouts. Conduct or direct system-level design architecture analysis that combines a number of component parts or subsystems into a complete functional system. Define future technology development needs for Sandia. Develop advanced engineering demonstrator and/or test units, conduct testing, and analyze test results. Interface with external partners and stakeholders to define program goals and requirements.
Due to the nature of work, successful candidate must be able to work onsite at the Livermore, CA location.
Salary Range:
$130,100 - $258,900
*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:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with at least six years of relevant experience; Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with at least two years relevant experience; or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance plus additional clearances, as needed.
Qualifications We Desire:
Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: Requirements management, system themes, architectures, trade studies, interface definitions, qualification, and comprehensive knowledge of system integration/components Experience in developing strong/trusting relationships with external customers Test design and implementation; requirements verification; functional decomposition Proven technical background with experience in one or more of the following areas: Familiarity with engineering tools such as PSpice/LTSpice, Cadence/OrCAD, DxDesigner/Altium, MATLAB, Simulink Analog circuit design and simulation Programming in a high-level language (C/C++, Java, Labview, etc.) FPGA Development RF circuits Laser and fiber optics Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Testing and debugging complex electrical systems in a lab environment (using scopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.) Evidence of good verbal and written communication skills, including significant writing, interpersonal, and formal briefing capabilities.
Proven ability to work within multidisciplinary team environments and in conjunction with diverse collaborators.
Evidence of independent resourcefulness in the development of new ideas or programs.
Evidence of the ability to conduct engineering work in a systems context.
Evidence of successfully navigating requirements ambiguity.
Background and understanding of nuclear weapons across the lifecycle is desired, but training in the organization to fill experience gaps is acceptable.