Job Description

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 vacations, 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 an R&D, S&E Electrical Engineering researcher with technical expertise in high voltage sciences. You will be called upon to support lightning, high energy electrical breakdown, electrostatic discharge (ESD) low energy electrical breakdown experiment design & execution, and advanced research.

This position requires familiarity with and use of fundamental concepts, practices, procedures for high voltage and high voltage effects. In addition, this role includes responsibility for leading test execution, advancing research, and serving as a point of contact for customers/partners from SNL, LLNL, LANL, Pantex and other National Laboratories.

Key functions of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Leading the design, execution, and analysis of low energy breakdown and ESD experiments.
• Leading the design, execution, and analysis of severe lightning testing and experiments.
• Performing experimental design, fabrication, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Collaborating with customers to ensure experimental quality in design, execution and analysis
• Advancing the performance of the Sandia lightning and ESD facilities.
• Promoting critical facilities through tours, collaborations, and conference presentations.
• Engineering opportunities are available in the Electrostatic Discharge Lab or the Sandia Lightning Simulator Lab

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

Salary Range:

$109,300 - $217,400

*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.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s AND Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or relevant STEM field
• Two years’ relevant experimental engineering or science experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or STEM field.
• Demonstrated experimental research involving lightning or high energy electrical breakdown
• Demonstrated experimental research involving ESD or low energy electrical breakdown
• Experience simulating low and high energy electrical breakdown
• Ability to work as part of a dynamic team with agile responsiveness to evolving priorities
• Experience leading and completing multiple programs and projects.
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of internal and external sponsors
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and follow through to completion on multiple simultaneous tasks
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated experience publishing conference or journal papers
• Computer proficiency in Matlab, Excel, Word, MS Project, Powerpoint

About Our Team:

The Electrical Sciences department (Org 01331) is responsible for defining and managing deliverables for the weapon systems electromagnetic qualification programs as well as development of new programs. Our capabilities include electrostatic discharge, lightning/electrical breakdown, plasma physics, electromagnetics, the design and manufacture of advanced power electronics, advanced controls, and the development and analysis of advanced materials and components. The department works closely with other talented and highly motivated organizations such as 1324 (EM Theory), 1313 (Electrical Systems and Qualifications) and collaborates with Centers 2000, 5000, and 8000. This team is part of the Radiation, Electrical and High Energy Density Science (REHEDS) Research Foundation at Sandia.

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: 693804

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.