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 experienced Lead Systems Engineer (SE) to work Part-Time with a small team of software engineers to develop and maintain a simulation tool for a space-based sensor, FOXSIM. The FOXSIM project, which encompasses two integrated software systems designed for satellite sensor modeling. Developed for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), FOXSIM is primarily utilized in Ground Test (GT) events, while JSCORE serves as a vital tool for interfacing with the MDA BMDS OPIR Architecture (BOA) software, providing essential pointing recommendations for the modeled satellites. The Lead SE will play a crucial role in coordinating efforts across multiple locations and ensuring the successful execution of simulation and training events. Your expertise will be essential in responding to requests from government sponsors and users.

On any given day, you may be asked to:

• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, and technical plans to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.
• Work closely with the software development team to facilitate communication and collaboration across all project stakeholders.
• Leverage your knowledge of satellite sensor modeling and MDA processes to guide project direction and decision-making.
• Interface with MDA personnel, government sponsors, and contractors to address project needs and requirements effectively.
• Lead the software development team, ensuring adherence to best practices in software development and testing.
• Oversee software testing processes, including V&V testing, to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the software systems.
• Provide technical guidance and support during simulation and training events, addressing any issues that arise.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including schedules, budgets, and technical reports, to ensure transparency and accountability.

This position is eligible for telecommuting and the selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

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:

• Bachelors degree in relevant STEM field, plus 8 year experience
• 2 years experience as a program manager or team lead of a simulation and/or software development program
• 5 years experience with both FOXSIM and JSCORE software systems (or 7 years experience with equivalent systems)
• 2 years experience managing programs with the Missile Defense Agency as a customer
• Active DOE Q and SCI security clearance
• Classified work will be required to be performed onsite

Qualifications We Desire:

• Familiarity with HIFES, NEXUS, and satellite cueing
• Familiarity with missile infrared signatures including plume and hardbody signatures and the codes used to generate them such as the Optical Signatures Code (OSC)
• Familiarity with real world event data such as Extracted Event (EXT) data
• Familiarity with MATLAB

About Our Team:

Conceptualizes and demonstrates advanced technologies, delivers responsive technical solutions in anticipation of mission needs, and facilitates the integration and sustainment of operational capabilities across the broad Missile, Air, and Space Defense mission.

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:

This position does not currently require a Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance.

Sandia will conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Furthermore, employees in New Mexico need to pass a U.S. Air Force background screen for access to Kirtland Air Force Base. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause access to be denied or terminated, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

If hired without a clearance and it subsequently becomes necessary to obtain and maintain one for the position, or you bid on positions that require a clearance, a pre-processing background review may be conducted prior to a required federal background investigation. Applicants for a DOE security clearance need to be U.S. citizens. 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.

Members of the workforce (MOWs) hired at Sandia who require uncleared access for greater than 179 days during their employment, are required to go through the Uncleared Personal Identity Verification (UPIV) process. Access includes physical and/or cyber (logical) access, as well as remote access to any NNSA information technology (IT) systems. UPIV requirements are not applicable to individuals who require a DOE personnel security clearance for the performance of their SNL employment or to foreign nationals. The UPIV process will include the completion of a USAccess Enrollment, SF-85 (Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions) and OF-306 (Declaration of for Federal Employment). An unfavorable UPIV determination will result in immediate retrieval of the SNL issued badge, removal of cyber (logical) access and/or removal from SNL subcontract. All MOWs may appeal the unfavorable UPIV determination to DOE/NNSA immediately. If the appeal is unsuccessful, the MOW may try to go through the UPIV process one year after the decision date.

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: 694556

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: P

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.