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:

Sandia's Diagnostics for Extreme Environments and Hypersonics Department is seeking a test engineer to support research and applications in diagnostic engineering and test facility operation. Diagnostic techniques include high-speed optical fragment tracking, optical shape measurement, and optical pyrometry, among others. Test facilities include high-temperature aerothermal test facilities such as Sandia’s plasma torch. In this role, you will work alongside staff engineers, test engineers, and technologists to achieve project objectives.

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

• Design and set up experiments involving high-speed visible and infrared cameras in small-scale diagnostics laboratories and at large-scale test ranges
• Analyze data from experiments to extract desired quantities such as velocity and temperature
• Operate an aerothermal test facility such as a plasma torch once trained
• Design, assemble, modify or repair test facility hardware, mechanical components, and fixtures
• Travel to remote test ranges where diagnostics are being fielded
• Team with a diverse, multi-disciplinary group of staff engineers, test engineers, and technologists to realize complex experiments
• Interact with customers to schedule tests and to report/present results

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.Are you ready for your next challenge? Join our team and achieve your goals while making a difference.

Salary Range:

$70,200 - $157,500

*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:

• You hold a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or other related engineering field
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience with laboratory test setup, test execution, and test documentation
• Experience with camera and lighting equipment
• Experience with design, assembly, and operation of simple pressure and vacuum systems
• Experience with data acquisition software (e.g., Arduino, LabView)
• Experience with data analysis software (e.g., Python, Matlab)
• Experience with mechanical design tools (e.g, Solidworks) and mechanical drafting

About Our Team:

The Diagnostics for Extreme Environments and Hypersonics Department develops and applies measurement technology including high-speed quantitative imaging, laser diagnostics, spectroscopy, digital image correlation, fragment tracking, and x-ray imaging. We operate specialized facilities such as Sandia's hypersonic shock tunnel, shock tube, and plasma torch to characterize hypersonic and multi-phase environments. Together with the Aerosciences Department, we also operate Sandia's hypersonic wind tunnel, trisonic wind tunnel, and high-altitude chamber. Our comprehensive measurement capabilities combined with unique facilities enable us to tackle complex physics problems critical to national security.

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: 694360

Job Family: EN

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.