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 a Mechanical Technologist with significant experience working with small (<1mm) parts and aptitude for meticulous and detailed work for the Switch tube (SWTB) Product Realization Team in Org. 07581. Organization 07581 is the key department at SNL for design, development, and transition to production for Switch Tubes, an essential component of Firing Sets in the Nation’s nuclear stockpile.

On any given day, duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Transition of critical component assembly from an art to standard processing
• Cleaning and preparing components for assembly
• Building and development of switch tubes
• Designing, testing, characterizing new fixtures
• Transferring new designs and processes to production environment
• Operating stations to perform solder dipping, abrasive blasting, ultrasonic cleaning, vacuum firing, partial pressure and air firing, optical dimension measurement and photography, X-ray, XRF, and others
• Assisting engineers with critical troubleshooting and problem solving

Due to the nature of the work, this is an on-site position. Some travel is required.

Salary Range:

$60,300 - $116,000

*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:

• HS Diploma and 3 or more years of relevant education or experience
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level clearance
• Experience using mechanical and/or optical measurement and/or experience using optical microscopy, photography and working under a stereoscope for assembly
• Experience with Excel, Word, or PowerPoint

Qualifications We Desire:

• Knowledge of basic metallurgy
• Knowledge of braze science
• Excellent documentation skills
• Experience with vacuum and air furnaces
• Lab experience – working with acids, alcohols, vapor degreaser and pressurized gas
• Process management, engineering management or other education with background in optimizing and improving processes and documenting work is also desirable.
• Experience running Multimeters or DACs
• Active DOE Q-clearance or higher or DOD equivalent.

About Our Team:

The SWTB team in Department 07581 provides customers with custom high voltage switch technologies for national security applications. These components are designed to meet demanding performance specifications, offer extremely high reliability, and meet stringent survivability requirements in adverse environments. Join our team to help us design and maintain these products along with the development and test capability for current and future generations of neutron monitors.

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: 694689

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.