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• 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.

Do you have a passion for innovative design and fast-paced development along with integration and testing that solves challenging technical problems for National security? If so, we invite you to explore this opportunity to join our dynamic team!

We are seeking an impactful R&D Systems Engineer to join the W76-0 Navy Systems team as a Navy Experimental Reentry (NER) Flight Test Programs Systems Engineer to facilitate the Sandia National Laboratories portions of the Extended Navy Test Bed (ENTB) and Navy Reentry System (NRS) development programs. This position is part of a Strategic Partnership Project (SPP) Other Federal Agency (OFA) funded by the US Navy along with (Lockheed Martin Space, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs, Charles Stark Draper Lab. This position directly contributes to the design, development, and demonstration of flight test reentry experiments that impact National security needs. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and testing of Advanced & Exploratory Systems efforts on HOTShot, Mk7/W93, and other advanced concepts. The successful candidate concomitantly will be exposed to the technical details of the W76-1/2 & W88 ALT 370 weapon systems function, facilitate SLBM flight tests, while being part of a national team working to reinvigorate the nuclear reentry science and technology. The position requires moderate travel to DoD sites, co-contractor facilities, long-range planning meetings, and flight test project evaluations.

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

• Interact with internal and external system engineers, component designers, and tester engineers developing creative solutions to time-critical issues that come up during RB builds
• Tackle technical and programmatic problems and pursue new and ongoing initiatives to achieve the Navy customer goals
• Partner with DoD contractors such as Lockheed Martin Space, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Draper Laboratory (DL), and others
• Manage the provisioning of Government Furnished Equipment and Information between DOE and DoD sites
• Communicate to co-contractors and the Navy the functionality of DOE components and systems (including the Mk4A/Mk4B and Mk5 ALT 370 variants) in relation to NER/NRS Reentry Body (RB) Assemblies from a system-level perspective

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

Occasional travel will be required.

• Experience with Telemetry Systems, Flight Tests, and Systems Engineering and/or with nuclear weapon component or system design, development, production, surveillance, nuclear safety, or assessment, and/or with surveillance program (flight test, system laboratory test, component evaluations, and/or material evaluations)
• Advanced technical degree (Master’s or PhD) in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline, or equivalent experience in lieu of degree which must be directly related experience that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job
• DOE Q-level security clearance

• Demonstrated strong social, presentation, verbal and written communication skills to support interactions with multiple DOE and DoD agencies across all working and management levels
• Initiative and drive to work with a highly performing team, develop improvements, and solve problems that directly impact national security needs
• Experience with Sandia corporate processes and the Sandia engineering infrastructure

The W76-0 Stockpile Systems Engineering teams directly support the Nuclear Deterrence mission through annual assessment of the Systems’ safety and reliability and providing design agency engineering support for the production agencies. The deployment extension of the W76-0 weapon system is a key challenge and provides great opportunities for success and freedom to innovate. We partner with technical organizations across Sandia National Laboratories, including other system groups, stockpile surveillance, materials research, science and engineering, and computational modeling and simulation, to design and execute aging, reliability, and safety studies. In addition, we partner with external stakeholders, including the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Defense and its contractors, Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as the Kansas City National Security Campus and Pantex Production plants, to ensure the continued success of the W76-0/Mk4 Deterrence mission.

The Navy Experimental Reentry (NER) program within the Navy Reentry Systems (NRS) program are part of Strategic Partnership Projects (SPP) Other Federal Agency (OFA) funded by the US Navy. Our team provides leadership and directly contributes to the design, development, and demonstration of flight test reentry experiments that impact national security needs. We partner closely with Center 2400 to develop and test Advanced & Exploratory System efforts on HOTShot, Mk7/W93, and advanced concepts. We also have significant collaborations with external stakeholders including the Navy and NER co-contractors (Lockheed Martin Space, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs, Charles Stark Draper Lab) to advance the technologies in missile reentry flight programs in support of Nuclear Deterrence.

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*

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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.