Cleared Senior/Principal R&D Electrical Engineer - System Integration & Environmental Testing, [...]

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 117,500 - 235,700; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, seeks an experienced electrical engineer to lead design, development, qualification, and sustainment activities for stockpile technology programs in support of national security. On a typical day, you will plan and conduct design activities, develop testing approaches, and create system-level documentation.

The role requires strong circuit design ability, environmental testing expertise, and the capacity to work with multiple departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline with 5+ years of directly related experience or equivalent combination.
• Active DOE Q clearance or equivalent with ability to participate in random polygraph testing.

Responsibilities

• Plan, conceive, conduct, or lead design, development, and qualification activities.
• Develop testing approaches, testers, and configurations to ensure designs meet requirements.
• Create and update electrical schematics, environmental specifications, and system documentation.

Skills

Electrical design

Testing and qualification

Circuit analysis

Environmental testing

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Test equipment

Circuit simulators

Job description

What Your Job Will Be Like

Are you a highly motivated and experienced electrical engineer ready to make a critical impact on national security? Join the Stockpile Tech Basis team at Sandia National Laboratories, where your expertise will directly support the safety, reliability, and effectiveness of the United States nuclear deterrent. As a key contributor to the D5LE2 missile compatibility and Integrated Surety Architecture (ISA) programs, you will lead design, development, qualification, and sustainment activities that shape the future of nuclear systems.

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

• Plan, conceive, conduct, or lead design, development, and qualification activities.
• Use engineering principles to research, design, and develop testing approaches, testers, and test configurations to ensure that the design effectively meets requirements.
• Create, interpret, and update electrical schematics, environmental specifications, and system level documentation using the Sandia NW drawing and authorization system.
• Direct detailed study toward a greater knowledge and understanding of the technical basis of the system and related hardware.
• Work independently and as a team to coordinate and execute large scale electrical integration testing and environmental testing.
• Support multiple departments and programs within the Stockpile Tech Basis team by filling gaps as needed to ensure comprehensive coverage of electrical engineering tasks across the W76 program and related efforts.
• Define, develop, and lead environmental testing and qualification activities to ensure system compliance with rigorous environmental specifications.
• Collaborate closely with component-level designers by interpreting detailed circuit designs and analyses to effectively integrate and support system-level engineering efforts.
• Interface with the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Department of Defense, Los Alamos National Laboratory, DoD contractors, the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), and Pantex on various topics including design, testing approaches, requirements, and test facility planning.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite full‑time in Albuquerque, NM.

Some travel to locations (up to 25%) including, but not limited to Livermore CA, Los Alamos, NM, Amarillo, TX, Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO is required for this position.

Salary Range

$117,500 - $235,700

*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

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Active DOE Q clearance or equivalent with the ability to participate as requested in random polygraph testing.

Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D Electrical Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Ability to work independently and collaborate well in a multidisciplinary team of designers and test engineers.
• Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to effectively guide and collaborate with teams.
• Self‑motivated and positive, thriving in dynamic, fast‑paced, and evolving environments.
• Adaptable and collaborative, willing to work across multiple departments and programs to address evolving technical challenges.Experience preparing and delivering presentations to customers and management at various levels.
• Experience with product development, qualification, testing and evaluation, as well as modeling and simulation.
• Experience defining, developing, and leading environmental testing and qualification activities in accordance with relevant specifications.
• Demonstrated proficiency with testers, test configurations, and test development within electrical engineering.
• Expertise in circuit design and analysis, including component‑level understanding to support system‑level engineering tasks.
• Knowledge of Nuclear Weapon Systems.

About Our Team

The Stockpile Tech Basis organization delivers agile solutions to the nuclear deterrent through our system engineering expertise and our hardware lifetime management team. Through our system engineering, we can shape a program to address near‑term needs for the nation and lead that program from development to qualification, through operational capability.

We collaborate with diverse organizations throughout the labs to deliver the needed capability. Our hardware lifetime management team provides full lifetime support for hardware needs for system level development and qualification activities from early identification of needs, provisioning, kitting, assembly of test assets, and final disposition of the hardware. This full lifetime management enables the engineers to execute high fidelity experiments to validate designs.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

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.

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.