Electrical Engineer - Embedded Electronics, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 102,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Relocation assistance

Competitive 401k

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our embedded electronics team. You will design, prototype, and test electronic circuits and PCBs for high-assurance transportation safety programs, working with senior engineers to ensure robust hardware solutions.

The role emphasizes DFT/DFM, cross-functional collaboration, and proactive troubleshooting in a fast-paced environment on site in Albuquerque, NM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience demonstrating independent research and development.
• Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test electronic circuits, PCBs, and integrated systems under senior engineers guidance.
• Review schematics, layouts, and design documentation for accuracy and compliance.
• Participate in hardware testing activities including functional verification and environmental testing.
• Implement design for test (DFT) and design for manufacturability (DFM) to improve quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for hardware-software integration and system optimization.
• Assist in troubleshooting manufacturing and performance issues and support documentation.

Skills

C/C++/C#

Python

Electronics design

PCB layout

CAN/SPI/I2C

DFM/DFT

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Graduate degree desired

Tools

Siemens Xpedition

PCB design tools

Testing equipment

Job description

Job Details

• Job ID: 699321
• Location: Albuquerque, NM
• Full/Part Time: Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary: Regular

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 vacation, 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 highly motivated electrical engineer to join our dynamic team. Our organization is a research and development team responsible for embedded electronics, electrical and RF technologies from design to production for a wide variety of Transportation Safety and Security Programs (TSSP). The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in electronics or electrical engineering principles, design, development, prototyping, and implementation. He or she will be a part of team that designs, builds, tests, integrates in a challenging fast-paced environment. These roles offer exciting opportunities to work on innovative projects and contribute to cutting-edge technologies.

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

• Assist in the design, development, and testing of electronic circuits, custom PCBAs, and integrated systems under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Support the creation and review of schematics, layouts, programming and design documentation to ensure accuracy and compliance with requirements.
• Participate in hardware testing activities including functional verification, signal integrity checks, environmental testing, and necessary software code.
• Help implement design for test (DFT) and design for manufacturability (DFM) principles to improve design quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support hardware-software integration and system optimization.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving manufacturing and product performance issues.
• Learn and apply failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) and fault tree analysis techniques to identify potential design risks.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies in electronics and electrical systems through training and research.
• Contribute technical support to project teams working on transportation and other advanced technology initiatives.

Due to the nature of the work the selected applicant must work onsite.

Salary Range

$102,400 - $199,700

*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

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, 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.
• Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

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

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/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 and collaborate well in a multidisciplinary team of design 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:

• Foundational knowledge and some hands‑on experience in electronic hardware design and testing, including PCB schematic capture and layout for embedded systems and microcontrollers.
• Familiarity with common communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, I2C etc.
• Experience or coursework using industry‑standard PCB design and simulation tools (e.g, Siemens Xpedition or similar).
• Basic understanding of requirements development, mapping, and electrical system validation and testing methods.
• Awareness of design for manufacturability (DFM), design for test (DFT), and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) concepts.
• Ability to assist in troubleshooting electronic systems and contribute to improving performance and reliability.
• General knowledge of regulatory standards and quality systems, with some exposure to supporting documentation and compliance activities (e.g., UL, CE, FCC, or other relevant standards) preferred.
• Programming skills in C/C++/C#, Python and other relevant software for hardware‑software integration and testing automation.

About Our Team

The Communications and Electrical Systems Technology Department is responsible for the development and integration of command, control, and communication technologies used in specialized transportation security systems. The department conducts research and development activities in the areas of high consequence software systems, custom embedded circuit design, wireless network communications, intelligent power conditioning and distribution, navigation systems, and sensors. Major programs supported by the department include the Safeguards Transporter (SGT), development of a new high security system called the Mobile Guardian Transporter (MGT) an advanced concept surety programs called Integrated Surety Architectures (ISA). Robust security protection for transportation systems face many unique challenges, and requires exhaustive investigation and analysis of sophisticated system attacks and the associated development of countermeasures to defend and protect against such attacks. The use of modeling and simulation tools assists in the investigation, exploration, and development of new design approaches, algorithms, and design of experiments to validate system capabilities.

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

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.