Postdoctoral Appointee - Environments Engineering & Integration, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

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Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories seeks a Postdoctoral Appointee in Environments Engineering & Integration onsite in New Mexico. The role focuses on mechanical environments, structural dynamics, and data-driven analysis for weapons-relevant systems.

You will collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders on challenging, multi-physics problems using world-class resources. You will apply MATLAB, C++, and Python to model, simulate, and validate environmental specifications, supporting

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant engineering discipline with strong publication record.
• Experience with high-level engineering analysis and modeling.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project, test, and analysis engineers and external stakeholders.
• Develop capabilities to support programmatic needs.
• Apply structural dynamics, solid mechanics, and data science to tools development.

Skills

MATLAB

C++

Python

Signal processing

Structural dynamics

Education

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Civil Engineering

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

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Postdoctoral Appointee - Environments Engineering & Integration, Onsite

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:

Our team is ready to welcome a highly motivated, experienced, and productive R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the Environments Engineering and Integration Department and contribute to ongoing environments research. Our work encompasses a wide range of applications in structural dynamics and signal processing and offers many opportunities for research and development. The position involves a challenging mix of engineering analysis, modeling, model validation, data analysis, signal processing, and product performance evaluation for a wide range of Sandia products. There are significant opportunities to team with in-house (high-fidelity, multi-physics) analysis teams, testing teams, as well as daily opportunities to work on very challenging problems utilizing world-class computational and testing resources.

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

Team with project, test, and analysis engineers at Sandia and with Sandia's external stakeholders.

Develop new capabilities that will be used by staff to support our programmatic needs.

Apply the principles of structural dynamics, solid mechanics, data science to support the research and development of tools for mechanical environments definition and analysis.

Investigate shock and vibration specification development for weapons systems, wind/water turbines, missile payloads, and space instruments.

Support the development of field testing capabilities to collect environments data.

Work with the modeling and simulation analysis community to derive and assess environmental specifications and test specifications.

Develop new techniques to analyze data from field and laboratory tests to derive and assess environmental specifications and test specifications.

Participate in applied research to improve shock and vibration data analysis and specification development.

Contribute to a wide variety of emerging research and development efforts at Sandia.

Develop a robust research portfolio through peer-reviewed journal publications, conference presentations, and participation in professional societies.

Join our team and achieve your goals while making a difference!

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able work onsite full time within one year.

Qualifications We Require:

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a relevant discipline

A strong track record of scientific and/or technical achievements through publication, as evidenced by peer-reviewed journals and external presentations at appropriate scientific conferences

Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

Background in performing structural dynamic analysis and/or signal processing analysis

Experience With MATLAB, or programming languages such as C, C++, Python, or other relevant languages

Strong communication skills as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications and/or external presentations at appropriate scientific conferences.

Graduate or Professional Research Experience

Experience analyzing aerospace systems

Experience with developing laboratory shock and vibration specifications and supporting testing

Experience Performing Structural Dynamic Analysis and Testing

Experience using MATLAB for structural dynamics analysis and processing of measured data

Experience in mechanical shock analysis

About Our Team:

The Environments Engineering & Integration Department is in the Solid Mechanics and Structural Dynamics Group of the Engineering Sciences Center. The department is responsible for leading integration of complex environmental test operations with computational simulation activities in structural dynamics and solid mechanics supporting fundamental research, model validation, development, qualification and acceptance for nuclear weapons, satellites, national missile defense, and other applications. In addition to planning and integration activities, the department directly supports several experimental capabilities, including: multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) vibration and shock testing and analysis methodologies, centrifuge, thermal conditioning, humidity, altitude, and corrosive atmosphere capabilities. We partner with Sandia product designers to predict and define mechanical environments for the entire design life-cycle. We assist product engineers in optimizing testing of their designs early in a development program and to fully explore the product's performance space during final design qualification. Our department develops state-of-the-art tools for characterizing and analyzing mechanical environments.

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.

• Affordable housing, reasonable cost of living
• Minimal traffic congestion compared to larger cities