R&D Systems Engineer - Surety (Onsite)

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 102,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Telecommuting options

Relocation assistance

Life/work balance amenities

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is seeking an experienced R&D Systems Engineer to join the Surety Engineering Groups (2910 & 2920) to lead project teams in product qualification and delivery. You will contribute across requirements engineering, verification, risk analysis, and documentation to ensure products meet design intent.

This onsite role emphasizes collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, managing lifecycle stages from design to retirement, and applying defect prevention

Qualifications

• A 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 and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical R&D contributions throughout the entire product realization lifecycle, including requirements engineering and traceability, verification and validation (V&V), risk analysis, and crucial technical documentation.
• Develop requirements traceability reports, verification/validation plans, qualification plans, and essential engineering authorizations that ensure the product fully meets its requirements and design intent.
• Communicate and team effectively across multiple roles and technology areas, to include staff, team leads, and several levels of management.
• Engage in projects which span across all phases of the product realization lifecycle from conceptual design and development, through to production, maintenance, and retirement.
• Collaborate on projects that include both nuclear and non-nuclear components, subsystems, and systems, as well as some capability development.
• Exercises critical thinking to identify, assess, and mitigate risks through the practical application of defect prevention to develop a safe, reliable, and robust product.

Skills

R&D

Systems Engineering

Traceability

V&V

Risk Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

DOE Q clearance process

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is seeking an experienced R&D Systems Engineer to join the Surety Engineering Groups (2910 & 2920) to lead project teams in product qualification and delivery. You will contribute across requirements engineering, verification, risk analysis, and documentation to ensure products meet design intent.

This onsite role emphasizes collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, managing lifecycle stages from design to retirement, and applying defect prevention