Senior AI R&D Engineer for Mission-Driven Design

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; Remote; USD 118,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Affordable housing

Low traffic congestion

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking an R&D S&E in Artificial Intelligence to develop and apply AI workflows for engineering design and advanced manufacturing within Sandia's nuclear deterrence mission. This role emphasizes forward deployment of AI to mission problems, while also developing new algorithms and capabilities.

Responsibilities include joining strike teams, bridging design and deployment gaps, rapidly prototyping AI workflows, and partnering with core Sandia AI programs.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.

Responsibilities

• Participate in strike teams formed around a mission problem, learning about the needs in the problem space and leveraging existing and emerging AI tools to provide solutions
• Build on experience in a mission domain to bridge gaps, pioneer new AI approaches, and integrate new technologies in the critical path of the mission objectives
• Rapidly stand up prototype AI workflows and build minimum viable products to serve as a starting point for mission partners to build on or productionize
• Curate a set of core tools that can be rapidly adapted to new opportunities as they emerge
• Partner and engage with the core AI programs at Sandia (ASC, Genesis Mission, Corporate indirect investments, etc.)

Skills

AI workflows

Software development

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking an R&D S&E in Artificial Intelligence to develop and apply AI workflows for engineering design and advanced manufacturing within Sandia's nuclear deterrence mission. This role emphasizes forward deployment of AI to mission problems, while also developing new algorithms and capabilities.

Responsibilities include joining strike teams, bridging design and deployment gaps, rapidly prototyping AI workflows, and partnering with core Sandia AI programs.