Senior Electrical Systems Engineer – R&D Leader

Sandia National Laboratories; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 281,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in California is seeking multiple experienced R&D Systems Engineers with strong electrical engineering backgrounds to join our multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to projects and operations across a portfolio critical to maintain a safe, reliable deterrent for national security.

The role requires on-site work and occasional travel up to 25% with collaboration across NSE and NNSA partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline plus 5 years of directly relevant experience or equivalent combination.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Specify and review activities involving electrical aspects of the system, including flight testing, lab testing, and component testing.
• Investigate/troubleshoot anomalies in cross-functional teams.
• Team with experts to plan, execute and analyze data from advanced experiments and modeling and simulation.
• Maintain and update interface documentation with our partners.
• Analyze system and subsystem architectures.
• Provide technical consultation on critical design elements.
• Plan and execute testing for environmental, functional, and safety qualification.
• Derive, reconcile, and track requirements with upstream and downstream interfaces.
• Present at technical design reviews and other forums.
• Represent Sandia on internal and external multi-organizational project teams.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Systems engineering

DOE security clearance

Ability to travel

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Electrical design tools

Modeling and simulation tools

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories in California is seeking multiple experienced R&D Systems Engineers with strong electrical engineering backgrounds to join our multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to projects and operations across a portfolio critical to maintain a safe, reliable deterrent for national security.

The role requires on-site work and occasional travel up to 25% with collaboration across NSE and NNSA partners.