Senior JTA Systems Test Lead - Onsite, DOE Q Clearance

Sandia Corporation; New Mexico; On-site; USD 118,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a cleared Senior/Principal W80-4/W80-5 JTA Test Lead for the JTA Systems Team, onsite in New Mexico. You will lead test planning, integration testing, and surveillance activities for the W80-4 and W80-5 programs, coordinating with NSE partners to ensure qualification of test articles.

The role requires an active DOE Q-level security clearance or equivalent, a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5 years of directly related experience.

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 that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct programmatic and technical planning for W80-4 and W80-5 JTA and Flight Body designs and conduct system integration tests (functional electrical, mechanical, thermal, ground and integration tests, as well as flight tests)
• Work closely with the JTA Qualification Leads on both programs to ensure test planning is aligned with requirements verification needs.
• Problem-solving with multidisciplinary teams across the Nuclear Security Enterprise
• Establish and maintain safety and security in field settings for the activity level work of flight testing
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems engineers within the Dept play a critical role in specifying and reviewing activities involving all aspects of the W80-4 and W80-5 JTA systems to establish flight test surveillance programs for these LEPs.
• Design, development, and qualification of the JTA system to closely simulate weapon performance in a surveillance environment, development of JTA system and component requirements, design and assembly of several different test units during development stages of the program, production support activities for JTA components, and testing of development ground and flight test units leading up to final JTA qualification.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a cleared Senior/Principal W80-4/W80-5 JTA Test Lead for the JTA Systems Team, onsite in New Mexico. You will lead test planning, integration testing, and surveillance activities for the W80-4 and W80-5 programs, coordinating with NSE partners to ensure qualification of test articles.

The role requires an active DOE Q-level security clearance or equivalent, a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5 years of directly related experience.