Senior/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - Agile Product Engineer, Onsite

Sandia Corporation; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 118,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Flexible work arrangements

Onsite facilities

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Senior/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the Agile Product Engineer team onsite in Albuquerque, NM. You will lead production realization, oversee process development, testing, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality, manufacturable products.

Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, with ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance and work onsite. Relocation and comprehensive benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline with five years of directly relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance.
• Knowledge of production realization and manufacturing processes.
• Strong communication and teamwork across multidisciplinary groups.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production activities and ensure manufacturability.
• Provide technical and quality oversight for development and production.
• Develop and maintain production processes meeting safety, quality, cost, and schedule.
• Oversee testing operations and calibration of measurement equipment.
• Collaborate with design, systems, quality, procurement and other Sandia organizations.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Five years of relevant experience

DOE clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

MRP systems

Calibration equipment familiarity

Job description

Senior/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - Agile Product Engineer, 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:

We are seeking a motivated, self-starting R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the dynamic advanced manufacturing group (7520) as a product engineer supporting agile product realization. You will work with a team of experienced personnel to take on challenging production, and development assignments that serve the evolving needs across the NSE as well as SPP programs. Our team brings together a diverse set of skills and backgrounds to enable rapid production missions in close collaboration with our customers and partners. You will be responsible for overseeing process development, qualification, and full-scale production of concurrent product lines in a high paced and dynamic work environment. Work scope will require close collaboration with design, systems, testing, quality, acceptance, and procurement organizations.

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

Function as the principal PA point of contact for the DA for assigned product(s).

Provide technical and quality oversight for assigned product(s) in development and production.

Lead the implementation and sustainment of production activities for assigned product(s).

Develop, qualify, maintain, and oversee new and existing production processes that meet mark quality requirements while meeting all safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements.

Oversee testing operations for packaged electronics devices, and calibration of measurement equipment.

Perform structured problem solving to address urgent process, or product issues.

Collect and analyze data to monitor key production metrics.

Identify opportunities to reduce yield loss, improve throughput, and lower product cycle times.

Review design definition to assess production feasibility and provide manufacturability improvements.

Consult with organizations across Sandia to provide production expertise to teams supporting high impact mission

Closely integrate with SNL quality and surety, component design, systems, NNSA, NSE Partners, SPP partners and Vendors.

Due to the nature of work, successful candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$117,500 - $235,700

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

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

Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D Mechanical Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis or dissertation).

Experience with mechanical engineering and product realization in the NNSA complex.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

Experience with product realization, production, or process development

Experience with electrical testing, calibration, and/or programming

Understanding of fundamentals of radio frequency (RF) engineering

Systems oriented person able to manage production processes and identify and mitigate associated risks

Ability to analyze and optimize manufacturing processes to balance quality, schedule and cost.

Demonstrated ability to monitor process health by collecting data, performing analysis and tracking using standard metrics.

Excellent time management skills and organization needed to manage multiple concurrent projects

Experience in a manufacturing environment with knowledge of industry standard Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) systems and related business practices

Evidence of high academic achievement.

Active/current DOE security clearance

About Our Team:

The Advanced Manufacturing group (7520) serves the evolving needs across the NSE and strategic partners (SPP) by providing a suite of services ranging from consultation for product feasibility and readiness, design for manufacturing support, to responding as a designated Production Agency (PA) of last resort capable of delivering mark quality, diamond stamped product. With decades of product realization experience across ND and SPP programs together with our strategic partnerships across SNL and the NSE, we aim to provide flexible and rapid response to unique production-related challenges. Our teams represent a diverse set of skills and background to enable rapid production missions in close collaboration with our customers and partners. Our experience spans various disciplines and domains including, but not limited to Testing (electrical, thermal, and environmental), Engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, industrial), Electro‑mechanical assembly, ND component production, Sounding rockets, Semiconductors, Automation, Trusted vendor qualification, Packaging and logistics, Project management, and Data mining and analysis.

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.

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