Senior/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - Environments Engineering & Integration, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Relocation assistance

Generous vacation

Competitive 401k

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM seeks a highly motivated R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the Environments Engineering & Integration Department as a loads and dynamics engineer.

The position covers engineering analysis, modeling, model validation, data analysis, signal processing, and product performance evaluation across a wide range of Sandia products, with opportunities to collaborate with in-house teams and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical engineering with focus on loads and dynamics.
• Proficiency in engineering analysis, modeling and data analysis.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team to support programmatic needs.
• Perform engineering analysis, modeling, validation and signal processing.
• Evaluate product performance across Sandia products.

Job description

Job Information

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Contract: Full-Time Regular

About Sandia

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

Our team is ready to welcome a highly motivated, experienced, and productive R&D Mechanical Engineer to join the Environments Engineering & Integration Department as a loads and dynamics engineer. Our work encompasses a wide range of applications in structural dynamics and signal processing and offers many opportunities for research and development. The position involves a challenging mix of engineering analysis, modeling, model validation, data analysis, signal processing, and product performance evaluation for a wide range of Sandia products. There are significant opportunities to team with in-house (high-fidelity, multi-physics) analysis teams, testing teams, as well as daily opportunities to work on very challenging problems utilizing world-class computational and testing resources.

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

• Team with project, test, and analysis engineers at Sandia and with Sandia's external stakeholders.
• Lead a diverse team of staff to support our programmatic needs.
• Lead or be a member of a shock and vibration environments qualification team.
• Support shock and vibration specification development for weapons systems, wind/water turbines, missile payloads, and space instruments.