Senior R&D Technologist - Experimental Aerosciences, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 75,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements (9/80, 4/10

Relocation assistance

Generous vacation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico seeks a Laboratory Support Technologist to support hypersonic experiments and research. The role involves operating wind tunnels and shock tunnels, maintaining the facility, and performing data collection with modern diagnostics.

You will develop experimental controls using PLCs and LabVIEW, analyze data with MATLAB or Python, and contribute to safety procedures and documentation. Onsite work is required; strong teamwork is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma plus three or more years of related experience, or equivalent.
• Experience with safety, electrical and mechanical hazards.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.
• Desirable STEM degree and experience in hypersonic facilities.
• Experience with experimental controls using PLCs and LabVIEW.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain hypersonic test facilities and instrumentation.
• Perform daily experimental setups, resets, and data collection.
• Develop and implement experimental controls using PLCs and LabVIEW.
• Analyze data with MATLAB/Python and document procedures.
• Contribute to safety, security, and project planning teams.

Skills

Data analysis

Documentation

Safety awareness

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Python

PLCs

Job description

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:

Sandia's Experimental Aerosciences department is seeking a Laboratory Support Technologist to support research in hypersonic environments impacting national security missions. Sandia's aerodynamic test facilities include the trisonic wind tunnel, hypersonic wind and shock tunnels, and multiphase shock tube. This positional primarily supports the hypersonic shock tunnel. A successful technologist will lead the operation of the facility through regular maintenance and custom fabrication.

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

Conducting capability maintenance to maintain experiment operational cadence.

Perform daily experimental setup and resets.

Assist, learn, and perform optical diagnostics including laser and high-speed camera optical methods.

Contribute to long-term capability development plans.

Perform capability upgrades.

Assist with experimental data collection.

Contribute to safety and security procedures and documentation.

Execute experiments to support research plans with a diverse team of staff, test engineers, and technologists.

Present work to team members, Sandia mission partners, and the larger scientific community.

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

Salary Range:

$74,700 - $144,400

*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:

High school diploma plus three or more years of directly related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience with activity-level work comprising of pressure, electrical, and mechanical hazards.

Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) discipline or equivalent work experience

Experience working in supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamics facilities.

Experience in the development of experimental controls techniques using PLCs and/or LabVIEW.

Experience with infrastructure systems including compressors and vacuum systems.

Experience conducting data analysis using MATLAB or Python.

Demonstrated excellence in process documentation.

About Our Team:

The Experimental Aerosciences Department of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico offers challenging and important work relating to national security in R&D and technology applications in aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, compressible fluid mechanics, and flight dynamics. Our primary mission supports U.S. Department of Energy Defense Programs, and aerosciences projects funded through the U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA, NASA, and industry. Our projects span the Mach number range from subsonic through hypersonic and involve systems ranging from aircraft released ordinance to reentry systems and rocket systems. Technical activities include experimental analytical efforts plus support of flight test activities, both pre-flight/post-flight analyses and field test operations. The Aerosciences Department maintains a strong balance of research and development activities and works synergistically with other organizations at Sandia to meet current and future customer needs.

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.