Senior XR Visualization Engineer - R&D Mechanical

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 117,500 - 235,700; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a motivated Experienced R&D S&E Mechanical Engineer to join the Extended Reality Visualization Engineering (XREV) team onsite. The role centers on designing interactive visualizations to support engineering design and problem solving by collaborating with engineers to tailor UI/UX for project needs.

The XREV team enables engineers to interact with multidisciplinary data, enabling faster problem solving, streamlined training, and centralized knowledge

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.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance.
• Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineer or STEM field; a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Ability to work independently and collaborate well in a multidisciplinary team of designers and test engineers.
• Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling.
• Experience with Unity or other Game Engine software and with Git configuration management/version controls.
• Experience in electrical, mechanical or industrial engineering of components and/or systems at either conceptual, development, production, or sustainment phases of a lifecycle.
• Familiarity with quality system design principles, information access and assurance principles.
• Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to develop technical ideas and results and present them in oral and written form in a concise manner.
• Strong technical and people leadership skills.
• Experience leading interdisciplinary teams and engaging internal and external stakeholders of varying responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop new and innovative modules to expand the XREV capabilities.
• Utilize Unity Game Engine and associated software as the software foundation underlying the technical visualizations and models.
• Evaluate incorporation of the latest AI capabilities into the Unity platform.
• Engage with customers to design new visualizations and work with the technical engineers to define the desired UI/UX and underlying capabilities.
• Develop a standard/generic component/system with respect to CAD models, requirements, product definition, test data that will become the quality basis for XREV capabilities.
• Understand and address existing and emerging digital threads within and external to Sandia, drive collaboration across the National Security Enterprise and other technology areas within Sandia.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Unity experience

Git version control

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Unity

Git

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a motivated Experienced R&D S&E Mechanical Engineer to join the Extended Reality Visualization Engineering (XREV) team onsite. The role centers on designing interactive visualizations to support engineering design and problem solving by collaborating with engineers to tailor UI/UX for project needs.

The XREV team enables engineers to interact with multidisciplinary data, enabling faster problem solving, streamlined training, and centralized knowledge