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 vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking an R&D Radar Analysis Engineer to participate in the development of radio frequency system designs and concepts in support of future Nuclear Deterrence applications. We partner across the laboratory to prepare technologies to support future nuclear weapon fuzing requirements.

This person will perform modeling and simulation to support design and analysis activities and participate in data analysis supporting experimental testing of completed designs. We use the application of principles, theories, concepts, and practices relating to RF/microwave circuit design. Join our dynamic team to develop creative solutions to unique national security challenges!

On any given day, the successful candidate may be called upon to:

• Analyze radar designs, for both future and existing systems, to predict performance and help drive design decisions
• Perform data analysis following flight testing to understand radar performance
• Develop analysis techniques to support the needs of the department and our customers
• Discuss technical and programmatic requirements with customers

This position is eligible for telecommuting and the selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Qualifications We Require

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or a relevant STEM field, plus 1 year experience , OR equivalent (bachelor's degree + 5)
• Experience in one or more of the following subject areas:
  • Radio Frequency and/or Electromagnetic Environments modeling and analysis, using Method of Moments (MoM), Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD), or similar techniques
  • RF/microwave circuit or system design, Commercial RF/microwave circuit simulation in ADS, Microwave Office, Genesys, SENTRI, IE3D, MATLAB, or other programming languages (C/C++, Python, Java, Fortran), Labview Teststand
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Experience with Nuclear Deterrence system performance analysis
• Experience with radar system development and radar hardware architectures
• Excellent written and verbal communication and documentation skills
• Ability to work successfully in an interdisciplinary, team-oriented environment
• Preferred current possession of a DOE Q clearance

About Our Team

The Advanced Radar and Future Fuzing Department is the Nation's premier Advanced and Exploratory (A&E) design team for Nuclear Weapon (NW) Fuzes, which includes advanced radar/inertial sensors, weapon controllers, and communication bus architectures. We are responsible for generating new modular fuze concepts, designs, prototypes, tests, and analyses for next generation NW systems. The department teams extensively with other Sandia organizations to support National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Navy, and Air Force customers. We execute R&D for fuzing systems from the RF component level circuit design to Radar-Inertial system level design and analysis. The Department also provides ongoing support to NW Programs of Record (W88 ALT370, Mk21 AFA, B61-12, W93) through close partnership with our sister Department 5353, Radar Fuzing.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) 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.