Job Description

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*

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:

The Nuclear Safety Technologies Department is seeking a R&D Systems Engineer to conduct research and development into nuclear safety and to perform safety basis analyses of nuclear facilities to ensure safe operation.

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

• Conduct research and development related to assessing and improving the safety of nuclear facilities
• Use system engineering principles to develop processes
• Perform computational simulations, analyses, and evaluations for nuclear facility safety
• Perform safety basis analyses for facilities, including hazard identification, hazard analysis, accident analysis, and control selection
• Prepare and review documented safety analysis (DSA), technical safety requirements (TSRs), and unreviewed safety question (USQ) for nuclear facilities
• Interface with a wide variety of Sandia departments such as operations, engineering, and assurance, as well as the DOE Sandia Field Office
• Lead multidisciplinary technical teams to innovatively improve the safety analysis of existing nuclear facilities

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

Salary Range:

$109,300 - $217,400

*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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a relevant STEM discipline plus five (5) years of relevant experience
• Experience with Nuclear Safety
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Masters or PhD in Nuclear Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a relevant STEM discipline
• Experience with the preparation or review of Documented Safety Analyses (DSAs) and Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) for research reactors, critical assemblies, and non-reactor nuclear facilities at DOE Facilities
• Proficiency with the Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) process
• Experience with the use and/or development of nuclear safety modeling codes and techniques
• Knowledge of and/or experience with reactor kinetics, physics, and thermo-hydraulic engineering calculations and modeling
• Knowledge, understanding, and experience with nuclear facility codes and standards for design, construction, and operation
• Experience leading diverse teams and ability to work cooperatively in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to produce high-quality work, on schedule, with minimal supervision

About Our Team:

The Nuclear Safety Analysis Department (Org. 1383), located in Technical Area V (TA-V) at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), is responsible for ensuring that risks associated with operating TA-V nuclear facilities are analyzed, communicated, and accepted by the governing authorities. This involves selecting and evaluating nuclear safety controls to ensure protection of the general public, workers, visitors, and the TA-V staff. In addition, the Department ensures that the nuclear facility\'s safety documentation complies with federal law, Department of Energy (DOE) requirements and SNL standards and expectations. Org. 1383 is also responsible for implementing the Sandia corporate Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) Program.

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.

Job ID: 693922

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.