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:

Ready to join a dynamic team that solves challenging technical problems for national security? Are you passionate about cutting edge research and developing technologies to bridge the gap between ideas and reality? Do you have a passion for Navigation, Guidance, Controls, or Embedded Systems? If so, we invite you to explore this opportunity to join our impactful team!

Department 5322 focuses on Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and Electronic Technologies for a variety of sponsors. This includes the development and fielding of high-performance PNT systems to support various Nuclear Deterrence, National Security Programs (hypersonic missiles), Homeland Security, and interagency programs and R&D initiatives. The department participates in architecting, implementing, and deploying embedded electronic systems to enhance PNT technologies through contested or denied environments, including navigation integrity and situational awareness, real-time flight software for hypersonic missiles, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) calibration and specialization, advanced sensor fusion, and Alternative Navigation (Alt-Nav) sensors. These include, but are not limited to, terrain correlating Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR), Multi-GNSS, and Signals-of-Opportunity (SoOp) navigation for national security applications.

Department 5322 has varied work opportunities and is actively seeking experienced R&D Electrical/Computer/Embedded engineer with experience in one or more of the following fields:

• Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Engineering
• Designing, implementing, and testing fieldable real-time software/hardware using C in embedded systems
• Real-time data processing
• Software and algorithm development for both real-time systems and modeling & simulation efforts in NG&C
• Designing, implementing, and testing inertial systems for navigation, guidance, pointing and control.

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:

• A PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or other relevant STEM discipline.
• -OR- a Master\'s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or other relevant STEM discipline. Plus three years’ engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and/or development.
• -OR- a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or other relevant STEM discipline. Plus Five years’ engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and/or development
• Ability to acquire and maintain a required US DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

Demonstrated ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, as well as work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment, building consensus and resolving issues.

• Experience with HW/SW or system integration and troubleshooting
• Willingness to work in a team-based development effort including tight integration with a hardware team
• Good interpersonal and oral communication skills
• You possess Embedded software and/or firmware development skills; as well as familiarity with two or more of the following development methodologies or tools:
• Experience in logic verification, preferably System Verilog/UVM
• Experience with FPGA design tools (Xilinx Vivado, SynplifyPro, etc)
• Experience with firmware DSP implementation
• Experience in taking an FPGA design to hardware and/or ASIC and utilizing the full array of debugging tools (embedded and bench logic analyzer, O-scope, etc)
• Basic knowledge of RTL synthesis flow for ASIC design
• Experience in software DSP implementation
• Experience in low-level device driver development and interfacing with hardware
• Experience with software quality tools and processes such as linters, code documentation tools, static analyzers, dynamic analyzers, continuous integration tools, unit testing, etc.
• Active DOE Q-level clearance.

About Our Team:

Department 5322 focuses on Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and Electronic Technologies for a variety of sponsors. This includes the development and fielding of high-performance PNT systems to support various Nuclear Deterrence, National Security Programs, Homeland Security, and interagency programs and R&D initiatives. The department participates in architecting, implementing, and deploying embedded electronic systems to enhance PNT technologies through contested or denied environments, including navigation integrity and situational awareness, real-time flight software for hypersonic missiles, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) calibration and specialization, advanced sensor fusion, and Alternative Navigation (Alt-Nav) sensors. These include, but are not limited to, terrain correlating Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR), Multi-GNSS, and Signals-of-Opportunity (SoOp) navigation for national security applications.

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: 694073

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.