W80-4 Weapon Systems Engineer

W80-4 Weapon Systems Engineer - W80-4 Life Extension Program Team, Onsite

Albuquerque, NM

Job ID: 699672 Apply Now

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

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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:

We are seeking an experienced Weapon Systems Engineer (WSE) (R&D Systems Engineer) to join the W80-4 Life Extension Program. The WSE is a key interface between Product Realization Teams (PRTs), the Systems team, Production Agencies (e.g., KCNSC or Sandia Production), surveillance organizations, and NNSA. The WSE advocates for both their assigned component(s) and the warhead system, ensuring scope and requirements for component(s) are defined and validated, design and production activities are managed within cost and schedule, and the product(s) as-built meet system requirements. This role places increased emphasis on supporting transition to and execution of sustained rate production, resolving production nonconformance's, and representing the program in production-focused reviews.

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

Serve as the primary technical interface between Systems, component PRTs, and the Production Agency during rate production execution and early sustainment.

Identify, assess, and lead resolution of production nonconformance's, manufacturing escapes, process deviations, and production issues that could impact system performance, safety, reliability, or production rate.

Coordinate with Production Agencies (KCNSC, Sandia Production, and other PAs), suppliers, and vendors to resolve production and quality issues and enable production rate recovery.

Interface with NNSA program office and government stakeholders to report production status, risks, and corrective action plans.

Support and represent the program in production focused reviews (Program Reviews, Production Reviews, Production Steady State Gates) and manufacturing surveillance activities; dry run review materials with PRTs.

Participate in root cause analyses, failure investigations, and corrective/preventive action development and verification (CAR/PAR).

Partner with component teams and systems to track and report technical risk mitigations, action items, and production performance metrics.

Support surveillance and reliability activities to ensure system performance during early production and field life.

Prepare technical assessments, briefings, and concise status reports for program leadership and government customers.

Mentor and provide technical direction to engineers and subject matter experts engaged on production issues.

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

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

The position requires an ability to travel up to 10% to support the mission.

Salary Range:

$117,500 - $235,700

*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 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 obtain and maintain U.S. DOE Q-Level Security Clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D S&E Systems Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).

Experience working with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) laboratories and plants including Pantex, Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO).

Experience working on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

Experience working in production execution, manufacturing, or sustainment of complex weapon or defense systems, including demonstrated experience resolving production nonconformances.

Familiarity with Production Agencies within the nuclear weapons complex