Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
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.
Covid-19 vaccination mandate
Sandia demonstrates its commitment to public safety in the national interest by requiring that all new hires attest to their vaccination status before commencing employmentThe requirement also applies to those who are telecommuting and working virtually.
Any concerns about the ability to meet this requirement should be directed to hr solutions at (505) 284-4700.
What your job will be like
We are seeking a collaborative r&d science & engineering systems engineer who is interested in more broadly impacting projects across sandia utilizing their skills and subject matter expertise in leading scientific and engineering projectsYou will be part of the project and product delivery system group (10410), which provides support for and advocacy of the best engineering and business practices and solutions across the sandia enterprise.
Within this position, you will be provided the opportunity to foster a rigorous systems engineering and product life cycle management ethic across sandia by utilizing your expertise in the field of systems engineering across the entire product life cycle from concept exploration to retirement/disposalThis will be done by building upon existing frameworks and industry-standard techniques, combined with lessons learned/causal analyses from previous technical projects/programs and partnering with technical program teams to identify, recommend, and implement improvements to systems engineering processes/tools.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
Improve upon and deliver solutions based on a proven project and product delivery system that enables sandia’s projects/programs to achieve success.
Partner with project leads and management to identify, recommend, and implement improvements to systems engineering processes and tools.
Develop and implement project tailored work instructions and solutions that enable product lifecycle management activities, such as configuration management, design management, and integration planning and assembly activities.
Qualifications we require
Bachelor’s degree in stem-related field plus five or more years of experience or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience (the five years of experience should be within the last 10 years of direct technical project work in a research and development, scientific and/or engineering field)
Five or more years, within the last 10 years, of application/working knowledge of system engineering processes, methodologies, and approaches, such as product life cycle management, requirements engineering, verification and validation, agile (e.g., safe, scrum, kanban), sysml, digital, engineering, model based systems engineering (mbse), use of mbse tools (e.g., magicdraw, genesys)
Ability to obtain and maintain a doe q-level security clearance
Qualifications we desire
Five or more years, within the last 10 years, of application/working knowledge of systems engineering standards and guides, such as: iso 15288 systems and software engineering – system life cycle processes, iso/iec dtr 16337 systems engineering handbook (incose), iso/iec/ieee 24748-4 systems and software engineering – life cycle management – part 4: systems engineering planning, cmmi, cmii
Professional certification(s) in systems engineering, quality management, or project management (incose, as9100, iso, cmmi, dau, cmii, agile (scrum), lean six sigma, pmp)
Experience improving/creating systems engineering processes and developing/instantiating tools to optimize the management of science and engineering projects
Knowledge of design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and materials management processes and best practices
Experience with industry leading plm software tools such as aras (innovator), dassault (enovia), siemens (teamcenter), ptc (windchill), sap plm
Experience building relationships and establishing credibility with technical project teams
Demonstrated organizational skills, including the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure and/or ambiguous environment
Demonstrated teaming skills, including the ability to work effectively with leadership at multiple levels, technical project teams, customers/sponsors and across organizations.
Demonstrated ability to craft technical roadmaps and execute against them
Demonstrated technical writing and presentation skills, including an ability to succinctly explain complex technical concepts
Demonstrated ability to manage diverse security and classification requirements
A current and active doe q, dod top secret, or equivalent security clearance
Ability to obtain and maintain us doe sci access, which may require a polygraph test
About our team
The science & engineering product life cycle management execution & project management/portfolio management organizations (organization 10415/10416) develop approaches grounded in solid principles of portfolio management and project management, and systems science and systems engineering to deploy the project and product delivery system (ppds)This department has a cadre of systems engineering, science and engineering project management, and quality engineering/assurance subject matter experts that are skilled to matrix and collaborate with sandia’s scientific and engineering programs/projectsWe actively collaborate/partner on mission delivery engineering teams and help establish roadmaps that support the program/project requirements and deliverablesOur departments enable the ability to positively impact the mission while maintaining a flexible work environment that provides an excellent work life balance.
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 areasSome 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 technologiesLife-changing careersLearn more about sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
These benefits vary by job classification.
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 verificationsApplicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a doe q-level security clearance, which requires u.sCitizenshipIf you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the u.sAnd 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 clearanceSubstance 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.
