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 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:

Are you driven by a passion for innovation and eager to leverage state-of-the-art facilities to tackle complex challenges? Do you want to be part of a diverse team dedicated to addressing critical national interests? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic team as a Radar System Engineer!

While others only dream of the future, we dare to realize it. Don¿t miss out on an extraordinary unique opportunity at Sandia unlike any other place to gain experience for a national priority. Why not join us? We want you to be a part of our innovative and collaborative team and make an impact on the nation and the world!

In this role, you will have the opportunity to engage in a variety of exciting tasks, including:

• Test Radar hardware in a laboratory environment
• Design, analyze, and develop RF/microwave circuits, subsystems, and modules
• Discuss technical and programmatic requirements with customers
• Deliver hardware within schedule and budgetary constraints

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

Salary Range:

$114,000 - $227,500

*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 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 a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D S&E Microwave and Sensor Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Laboratory skills and knowledge of RF and digital test equipment.
• Knowledge of RF, Digital Communications, Electronic Warfare, and Cyber Security systems and principles.
• Ability to work successfully in a dynamic, interdisciplinary, teaming environment.

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

• Experience with design and characterization of Ku-band RF systems
• Experience in one or more of the following subject areas:
• 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
• Use of RF/microwave test equipment (network analysis, spectrum analysis, and noise measurement
• Experience in the design, fabrication, and testing of:
• RF communications architectures
• RF frontends
• Low noise amplifiers
• Power amplifiers
• Phase locked loops and synthesizers
• Mixers, filters, or other RF components
• Experience in RF circuit layout and RF PCB manufacturing techniques
• Experience with radar system development and radar hardware architectures
• Experience in effectively communicating complex technical issues to customers and stakeholders.
• An active DOE Q-level security 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 Deterrence (ND) Fuzes, with a focus on radar systems. We are responsible for generating new modular fuze concepts, designs, prototypes, tests, and analyses for next generation ND 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 system level design and analysis. The Department also provides ongoing support to ND 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.

Job ID: 696543

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F