R&D Computer Engineer - Digital Electrical Designer (Experienced)

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.

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.

Salary Range:

$99,700 - $196,100 *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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a dedicated R&D S&E, Computer Engineering to provide technical leadership for projects relating to remote sensing and satellite systems. We need an experienced digital electrical designer specifically with embedded hardware experience in extreme environments.

The successful applicant will have experience with digital designs for embedded applications, and in particular: Focal Plane Array (FPA) integration, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) system design and HDL (VHDL or Verilog) experience; high-speed network and interface electronics; and high-speed analog to digital interfaces.

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

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams for the research, design, fabrication, integration, test, and deployment of electrical components, subsystems, and assemblies
• Work with diverse teams to understand, simulate, and test electrical components and systems exposed to the challenging radiation environments present in space
• Collaborate on teams to research and design components, subassemblies, and systems that are resilient to extreme environments, especially space

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

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or relevant STEM degree, plus five (5) or more years of directly related experience
• Experience in electronic system design skills to include PCB design, electrical troubleshooting, and/or FPGA/HDL design and simulation
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in the above state fields
• Expertise with FPA integration and testing
• Expertise with Verilog or VHDL and FPGA system design and integration
• Excellent written and verbal communication, project coordination, and social skills
• Proven ability to be self-motivated and work independently as well as in a multi-disciplinary team environment, building consensus and resolving issues
• Experience in the design, development, test, and implementation of electrical systems, especially high-speed digital electronics
• Knowledge of the effects of extreme environments (e.g. radiation, thermal extremes, shock, and vibration) on electrical systems
• Proficiency with space radiation effects in digital electronics (e.g. single event effects)
• Familiarity with satellite programs and processes
• Experience as a technical design lead on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong organization and planning skills and ability tackle more than one assignment at a time.
• Desire to learn new skills as required and develop expertise in areas that may be unfamiliar
• Active Q and TS/SCI clearances
• Willingness to travel up to 10%

About Our Team:

The Monitoring Systems & Technology Center (6700) has researched and developed new monitoring systems and technologies for over half a century. Building on that legacy, today we support national security missions involving nuclear proliferation detection, treaty monitoring, arms control, and various needs within the national security communities.

The Flight Edge Compute System (eFECtS) (6773) organization specializes in developing innovative technologies for remote sensing in the areas of edge-deployed high-performance computing, digital signal processing, remote distributed data processing architectures, rapid high consequence technology insertions for remote sensing applications, and remote sensing system engineering. The team focuses on missions that require autonomy and edge computing to reduce decision timelines creating a technological advantage for the intelligence community and the warfighter.

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.

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.

Job ID: 687298