R&D Computer Science (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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a motivated software engineer to join our team in designing, implementing, testing, and deploying innovative software frameworks and data processing architectures for embedded air, hypersonic and space systems. Our team’s work encompasses a wide variety of topics within computer science and software development, including:

• Embedded systems
• Real-time data processing
• Full stack software development
• Object-oriented software frameworks and architecture development
• Networked and distributed architectures
• Testing and validation frameworks
• Visualization

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

• Plan, conceive, conduct, or lead research and development for Sandia’s customers and sponsors.
• Create new understanding and capabilities by using the scientific method’s hypothesis, test, and evaluation techniques; critical review; or similar engineering research and development methods.
• Initiate, design, develop, execute, and evaluate new processes, products, or systems through basic and applied research.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or relevant discipline, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Plus Five years’ engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development
• You have experience with the C and C++ programming languages
• You have experience with Unix/Linux operating environments
• The ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

Ideally, we would like for your background to include some of the following:

• Experience with object-oriented development in languages such as C++, Rust, Go, or Java
• Experience developing software for bare metal (no operating system) embedded systems
• Experience developing software for real-time operating systems, such as VxWorks
• Experience with formal software testing and verification strategies
• Experience with DevOps technologies such as GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins
• Experience with MATLAB
• Proven ability to work in a collaborative software development environment (team development processes and tools, shared code, peer review)
• Experience working with teams of engineers with a diverse group of backgrounds and skillsets
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as bash and Python
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Proven software development skills and familiarity with modern software development methodologies, practices, and tools.
• Understanding of radar fundamentals or other sensor technologies
• Active DOE Q-clearance.

About Our Team:

Sandia National Laboratories offers state-of-the-art capability in the design and development of Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems, from system design through system integration to data collection and analysis. As a multidisciplinary laboratory, Sandia applies world-class expertise, such as high-performance computer processing, semiconductor device physics, mechanical stress analysis, flight dynamics, motion measurement, etc, to the difficult problems Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) systems may present.

Department 5348, ISR Real-Time Processing, develops and delivers highly advanced digital hardware and software solutions to meet the demands of embedded processing for advanced radar (SAR/GMTI) and other advanced RF system development activities. Software development capabilities include: object-oriented analysis and design, operating system development, configuration and setup, quality attribute driven design, model-driven development, component-based development in support of a software product line, automated testing, low-level driver software for COTS and custom hardware, real-time embedded software, concurrent software for multi-core processors and GPUs, and GUI software.

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.

Salary Range:

$99,700.00 - $196,100.00

*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.

Job ID: 687872