R&D Electrical Engineer, Directed Energy- (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:

$101,400 - $201,400 *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:

Are you passionate about your work and dream of using innovative facilities to explore solutions? Would you like to join a dynamic team that solves significant issues for our nation's security? If so, our team is seeking a motivated R&D Electrical Engineer to join the team!

The selected candidate will work on Radio Frequency (RF) projects in RF design and testing, antenna design and testing, and electromagnetic (EM) analysis. Projects will also include designing systems and components for High Power Microwave (HPM) applications as well as evaluating the effectiveness of HPM sources and vulnerabilities of systems to an HPM attack.

On any given day, one may be called upon to:

• Design RF systems, subsystems, and components
• Design and implement various RF experiments, from UHF through W-band
• Design and test microwave antennas
• Conduct electromagnetic analysis
• Design HPM weapon systems and components
• Implement HPM vulnerability testing
• Analyze test data and communicate results (oral presentations and written reports) to customers
• Shape the future through the introduction of new concepts and the applications of advanced technologies
• Write project proposals
• Collaborate with customers and provide timely delivery on commitments

Due to the nature of the work the candidate must be able to work onsite. Travel to sponsor sites, field testing, training, and conference attendance is required for this position. Candidates applying on this requisition may be interviewed and/or hired into one of these departments: 05497, Directed Energy Missions, or 05499, Directed Energy Assessments.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a relevant STEM field, plus 1 year experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which may require a polygraph test

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience in antenna design, RF diagnostics and instrumentation, EM testing, and data analysis in the RF and microwave frequency range (100 MHz through 100 GHz)
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design for controls
• Experience with the following software tools: electromagnetic codes (HFSS, CST, Maxwell, FEKO, etc.), circuit codes (PSpice, Xyce, AST, etc.), MATLAB, Python or Mathematica, LabVIEW, SolidWorks, and MS Office products
• Experience measuring shielding effectiveness
• Experience with electronic warfare to include attacks on hardware or software (cyber)
• A self-starter able to adapt to fast-paced, DoD customer-focused operations, with an emphasis on meeting deliverables
• FPGA programming experience
• Knowledge of current innovative directed energy systems or technology
• Experience collaborating with DoE or DoD organizations
• Team building and program management skills
• Strong documentation skills (for assistance in record keeping, documentation, ES&H compliance, and product transition to industry)
• A PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a relevant STEM degree, with a concentration in Applied Electromagnetics
• An active DOE Q-level security clearance and an active SCI-level Clearance; or other equivalent active security clearance such as DOD Top Secret and SCI-level Clearance

About Our Team:

Organizations Directed Energy Missions (05497), Directed Energy Applications (5498), and Directed Energy Assessments (05499) are high performance, multi-disciplinary teams dedicated to pushing the frontiers of electromagnetic attack and defensive technology. These three departments form a larger team called the Directed Energy Enterprise. Our primary areas of interest include high-power electromagnetic systems, compact pulsed power systems, radio frequency sources, antennas, and electronic effects phenomena. We implement research and development to support not only the lab’s Directed Energy mission, but also many of the other missions of Sandia. Work environments range from laboratories, anechoic chambers, to field work at local and remote test sites. Our delivered work products are studies, analyses, and hardware intended to provide beyond-state-of-the- art Directed Energy and RF technologies to the war-fighter.

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: 689868