R&D S&E, Microwave & Sensor Antenna/Hardware (Early Career)

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:

$88,600 - $172,300

*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 working for an to explore solutions? Do you want to join a diverse team that solves challenging issues of national interest? The Advanced RF Applications department (5376) is seeking a RF/microwave/sensor engineer with knowledge of antenna hardware to participate in the development of advanced RF systems, circuits, antennas and concepts for current and future national security applications and some R&D initiatives.

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

• Employ the latest and greatest EDA and EM simulation tools to design new RF/Microwave/Electromagnetics hardware.
• Design, Prototype, characterize, and troubleshoot RF/microwave and antenna hardware in a state-of-the art laboratory facilities.
• Brainstorm solutions to complex problems of national security significance and propose technical solutions, specifically in RF/Microwave related fields.
• Present your work to colleagues and customers across the national security enterprise.

Candidates must have the ability to work successfully in a dynamic, interdisciplinary, teaming environment. This position requires occasional travel.

Qualifications We Require:

• Accredited Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM discipline.
• Educational background or relevant experience in at least three of the following seven areas:
• Electromagnetics modeling and antenna design
• RF/Microwave/Analog circuit design
• RF Communications Systems
• RADAR
• Signal Processing
• Embedded Systems (Hardware/Software)
• Firmware implementation of signal processing algorithms on FPGAs or DSPs
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Security Clearance.
• Also, must have the ability to obtain and maintain an SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph test.

Qualifications We Desire:

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

• Accredited Master's Degree preferred in Electrical Engineering or related STEM discipline.
• Laboratory skills and knowledge of RF-related test equipment
• Ability to work both independently and on a team
• Ability to interact with internal and external partners and customers
• Demonstrated field test experience
• Knowledge of Matlab/Simulink or equivalent (i.e. Octave)
• Knowledge of system and circuit EDA tools
• Knowledge of high-level programming language(s)
• Embedded software and firmware expertise
• Knowledge of RF Communications, RADAR, or EW systems and principles
• Hardware level signal processing experience (FPGA, DSP, or GPU)
• Active DOE Q or DoD TS Security Clearance.
• Active SCI clearance.

About Our Team:

The Advanced Radio Frequency Applications department research, develops, evaluates and deploys specialized RF systems for a number of national security applications including space based, airborne, and terrestrial RF communications, Command and Control (C2), remote sensing, nontraditional Electronic Counter Measures / Electronic Warfare (ECM/EW), and specialized Tagging, Tracking, and Locating (TTL) systems. Members of the department have broadly varying skills including RF/microwave circuit and system design, antenna design, digital signal processing, embedded system hardware and software, digital system design, operational field-testing development/support, and program/project management. Design challenges include highly miniaturized electronic system design, communication system architecture, ultra-low size, weight, and power (SWaP) hardware, ultra-low-noise receivers, and signal extraction/classification techniques in low Signal-to-Noise-Ratio environments. We are tightly integrated with other departments in the Advanced RF Applications business area and regularly partner across organizational boundaries internal and external to SNL, to include working closely with Government/Military partners to consistently deliver high-impact solutions to some of our nation’s most difficult national security problems.

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 and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access 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 the 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: 687508