Electromechanical Technologist (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 Electromechanical Technologist.

Are you passionate about your work and want to join a dynamic team that solves challenging problems for the nation's security? Do you thrive in a high performing team atmosphere? If so, you could be the highly motivated Electromechanical Technologist we seek.

The Advanced Fuzing Technology department (7627) has a broad portfolio that involves contributions to both Sandia’s Nuclear Deterrence mission and various Strategic Partnership Programs supporting work across the U.S. government. We are on the forefront of research and development activities in the DoD and DOE fuzing communities.

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

• Machine, build, and repair test fixtures and equipment.

• Develop, build, modify, repair, and maintain a wide variety of electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical instruments, systems, or processes.

• Work from engineering drawings, schematics, and written or verbal instructions.

• Operate equipment, conduct tests, and report data in a prescribed format.

• Support the fabrication, population and testing of proto-boards, bread-boards, and printed circuit boards with high voltage components and small discrete electrical components.

• Perform, test, and inspect soldering work in accordance with standards.

• Troubleshoot electronic hardware and re-work boards to correct defects in designs or replace faulty components.

• Build and test cable assemblies, including adapters to support testing of electrical components based on custom tester designs.

• Perform environmental testing of electronic and electromechanical systems.

• Perform lab ownership duties.

Qualifications We Require:

• High school diploma plus five or more years of directly related experience

• Strong background in machining, milling, and lathe work

• Active DOE Q-Level security clearance or equivalent

Qualifications We Desire:

• Secondary degree in applicable trade

• Mechanical CAD experience with either SolidWorks or Creo

• Understanding of GD&T principals

• Demonstrated ability to solder electronics assemblies to IPC-A-610 class 3 standards

• Active IPC-A-610, IPC-A-620, IPC-7711/7721, and/or J-STD-001 certifications

• Ability to troubleshoot printed circuit assemblies from schematics

• Experience with high voltage or other firing systems

• Ability to operate laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes or other data capture devices

• Proven experience working in Nuclear Deterrence and/or DoD weapons programs

• Demonstrated attention to detail

• Ability to work on cross-organizational/multidisciplinary teams

• Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask with competing priorities

• Experience with lab ownership

About Our Team:

The Firing & Embedded Systems group 07620 is a recognized leader in realizing safe, secure, and reliable products. We research, design, develop, and deliver highly reliable, trusted systems and high consequence hardware and software products to serve our National Security customers today, tomorrow, and always. Our technical backgrounds are diverse. Some of us have spent years focusing on the fine details of particular technologies and are recognized as nation-level experts. Some of us are generalists and support multiple projects, keeping things connected and developing new skills. Our teams are comprised of specialists and generalists working together, and it is easy to shift between projects and technical roles over time. If this environment sounds appealing, we'd like to meet you.

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:

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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: 688748