Engineering Support Technologist - Experienced - Onsite

About Sandia:

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• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

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• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

Electromagnetic (EM) Systems and Qualifications Department is seeking an experienced Engineering Support Technologist to provide technical support for the 10m/100m Nearby Lightning Environment Simulator (NBL). You will perform maintenance and operation of the NBL testbed and interfacing with customers. Maintenance encompasses troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing high-voltage, high-energy pulsed systems, gas and oil transfer systems, diagnostics, instrumentation, and pneumatic control systems. Operations include developing and implementing Engineered Safety, Work Planning and Controls, complying with ES&H requirements, planning and coordinating daily pre-and post-shot activities such as setting up tests, monitoring and adjusting the screen room equipment, setting up high voltage power supplies and trigger generators. Additional operations include performing critical lifts with bridge cranes and forklifts, and general laboratory and machine shop activities. Interfacing with customers includes aiding in the design, fabrication of simulator hardware, and/or acquiring custom test and measurement setups, and arranging for external services such as Industrial Hygiene, and Facilities support.

This position requires a utilization and knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures for high voltage (HV) and EM systems. In addition, this job involves responsibility for elements of technical projects or scientific research and includes assisting in resolution of problems, presentation of results, and reports preparation.

Key functions of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting engineering staff by conducting experiments including instrumentation specification and set up, diagnostics, and laboratory equipment control for pulsed power and high voltage breakdown at the NBL Test facility.

• Operating, repairing, and improving facilities.

• Detailed and accurate documentation supporting testing programs.

• Perform preliminary data processing to verify quality testing data.

• General laboratory stewardship such as; ES&H and security responsibilities, maintaining work-control documentation, managing property, coordinating instrument calibration and repair, and occasionally coordinating building-related activities with Facilities personnel.

• Work in a dynamic small team environment and manage time according to work demands.

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

Qualifications We Require:

• Associate of Science degree in technical field: preferably electronics or Electrical Engineering Or military equivalent such as Navy ET “A” or “C” school

• 3+ years’ experience in maintaining/operating high voltage pulsed power systems.

• 3+ years’ experience in mechanical and electrical assembly.

• 1+ years’ experience with screen room diagnostics (oscilloscopes, pulse generators, network analyzers, etc.)

• 3+ years’ experience working in a technical electronics field

• Current training and/or the ability to carry out duties in high voltage safety, forklift, and bridge crane operations, fall prevention, performing work on ladders.

• Capable of lifting objects 50-75 lbs.

• Demonstrated experience with portable power tool equipment.

• Demonstrated experience with pneumatic control systems.

• Computer skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

• Experience running LabVIEW programs

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance including Sigma 15

Qualifications We Desire:

• Design/drafting experience with AutoCAD, Visio, Solidworks, or equivalent.

• Experience in maintaining and operating Marx generators, troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing high-voltage, high-energy pulsed systems, gas and oil transfer systems, diagnostics, and instrumentation.

• Experience in developing and implementing Engineered Safety, Work Planning and Controls, and complying with ES&H requirements.

• Experience with Matlab programming.

• Experience with Pulsed Power facilities

• CuSO4 resistor builds

• Gas switch maintenance

• High voltage Marx Bank capacitors and power supplies

• Ddot, Bdot, current and voltage probes

• Advanced machine shop fabrication experience/skills

• Advanced welding experience/skills

• Experience with automated test control systems such as Labview

• Experience working with ND customers and setting up large scale facility testing programs

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

About Our Team:

The EM Systems Engineering and Qualification department is responsible for defining and managing work for electromagnetic qualification programs as well as development of new customers and programs. Department 01354/013541 works closely with 1352 (EM Theory), 1353 (Electrical Sciences and Experiments), 1340 (Radiation Effects Sciences & Applications) and customers in 2000, 5000 and 8200. This team is part of the Radiation, Electrical and High Energy Density (REHEDS) Research Foundation.

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.

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.

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.

Essential Functions:

If offered the position, you may be required to demonstrate your fitness to perform certain physical aspects of the position, including lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.

Position Information:

This Limited Term Employee (LTE) position is a temporary position for one year term, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to a maximum of seven years.

Individuals in LTE positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

Job ID: 691890