R&D Z Facility Nuclear Diagnostics 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 Research & Development Electromechanical Technologist to work in the Sandia Pulsed Power Sciences Center as member of the Z-Facility nuclear diagnostics team. This team develops, fields, and analyzes data from state-of-the-art neutron diagnostics for fusion experiments on the preeminent magnetic direct drive fusion facility in the world. Diagnosing neutrons produced by a target is key to understanding the behavior and performance of fusion experiments on Z. This position involves working with the diagnostics science team to develop, optimize, analyze, and field neutron diagnostics on Z.

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

• Field neutron diagnostics in the Z facility. This could include working with digitizers to record data, bias supplies, precision alignment systems, radioactive samples, computer-controlled counting systems.

• Help develop and deploy new diagnostic instruments, including configuring electronic controls and data acquisition, providing critical feedback on designs, assembly of new instruments, developing fielding documentation.

• Assist in the fielding of x-ray diagnostics, such as diodes that record the x-ray emission from the experiment.

• Analyze and interpret experimental diagnostic data, including interfacing with science and engineering communities to develop and use analysis tools.

  Join our team and achieve your goals while making a difference!

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

Qualifications We Require:

• High School diploma and five years relevant experience

• Experience working in research and development environments

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience processing or analyzing data using software tools

• Experience with precision scientific equipment, electronic control equipment, data acquisition and/or experience processing experimental data

• Experience working in a fast-paced dynamic work environment with flexible work hours

• Demonstrated ability working in a team environment

• Experience with Microsoft Excel and Word

• BS in Physics, Nuclear Engineering or related field

About Our Team:

The Fusion Experiments department (01683) designs and performs Inertial Confinement Fusion and High Energy Density Physics experiments in support of NNSA’s stockpile stewardship program. The department also develops and supports state-of-the-art diagnostic systems used for fusion experiments, including nuclear diagnostics and x-ray and laser imaging. Experiments are principally performed on Sandia’s Z pulsed power facility, with team members also performing experiments on the Mykonos pulsed power driver at Sandia, laser facilities including Z-Beamlet, the National Ignition Facility and Omega and at Sandia’s Ion Beam Laboratory. The department has active collaborations with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment, and a variety of universities. This team is part of the Radiation, Electrical and High Energy Density Science (REHEDS) Research Foundation at Sandia.

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.

Essential Functions:

Selected applicants will be required to pass a Job Placement Assessment before beginning the job to ensure that they can perform the essential physical requirements, with or without accommodations.

Job ID: 689654