Job Description

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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Ready to join a dynamic team that solves challenging technical problems for national security? Are you passionate about cutting edge research and developing technologies to bridge the gap between ideas and reality? Do you have a passion for Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) or Embedded Systems? If so, we invite you to explore this opportunity to join our impactful team!

Department 5322 focuses on Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and Electronic Technologies for a variety of sponsors. This includes the development and fielding of high-performance PNT systems to support various Nuclear Weapon (NW), National Security Programs (NSP), Homeland Security, and interagency programs and R&D initiatives. The department specializes on enhancing PNT technologies through contested or denied environments, including navigation integrity and situational awareness, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) calibration and specialization, advanced sensor fusion, and Alternative Navigation (Alt-Nav) sensors. These include, but are not limited to, terrain correlating Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR), Multi-GNSS, and Signals-of-Opportunity (SoOp) navigation for national security applications. The department also participates in architecting, implementing, and deploying embedded electronic systems.

Department 5322 has varied work opportunities and is actively seeking R&D Electrical/Computer/Embedded engineers with experience in one or more of the following fields (successful applicants will be mentored by experienced engineers to further expertise in):

• Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Engineering
• Designing, implementing, and testing fieldable real-time software/hardware using C in embedded systems
• Software Development in C++, Matlab, and Python, including object-oriented programming, version control (Gitlab), and test-driven development
• Perform software and algorithm development for both real-time systems and modeling & simulation efforts in PNT.
• Advanced State Estimation for both integrity and accuracy – statistical anomaly detection and traditional sensor fusion (e.g., Kalman Filtering)
• Working with inertial sensors and their use in inertial navigation systems (accelerometers, gyros, control electronics, etc.)
• Designing, implementing, and testing inertial systems for Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT).

Salary Range:

$95,400 - $185,700

*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.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Robotics or a relevant STEM discipline.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a required US DOE Q – level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

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

• Experience with one or more of the following is desired:
• Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) expertise including areas such as: Estimation/Kalman filtering
• Real-time embedded systems development
• Software development (C, C++/Java/Python)
• Modeling & Simulation using MATLAB/Simulink
• Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs)
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Excellent teaming and communication skills
• Active DOE Q or DoD TS security clearance.

About Our Team:

Department 5322 focuses on Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and Electronic Technologies for a variety of sponsors. This includes the development and fielding of high-performance PNT systems to support various Nuclear Weapon (NW), National Security Programs (NSP), Homeland Security, and interagency programs and R&D initiatives. The department specializes on enhancing PNT technologies through contested or denied environments, including navigation integrity and situational awareness, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) calibration and specialization, advanced sensor fusion, and Alternative Navigation (Alt-Nav) sensors. These include, but are not limited to, terrain correlating Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR), Multi-GNSS, and Signals-of-Opportunity (SoOp) navigation for national security applications. The department also participates in architecting, implementing, and deploying embedded electronic systems.

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.

Job ID: 693739

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.