Cleared Senior/Principal Mechanical Technologist, Flight Systems - Onsite

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• Generous vacation, 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:

Organization 05425, Mechanical Flight Systems, is seeking a Mechanical Technologist in support of Missile and Strike Systems Research and Development Activities related to Mechanical Flight Systems.

The selected candidate will conduct flight test vehicle assembly and integration, payload experiment integration, component and integrated testing, and other test activities related to flight test. They will also support fielding and flight test operations directly providing vehicles servicing a wide array of complex and cutting-edge experiments and technologies.

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

• Support rocket motor, ordnance, and integrated missile systems design and flight test operations.

• Perform fabrication oversight and assembly/integration of flight hardware

• Conduct rocket motor/ordnance certification testing, procurement, and inventory maintenance operations

• Conduct mechanical testing and characterization of individual components and integrated flight systems

• Conduct assembly and test operations, including those with integrated systems hazards and ordnance devices

• Conduct remote fielding operations and flight tests, including tests involving controlled ordnance and other hazards

• Operate within a dynamic, team-focused environment, including multidisciplinary tasks.

• Maintain a diverse array of industry and government relationships and support partner flight test activities

• Travel to support program interactions, system integration activities, and flight testing at remote test facilities.

  Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$72,800 - $140,600

*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:

• Highschool plus 3 years of relevant experience

• Experience with Mechanical Ground Support Systems certifications, assembly, and use

• Mechanical Flight Hardware Inspection, Assembly, Integration, and Flight test experience

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• E xperience as an explosive's worker at a DOE/Sandia facility or similar government facility.

• Explosives Training and Handling Experience

• Demonstrated Propulsion Systems and Ordnance Device Handling, Inventory, Assembly, Integration and Flight Test Experience

• Working Knowledge of Solid Rocket Motor design and function, including Igniter, Initiator, Propellant, Insulator, Case, and Nozzle Design and Supporting Systems Integration

• Thrust Vector Systems Experience

• Attitude Control Systems Experience

• Hydraulic and Electromechanical System Experience

• Crane & Rigging and Fork Lift certification and experience

• Logistics and Hazardous Shipping experience

• Thermal, Vacuum Testing & Evaluation

• Vibration & Structural Testing experience

• Test Equipment setup, operation and evaluation.

• Computer & Electronic Systems Operation, Evaluation.

• Validated experience working in a Team Environment

• Experience working with Center, Division and Corporate safety personnel.

• Experience identifying and implementing engineered and administrative controls for explosive or mechanically hazardous operations.

• Experience with planning and/or conducting explosives testing in support of research & development activities.

• Small Team Leadership Experience

About Our Team:

Our team leads and supports flight and ground test programs associated with the support of the nation's cutting edge needs. Your work enables the development of Missile Defense Systems, Hypersonic Strike Systems, R&D Rocket Systems, as well as Responsive Low Earth Orbit Launch Vehicles. We also strive to work regularly to increase technology readiness level of advanced manufacturing techniques and material compositions, including in flight test applications. We assume responsibility for the design, development, and demonstration of various missile and launch vehicle systems by applying individual technologies and combining them into system level solutions that meet the needs of the customer. Your work will be dynamic and involves extensive interaction within Sandia as well as outside agencies. Our team members are integral flight test project engineers and technologists active in all aspects of vehicle design, integration and launch, mission planning, and post-test analysis. We maintain relationships with active national test ranges such as KTF, PMRF, WFF, WSMR, RTS, VAFB, KSC, and others. Sponsors include US Navy, Army, and Air Force, MDA, DTRA, DARPA, NASA, as well as private industry.

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: 695113

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F