What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cleared Senior/Principal Mechanical Technologist, Flight Systems - Onsite position at Sandia Inc?
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 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 :
Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.
Salary Range
72,800 - $140,600
Qualifications We Require
Qualifications We Desire
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.
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.
Salary : $72,800 - $140,600
