R&D S&E, Computer Science - Albuquerque, United States - Sandia Inc

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*

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*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

Are you passionate about your work and want to join a dynamic team that solves challenging problems for the nation's security? Do you thrive in a high performing team atmosphere? If so, you could be the highly motivated R&D, Computer Scientist we seek.

The Advanced Fuzing Technology department has a broad portfolio that involves contributions to both Sandia's Nuclear Deterrence mission and various Strategic Partnership Programs supporting work across the U.S. government. We are on the forefront of research and development activities in the DoD and DOE fuzing communities. To this end, we seek to fill a position in our technical staff for designing, developing, testing, qualifying, and monitoring products and technologies associated with fuzing and firing subsystems.

We provide opportunities for leadership, travel, training, and collaboration across the laboratory.

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

• Design, develop, and provide ownership and code maintenance for firmware and software of flight hardware and fuzing system designs.
• Coordinate with system customers, production agencies, and other stakeholders to support design, testing, development, qualification, and production activities.
• Analyze performance against requirements, build prototypes, and refine designs.
• Perform modeling and simulation of design performance.
• Guide and direct fundamental research associated with fuzing systems and report to industry partners, DoD stakeholders, and various funding organizations.

Qualifications We Require

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or relevant subject area
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q security clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Existing DOE clearance, or equivalent.
• Advanced Degree (Master's) in Computer Science or relevant subject area.
• Strong computer science background, preferably working on a computer science degree or equivalent.
• Experience with Python, C, C#, C++, Java, and/or other high level programming languages.
• General knowledge of technical principles and processes relating to databases, Graphical User Interface (GUI) design, machine learning, etc.
• Knowledge of clean code design, refactoring, and different coding paradigms (object oriented, functional, etc.)
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to contribute in a team environment, without significant oversight.
• General knowledge of configuration management best practices.
• Ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandia's core values.

About Our Team

The Firing & Embedded Systems group 7620 is a recognized leader in realizing safe, secure, and reliable products. We research, design, develop, and deliver highly reliable, trusted systems and high consequence hardware and software products to serve our National Security customers today, tomorrow, and always. Our technical backgrounds are diverse. Some of us have spent years focusing on the fine details of particular technologies and are recognized as nation-level experts. Some of us are generalists and support multiple projects, keeping things connected and developing new skills. Our teams are comprised of specialists and generalists working together, and it is easy to shift between projects and technical roles over time. If this environment sounds appealing, we'd like to meet you.

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.

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.