Cleared Senior/Principal Systems Hardware Operations Technologist, Onsite

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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We are seeking an experienced General Technologist to join our dynamic Systems Hardware Management team. If you are passionate about your work and aspire to lead hardware operations for the development and qualification of the Nation's most modern strategic weapon systems, this role is for you.

You will work in a best-in-class facility, in high-impact projects using cutting-edge tools and technologies. As a key contributor and leader on a collaborative team, you will play a vital role in modernizing our Nation's most critical weapon systems, ensuring strategic deterrence for America.

This position offers a unique opportunity to influence mission-critical programs and drive continuous improvement in hardware lifecycle management.

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

• Lead inventories and component transfers to verify and maintain hardware accountability, ensuring compliance with stringent lifecycle tracking requirements.
• Utilize a custom hardware asset management database to support the lifecycle accountability and tracking of critical hardware supporting nuclear weapon modernization programs.
• Review, own, and maintain hardware operation work instructions, driving process improvements and ensuring operational excellence.
• Apply meticulous attention to detail when inspecting, accounting for, and kitting hardware used in assembly and test operations.
• Research, develop, and implement innovative solutions to enhance inventory operations and hardware management processes.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior technologists and team members.
• Collaborate closely with test, qualification, component, and systems engineers to ensure hardware pedigrees are properly planned, received, kitted, and assembled into complex weapon systems to support critical test objectives.
• Conduct pre- and post-assembly quality control inspections of parts and hardware, perform detailed analysis to identify non-conforming parts, and document and report findings to support corrective actions.
• Assist in packaging critical system hardware or completed test units for shipping and initiate shipping documents for on/off-site movement of hardware.
• Safely handle hazardous parts and materials, including explosive and radiological components, adhering to all safety protocols.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with staff within Sandia, Los Alamos, PANTEX, Lawrence Livermore, and partner Laboratories & Production Agencies to directly support all Weapon Modernization programs.

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

$74,700 - $144,400

*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.

• Associate's degree in a relevant field, such as Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Computer/IT, or Electromechanical Technology or equivalent (4 years' relevant experience)
• Active DOE Q clearance or equivalent with the ability to obtain and maintain a SIGMA15 which may require random polygraphs.
  

• Bachelors degree in a relevant STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math).
• Prior experience in nuclear weapons or satellite hardware assembly, testing, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience planning activity-level work and knowledge of Sandias Work Planning & Control (WP&C) processes and engineered safety principles.
• Knowledge and experience in the safe handling, inspection, storage, and assembly of explosive, radiological, and other hazardous components, including management of Sandias Explosive Inventory System (EIS).
• Experience handling ESD-sensitive electronic components and familiarity with ESD controls and mitigation techniques.
• Experience working with databases or inventory control systems to input data, conduct analysis, and generate reports for managing critical components and hardware.
• Proficiency operating overhead cranes, man-lifts, forklifts, hand and power tools, laser engraving systems, fluke meters, and other measurement instruments (electrical, pressure, force).
• Experience working with classified information, accountable materials, and hardware requiring strict security controls.
• Strong desire for process improvement and implementing advanced solutions and technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and to collaborate successfully with technologists, engineers, and scientists.
• Proven success in roles requiring high concentration, meticulous attention to detail, and adherence to safety protocols.
• Experience using MS Office Suite, SharePoint, PDMLink, and PRIME.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or higher.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a supportive team environment.

We are a dynamic team that directly supports and executes R&D lab activities for the B61-12, B61-13, W80-4, W87-1 Life Extension Programs (LEP) and the W80-5 and W93 programs. Our mission encompasses Hardware Management (production planning & hardware operations), assembly/disassembly operations, component fabrication and PRT support and Quality Assurance activities.

The Systems Hardware Management Department is dedicated to utilizing a custom database system designed to enhance lifecycle accountability and tracking of critical hardware essential to nuclear weapon modernization programs. Our comprehensive approach encompasses all phases of hardware management, including receiving, inspection, accountability, storage, kitting, shipping, recovery, and final disposition.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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.