What Your Job Will Be Like:

Are you looking to do innovative, creative, and impactful engineering? We develop advanced technologies to ensure global peace. Join us in our critical mission to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of our nation's nuclear deterrents! We are seeking a hardworking and dedicated Systems Engineer Lead to help lead the California Advanced & Exploratory Demonstrator Systems Team in developing ground and flight demonstrators. This engineer is passionate about and able to support engineering systems development activities for future Sandia programs and work for our customers. On any given day, you may be called on to: Plan, conduct, and execute Sandia's science and engineering programs within the spectrum of fundamental research, development, or demonstration. Create and apply scientific methods and engineering principals to develop or demonstrate new designs, concepts, materials, machines, products, processes, or systems. Synthesize anticipated future deterrence needs to define weapon system and subsystem requirements. Define and guide development of advanced & exploratory weapons systems architectures and layouts. Conduct or direct system-level design architecture analysis that combines a number of component parts or subsystems into a complete functional system. Define future technology development needs for Sandia. Develop advanced engineering demonstrator and/or test units, conduct testing, and analyze test results. Interface with external partners and stakeholders to define program goals and requirements. Due to the nature of work, successful candidate must be able to work onsite at the Livermore, CA location. Salary Range: $130,100 - $258,900 *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 Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering or a related field with at least eight years of relevant experience; Master's degree in one of the fields with at least four years relevant experience; or Ph.D. in one of these fields Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance plus additional clearances, as needed. Qualifications We Desire: Demonstrated experience in developing strong/trusting relationships with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders. Demonstrated experience leading a technical team to a successful delivery. Evidence of successfully negotiating requirements. Evidence of successfully operating in an ambiguous space. Demonstrated experience maturing systems or components. Proven ability to work within multidisciplinary team environments and in conjunction with diverse collaborators. Demonstrated experience in multiple of the following areas: Requirements management Development of system themes, architectures, interface definitions, functional decomposition, and/or qualification System integration Test design and implementation including requirements verification. Evidence of exceptionally strong verbal and written communication skills, including significant writing, interpersonal, and formal briefing capabilities. Evidence of independent resourcefulness in the development of new ideas or programs. Evidence of the ability to conduct and lead engineering work in a systems context. Background and understanding of nuclear weapons across the lifecycle is desired, but training in the organization to fill experience gaps is acceptable.