Cleared - Senior/Principal - Metallurgy and Welding Technologist - Onsite

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The Metallurgy and Welding Engineering team is seeking a motivated R&D Laboratory Support Technologist to join our dynamic team in the Weld lab. This position will involve supporting research and development activities focused on critical national security components and mission spaces. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechanical, materials, electrical, engineering, or related science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM ) discipline.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program and operate laser welding equipment, ensuring high-quality welds on critical components
• Analyze designs and requirements, identify capability gaps, and engineer solutions to close those gaps
• Apply fundamental materials and metallurgical process development and property characterization principles to address challenges in metallurgy
• Interact with team members to develop process parameters and conduct experiments
• Evaluate, assess, and handle data, creating and modifying graphic representations of data
• Provide design feedback to customers, considering future production welding needs
• Participate in team meetings and collaborative projects, contributing to a customer-focused environment
• Monitor process health, identifying appropriate metrics and collecting data to ensure optimal performance
  

Due to the nature of the work the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Albuquerque, New Mexico Relocation will be provided for those that qualify.

$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.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, welding engineering, materials science, computer science, or a related STEM field, or the equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience
• Experience with research lab and/or metals manufacturing practices and methods.
• Current active DOE Q-level security clearance
  

• Experience with CAD software such as CREO or SolidWorks, and programming using G-Code, MATLAB, LabView, or similar
• Experience fabricating, including 3D printing, machining, and/or welding
• Proficiency in Office Products (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Proven capability to monitor process health including identifying appropriate metrics and collecting data
• Proven capability to prioritize and complete work across multiple simultaneous projects, with effective communication skills both verbally and in writing

The Metallurgy and Welding Engineering Department 1831 is the principal organization for metallurgy research and development throughout Sandia. Our expertise covers a broad range of experimental and predictive capabilities that apply fundamental process as well as applied physical and mechanical metallurgy principles. Specific technical areas include laser welding, failure analysis, mechanical testing, physical metallurgy, and others. Our scientific focus is on materials structures, properties, performance and reliability. We support an extensive variety of national security programs, and we are highly engaged in providing collaborative, innovative materials science and systems-based engineering solutions.

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.

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.

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