Electronics Technologist (Mid-Career)
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.
What Your Job Will Be Like
Organization 05645, Embedded Systems Analysis, is currently seeking an Electronics Technologist motivated to positively impact the security of the nation! The selected applicant will be called upon to help technical leads develop sophisticated hardware assessment capabilities to support a range of growing and evolving National Security missions. The organization's outstanding staff have specific expertise in microelectronics, embedded components and systems, protective technologies, and other areas.
The chosen candidate will regularly be called on to:
- Develop new test setups for the testing and evaluation of electronic hardware for high consequence systems
- Work closely with staff to craft new test and evaluation methods
- Program equipment for experimental control and data acquisition
- Setup and maintain electrical and mechanical test equipment
Qualifications We Require
- A High School diploma plus 3 years related experience
- The ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q security clearance and an SCI-level clearance, which may require a polygraph test
Qualifications We Desire
Ideally, your background would also include some of the following:
- A Bachelor's degree in a STEM field such as engineering or physical science; or an associate's degree in a STEM field
- Knowledge of electronic devices and circuit operation
- Experience in a lab setting and using electrical & mechanical test equipment for testing components
- Knowledge of or willingness to learn PCB board layout
- Proficiency in or willingness to learn LabView, Python, and C
- A desire to learn new skills
- Creative thinking to tackle problems
- The ability to work well in a team environment
About Our Team
As a Federally-Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), Sandia National Laboratories is continually asked to help address the country’s most pressing national security needs. In the Threat Intelligence Center, the mission of the Information Operations Program is to assess, design, implement and influence the development of national security-related information systems and technologies in support of Defense and Intelligence customers and their national security missions.
The Protective Technologies Group assesses, designs, and influences national-security-related information systems and technologies by (1) developing and applying tools to analyze complex information systems and technologies for vulnerabilities and (2) developing and transferring solutions to help protect the nation's most critical systems. The group contributes to the assessment of vulnerabilities and reduction of threats to our nation by applying science, engineering and analytical expertise to technical problems. The Embedded Systems Analysis Department contributes to that mission with an expertise in embedded systems, including FPGAs, ASICs, mixed-signal ICs, or systems on a chip (SoCs).
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.
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 schedules, generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov *These benefits vary by job classification.
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 and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access 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 the 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.