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R&D Electrical Engineer

United States, Albuquerque, NM Employment contract 117500.00 - 235700.00 USD / Year · Job Posted June 15, 2026
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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*

Job Responsibility

  • Plan, conduct, and execute Sandia's science and engineering programs within the spectrum of fundamental research, development, or demonstration
  • Plan and execute Advanced and Exploratory (A&E) activities required to develop new system concepts, architectures, and components consistent with improving the nuclear stockpile
  • Create and apply scientific theories and laws and engineering methods used within scientific and engineering fields 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 develop advanced and exploratory weapons systems architectures
  • Conduct or direct system-level design architecture analysis that combines several 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
  • Perform hands-on test and debug of circuitry
  • Develop a system-level understanding of the collected data and support for anomaly resolution

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development
  • Ability to acquire and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance

Nice to have

  • Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation)
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate well in a multidisciplinary team of designers and test engineers
  • Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling
  • System Engineering experience in complex systems
  • Ability to lead and direct high profile projects with external partnerships
  • Ability to brief stakeholder and upper-level management on project progress
  • Proven technical background with experience in one or more of the following areas: Analog circuit design and simulation
  • Programming in a high-level language (C/C++/C#, Java, LabVIEW, etc.)
  • Digital and/or analog circuit design and simulation
  • Test design and implementation
  • requirements verification
  • functional decomposition
  • Testing and debugging complex electrical systems in a lab environment (using scopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.)
  • RF circuits
  • Laser and fiber optics
  • Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  • 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

What we offer

  • 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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