Senior/Principal Aeronautical Engineer, Advanced Aerospace Concepts - Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a self-motivated multidisciplinary aerospace engineer to join our advanced concepts team. The role requires expertise in aerodynamics, flight vehicle design/optimization, and GNC algorithms. Focused on modeling and simulation, the engineer will validate concepts using real-world data and may lead development test plans for live, virtual, and constructive evaluations. The position involves acting as a principal investigator and technical contributor, driving projects and proposals through collaboration with internal teams and external partners. The engineer will serve as the primary contact for projects, representing SNL through papers and presentations while leading and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across the Laboratories.

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

• Lead multidisciplinary teams for which you may not be the domain expert including teams across Lab.
• Conduct research and development of novel technologies, vehicles, and missions to support warfighter needs in missiles, air, and space domains for both strike and defense missions.
• Drive concept development through pitching ideas and submitting proposals to project leaders and external sponsors.
• Develop and maintain strong connections to funding and non-funding partners such as US Combatant Commands.
• Develop and run vehicle optimization workflows to produce novel hypersonic flight vehicle designs including optimizing vehicle OMLs and system layouts.
• Implement GNC algorithms for flight vehicles within engagement and mission level simulations in support of concept development.
• Perform modeling and simulation of aerospace engagement and mission level models in multi-platform, multi-physics system-of-system simulation environments.
• Support Lab hypersonics flight programs by embedding into larger, cross-functional teams.
  
  Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$114,000 - $227,500

*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:

• Bachelors + 5 years of experience in aeronautical or aerospace engineering or related field.
• Experience in aerodynamics as well as guidance, navigation, and control.
• Experience with running optimization workflows.
• Knowledge of and experience with designing, planning, and executing research, design, and development projects.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance and SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Master's or PhD preferred
• Eight or more years of work experience in aeronautical or aerospace engineering fields
• Experience in aerodynamic design or analysis of hypersonic vehicles.
• Experience with developing optimization workflow.
• Experience using multi-physics engagement and mission level modeling and simulation tools.
• Experience with development of modeling and simulation software or algorithms with programming languages such as Python and C++.
• Active DOE Q or DoD TS Security Clearance.
• Active SCI clearance.
• Ability to model SNL core behaviors.
• Strong skills in writing and presenting on proposals.
• Ability to lead and participate on multi-disciplinary teams.
• Advance concept development by presenting ideas and submitting proposals to project leaders and external sponsors

About Our Team:

The Advanced Concepts Engineering Department: 5491

Vision: Serve the nation by ensuring it has the mission, vehicle, and technology concepts it needs to deter or win future fights.

Mission: Provide and support innovative mission, vehicle, and technology advanced concepts through physics, algorithm, and threat informed modeling, simulation, and experimentation.

This department supports the lab and nation through providing concept development support in the missiles, air, and space domains. It also provides support in development and use of novel mission, engagement, and design level tools. The majority of the work focuses in on the hypersonics work that the lab and nation needs.

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.

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, 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.

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.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

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.

Job ID: 695260

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F