Job Description

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.

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.

Salary Range:

$101,400 - $201,400

*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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Are you passionate about solving electrical engineering problems? Then join this diverse team that helps tackle some of the most ambitious issues facing the nation’s security! The Component & Systems Analysis department is seeking an Electrical Engineer to work on a vibrant, high-productivity team for high-fidelity modeling and analysis for electrical devices and circuits. We are actively pursuing Research & Development (R&D) work to develop and apply novel modeling and simulation approaches, especially for multi-fidelity and cross-disciplinary applications.

You will be working at the premier engineering lab in the world in Advanced Science and Technology, performing modeling and simulation research for the nation's security!

You may work on projects that consist of the following:

• Develop and simulate analog semiconductor device models (SPICE/Verilog-A)

• Work closely with circuit designers, and experimentalists to create and exercise models and analyze, validate, and report results

• For the interested applicant, opportunities may exist to collaborate with radiation and device physics experts, Sandia circuit, device, EM code developers, and other interdisciplinary experts

Qualifications We Require:

• Masters in electrical engineering, applied physics or a related STEM field plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience OR Ph. D. in electrical engineering, applied physics or a related STEM field

• Experience or training in physics and modeling of semiconductor devices

• Experience working independently in a collaborative research environment

• The ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q Security Clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Knowledge of semiconductor device modeling software (e.g., TCAD, COMSOL)

• Exposure to electrical circuit design (analog or digital) and/or modeling experience

• Able to work both collaborative and independent work environments

• Knowledge of a high-level programming language (e.g., Matlab, Python, C/C++)

About Our Team:

Department 1356 is a multidisciplinary research and development group supporting NNSA Defense and other programs. Our capabilities include physical and computational simulation of electrical components and systems, model extraction, and theoretical behavior of components in extreme environments. This team is part of the Radiation, Electrical and High Energy Density (REHEDS) Research Foundation at Sandia.

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 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 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, 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.

Job ID: 688812

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