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Are you passionate about working in a high functioning, inter-disciplinary collaborative team in engineering? If so, join our team! We are seeking a highly-motivated, professional R&D Systems Engineer to join the Surety Engineering Groups (2910 & 2920) to develop, implement, and maintain strategies to lead R&D project teams in successful product qualification and delivery.
Job Responsibility:
Provide critical R&D contributions throughout the entire product realization lifecycle, including requirements engineering and traceability, validation and verification (V&V), risk analysis, and crucial technical documentation
Develop requirements traceability reports, verification/validation plans, qualification plans, and essential engineering authorizations that ensure the product fully meets its requirements and design intent
Communicate and team effectively across multiple roles and technology areas, to include staff, team leads, and several levels of management
Engage in projects which span across all phases of the product realization lifecycle from conceptual design and development, through to production, maintenance, and retirement
Collaborate on projects that include both nuclear and non-nuclear components, subsystems, and systems, as well as some capability development
Exercises critical thinking to identify, assess, and mitigate risks through the practical application of defect prevention to develop a safe, reliable, and robust product
Lead through position of influence rather than authority, integrate people, teams, products, and activities across multiple technologies
Requirements:
A 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
Active DOE Q security Clearance or equivalent
Nice to have:
Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation)
Experience working with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) laboratories and plants including Pantex, Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLNL) and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO)
Experience working on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects
Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
Product development or manufacturing experience
Designing and qualifying hardware, software, and test equipment
Applying risk-based approaches to evaluate difficulty level of product qualification activities
Preventing, identifying, and mitigating technical product defects and risks
Understanding the nature of system problems and leading teams through resolution activities
Implementing production and/or process improvements to reduce production deficiencies while maintaining and improving performance standards
Authoring qualification plans, requirements maps, test plans, and measurement assurance plans
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