Senior/Principal Controls Engineer- Hypersonic Flight Systems, Onsite

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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Are you driven by a passion for innovation and eager to leverage state-of-the-art facilities to tackle complex challenges? Do you want to be part of a diverse team dedicated to addressing critical national interests? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic team as a Controls Engineer!

While others only dream of the future, we dare to realize it. Don't miss out on an extraordinary unique opportunity at Sandia unlike any other place to gain experience for a national priority. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to the development of nonlinear control theory and robust control design and analysis specifically tailored for hypersonic flight systems. Why not join us? We want you to be a part of our innovative and collaborative team and make an impact on the nation and the world!

In this role, you will have the opportunity to engage in a variety of exciting tasks, including:

• Apply Control Theory: Utilize your expertise in control theory and analysis to enhance experimental hypersonic flight systems, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.

• Control System Development: Design and implement control algorithms for hypersonic flight systems, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.

• Continuous Integration: Implement Continuous Integration & Continuous Development (CI/CD) practices to streamline software development and testing processes.

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including software developers, systems engineers, and project managers, to ensure successful integration of control technologies.

• Documentation and Reporting: Prepare technical documentation and reports detailing system designs, test results, and performance evaluations for stakeholders.

• Develop Proposals: Create compelling proposals for research initiatives that advance our understanding and capabilities in navigation, guidance, and control technologies.

• Mentor Junior Staff: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and enhancing team capabilities.

• Collaborate with Academia: Engage in collaborative research efforts with universities, leveraging external expertise to drive innovation in control technologies.

• Publish and Present: Write publications and present your work at conferences and customer meetings, sharing insights and advancements with the broader scientific community.

  Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite. Position can be located in/near Livermore, California.

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:

• Master's degree in Control Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related STEM field, plus 3 years experience

• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• PhD in Control Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field.

• Experience with hypersonic flight systems and associated control challenges.

• Extensive professional experience with classical, modern, and robust control.

• Experience with MathWorks' Simulink, Python, and Julia for modeling and simulation.

• Extensive experience in modeling kinematic and dynamical systems.

• Familiarity with AI/ML, optimization, and related techniques to enhance control systems.

• Strong writing and oratory skills, demonstrated through published journal articles or conference proceedings.

• Demonstrated experience leading R&D controls research initiatives.

• Active DOE Q security clearance.

About Our Team:

The Navigation, Guidance, and Control II Department (05446) envision, prototype, and demonstrate research and development (R&D) of Navigation Guidance & Control (NG&C) technologies to advance military systems capabilities for defensive system applications. The Department conducts basic research to gain more complete knowledge/understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena related to NG&C technologies, applied research to gain knowledge/understanding necessary for determining how a NG&C need may be met, and experimental development for systematic use of the knowledge/understanding gained from NG&C research for design and development of prototype systems. The Department technical staff are a diverse and multidisciplinary team of S&E Project Manager(s), Aeronautical Engineer(s), Control Engineer(s), Computer Engineer(s), and Electrical Engineer(s) with advanced engineering degrees. The Team's core capabilities are algorithm development for navigation, guidance, control, software-in-the-loop & real-time hardware-in-the-loop six degree-of-freedom simulations, embedded software development, analysis & evaluation, and real-time telemetry display computers.

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: 694853

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F