Early Career R&D Systems Engineer - Inventory Management and Logistics Value Stream, Onsite

Early Career R&D Systems Engineer – Inventory Management and Logistics Value Stream (Onsite)

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.

• 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, including 9/80, 4/10, part‑time and telecommuting options
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance

We are seeking a R&D Systems Engineer who will blend engineering, analytics, and problem‑solving to understand how complex manufacturing operations work and then design ways to make them safer, faster, and smarter. The selected candidate will build models, run simulations, analyze data, and work directly on production floors to uncover opportunities for improvement. The selected candidate will also collaborate closely with world‑class experts and contribute to facility redesigns and strategic modernization efforts across the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

The role involves solving difficult problems, working with high‑impact systems, and using tools like Power BI, Python, simulation software, and optimization to guide decisions to increase productivity.

• Gather information, perform assessments and studies with production staff, conduct production floor walkthroughs and processes mapping activities, and translate production information into model data
• Develop analytics models to assess, optimize, and make predictions for various production authorities involved in development and production activities
• Document model results, identify emerging areas of opportunity, lead investigative and exploratory projects, and present findings to peers and senior management
• Collaborate with multi‑functional teams and other specialists on large, center‑level projects
• Lead facility redesign efforts including accurate capture of current state and implementation of methods to determine alternative future states
• Work on other projects to be determined by the organization’s needs and individual interests, including supporting strategic projects that seek to adapt or advance Center capabilities to meet new needs across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). These projects may include collaboration with a variety of internal and external NSE partners

$99,400 – $193,600

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, 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 obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

• Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., 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 KCNSC/NMO
• Experience on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
• Experience working in or with a production/manufacturing environment
• Experience programming in one or more of:
  Python, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), R, SQL, Flex Sim FlexScript, or similar
• Experience with data mining, analysis and visualization (Python, VBA, Power BI, R, Minitab, JMP, SQL, and/or related languages)
• Facilities design (Systematic Layout Planning)
• Discrete event simulation (Flex Sim, Arena, Simio or comparable software) or optimization (Gurobi, CPLEX, or similar)
• Lean Six Sigma or other standardized problem‑solving…