R&D Engineer

What You Will Do

The W76 Systems Engineering group (W-2) is looking for Systems Engineers to support the sustainment and development of the W76 weapon system, a cornerstone of US nuclear deterrence. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a contractor to the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). In this role, we continue the nuclear weapons work that began at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Engineers in W-2 regularly work with NNSA, the US Navy, and their respective contractors to execute the mission of maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable W76 warhead. The selected candidate(s) will be assigned to lead or support W76 sustainment activities (e.g., surveillance investigations, interfacing with production agencies, system model improvement activities) or development program activities that are currently underway. The development programs include war reserve modifications, flight testing, and transportation alts.

Responsibilities may include leading technical projects and tests as a Product Realization Team or a Qualification Lead, writing and reviewing technical requirements, coordinating activities with other NNSA agencies and the US Navy, assessing stockpile concerns, and providing engineering expertise to resolve technical and programmatic issues associated with the W76. The position requires technical leadership and teamwork with multi-discipline weapon systems engineers, production realization team leads, design physicists, and external agencies such as DoD and NNSA.

Responsibilities will include leading and supporting W76 system studies, managing and directing product definition and specification maintenance, and overseeing activities in support of the W76 annual assessment—such as surveillance data reviews and anomalous finding investigations.

In addition to what was described at the R&D Engineer 3 level.

Row5 you will be expected to work with program and line management to develop and execute strategic plans aimed at improving overall engineering capabilities for the Group, serve as a technical mentor to early‑ and mid‑career staff, and represent line and/or പ്രവേശന management to external stakeholders as needed.

Previous system engineering and/or operational experience is required. Direct experience with one or more of the following:

• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following areas: engineering design, development, qualification, assembly/production, or testing.
• Component development, fabrication, and production
• Developing system-through component-level requirements and assuring adherence to requirements
• Component- or system-level surveillance activities
• Thorough experience with engineering authorization and document management systems
• Project leadership experience with record of successfully meeting defined deliverables and milestones
• Demonstrated experience participating in and supporting complicated technical projects (e.g., Product Realization Team (PRT) or SubPRT product development activities, product test qualification activities).

• Extensive experience with successfully leading complicated technical projects (e.g., Product Realization Team (PRT) or SubPRT product development activities, product test qualification activities).
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering and requirements…