Design Domain Chief; DCE Senior Scientist Engineer MESA, Onsite

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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*

* These benefits vary by job classification.

Did you know that microelectronics is one of the Nation's and DoD highest investment priorities and provides the greatest opportunity in non‑nuclear components for achieving responsive weapon development and flexible deployment? The Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications (MESA) Center (5200) is responsible for the research, development and production of microsystems for the nuclear deterrent (ND) and other national security programs.

The Design Domain Chief/Electronics Senior Scientist/Engineer will lead and mentor the center designers in designing and realizing MESA microelectronics for the stockpile. The DCE is responsible for design leadership across MESA's ND product technologies (ASICs/CMOS, HBTs, ROICs, optoelectronics, etc).

On any given day you may be called on to:

• Ensure highly reliable product is designed across MESA's product technologies (ASICs/CMOS, HBTs, ROICs, optoelectronics, etc) and that consistent practices and methodologies and are used.
• Technical voice for design leads and teams to ensure adequacy and completeness of product technical requirements and performance.
• Develop and mentor the different product technology Design Agency (DA) Product Realization Teams (PRTs) and PRT Leads integrating best practices across the center in realizing high reliability microelectronics which are executed in alignment with RPPs.
• Build trust‑based partnerships within MESA across Sandia and with Federal Program Managers (FPMs) when needed.
• Partner with the other MESA DCEs (Production, Fab and Post‑Fab) to ensure products are matured to be producible with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles.
• Partner with other non‑MESA DCEs to ensure sharing of best‑known practices and lessons learned across organizations.
• Technical authority and own the Design Review processes and design guides.
• Work with product realization teams to drive assure program executability for the Design Agency (DA) responsibilities.
• Own driving to resolution of complex product design issues.
• Participate in and signs‑off on all ND product design reviews and approve QERs.
• Provide an expert voice to challenge and validate technical design decisions through deep involvement with design teams while representing and coordinating constraints of broader MESA activities and commitments.
• Support design teams to ensure technical decisions are sound, risk informed, and balanced with schedule and cost.
• Advise MESA leadership to drive sound, risk‑based decision making.

* This position is eligible for part‑time telecommuting and the selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

$162,200 - $275,900

* 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.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant STEM field plus fifteen (15) years engineering and scientific experience or;
  • Master's degree in a relevant STEM field plus eleven (11) years engineering and scientific experience or;
  • Ph.D. in a relevant STEM…