Senior​/Principal Fire Protection Engineer - Building & Fire Safety, Hybrid

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 vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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Are you passionate about your work and dream of using your knowledge and experience in Fire Protection Engineering? If so, we are seeking a dedicated Fire Protection Engineer to join our team! This is an amazing opportunity to learn all aspects of Fire Protection Engineering!

In this role, you will work with the authority having jurisdiction for fire protection matters  will use engineering analyses to provide technical justifications for design decisions, fire system life cycle management, and accident analysis. Opportunities will also exist to employ the scientific method in performing fire investigations to determine origin and cause. This role will also partner with line management to develop performance‑based solutions that ensure mission work aligns with the Department of Energy (DOE) fire safety objectives and the intent of fire and life‑safety code requirements.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Perform fire hazards analyses for nuclear facilities in support of the Safety Basis and Documented Safety Analysis Rule processes and support performance‑based designs that are a departure from the prescriptive code requirements that enable mission work while effectively protecting workers, the public, the environment, and key national assets.
• Review and approve architectural and fire protection drawings, engineering calculations, and other design documents for new construction or modification of existing facilities.
• Develop and implement fire prevention programs and procedures to eliminate personnel injury and minimize property damage due to fire and explosion.
• Develop inspection, testing, and maintenance requirements for fire protection systems.
• Perform facility and life‑safety evaluations to determine fire risk and provide effective and efficient engineered solutions to mitigate risk.
• Perform and review hydraulic calculations for determining acceptable water supply designed to meet fire suppression demands.
• Develop emergency services baseline needs assessment to document the minimum services needed to support life safety and property protection.
• Perform fire characterization analyses for a high volume of diverse chemical materials, enabling Research and Development organizations to maintain laboratory operations within the building safety basis envelope.
• Participate in external industry consensus codes and standards, developing technical committees to help promote advancements in fire protection designs.
• Research issues in such areas as fluid mechanics, fire dynamics, chemistry, hydraulics, thermodynamics, control systems, chemical kinematics, and heat transfer for metals, plastics, composite, and other structural building materials.
• Apply research to the design, development, construction, installation, and decommissioning of electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, and architectural elements.
• Analyze the ability of building systems and components to withstand stresses imposed by conditions such as temperature, seismic, and other natural phenomenon hazards and perform analysis of system operation to…