R&D Engineer 3/4 (Data Engineer)
- Req. Number: IRC137771
- Organization : PSS-1/Production Systems & Technology
- City, State: Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Recruiter Name: Daniel, Sumpter Tyler (Tyler)
- Recruiter Email: sdaniel@lanl.gov
What You Will Do
This position will be filled at the R&D Engineer 3/4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.
Be part of an amazing Integrated Data Management team under the Industrial Engineering team here at the nation's Plutonium Center of Excellence that supports our Nation's nuclear deterrent. As a data engineer, you will be responsible for collecting, managing, and converting raw data into useful information that can be interpreted and consumed by engineers and managers for process improvement and data-driven decision making. You will be required to work in classified and unclassified environment with well-defined protocols for data security. Your work will directly support the execution of manufacturing of weapons components, the surveillance of weapon components and materials in the nuclear stockpile, and other national security missions.
R&D Engineer 3 ($125,200 - $211,300)
As a data engineer, you will be expected to have demonstrated knowledge of data management with demonstrated knowledge of and experience in planning, designing, developing and maintaining data architectures while keeping them aligned with multiple production management requirements. You will be expected to work with members from various process teams in a collaborative manner to collect data, make specific suggestions to collect additional data, store data using data quality, configuration, and security protocols, analyze data, develop graphics and reports, and disseminate information across classified and unclassified networks. In this role you are expected to influence organizational, project, and program strategies and directions. You will also lead technical decision-making at task level within a project and make decisions and/or recommendations that influence the achievement of key programmatic objectives.
R&D Engineer 4 ($150,300 - $260,800)
In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, at this level as an R&D Engineer 4, you will be responsible for designing, constructing, and maintaining the processes necessary for collecting, storing and processing data efficiently. Building data pipelines, designing databases, assisting in data loading and integration, ensuring data quality, and optimizing performance to provide reliable and accessible data for analysis and data driven decision-making. You will be a champion of change management and make presentations to customers, team members, and upper management. You will lead a project team and you will be expected to be the technical or project lead with various process and technology teams whose members would have varied levels of experience and expertise with the subject matter. You will serve as technical resource and mentor to staff across the division.
What You Need
Minimum Job Requirements:
Additional Job Requirements for R&D Engineer 4:
In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:
Advanced knowledge of and experience in identifying and defining mission critical data; developing and implementing data management strategy and tools; developing tools for data analytics and visualization; process simulation and optimization; and building dashboards to present performance metrics.
Strong communication skills to support the Industrial Engineering team and other customers within Weapons Production with data management, analytics, and process control for improvement projects and value stream mapping.
Ability to Manage Broad, Complex Initiatives: Advanced successful experience in all aspects of project or program management work, including developing project plans; managing scope, schedule, documenting reports and change control actions. Demonstrated ability to successfully organize, lead and monitor a variety of team efforts to completion, often with competing deadlines.
Training and Mentoring: Demonstrated history in training and mentoring junior engineers to ensure there are backups and a pipeline for growth.
Education/Experience at lower level: Position requires a Master's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution and 6 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level a Ph.D. may be preferred.
Education/Experience at higher level: Position requires a Master's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution and 12 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level a Ph.D. may be preferred.
Desired Qualifications:
Familiarity with
Knowledge and Experience
Advanced or Expert Knowledge of
Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.
Work Schedule: This position may require 24/7 coverage, which could involve working a shift schedule. Employees maybe eligible for shift differential pay when assigned by their manager. Shift assignments are at the discretion of the manager.
Position commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.
Note to Applicants:
Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Where You Will Work
Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:
Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.
Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.
*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.
HRP: This position is subject to the requirements of the DOE Human Reliability Program as specified in 10 Code of Federal Regulation, Part 712, §712.11. These requirements include on going drug and alcohol testing, as well as periodic medical and psychological evaluations.
New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.
Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.
Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request a disability accommodation, email applyhelp@lanl.gov or call (505) 664-6947, opt. 3.
This position will be filled at the R&D Engineer 3/4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.
Be part of an amazing Integrated Data Management team under the Industrial Engineering team here at the nation's Plutonium Center of Excellence that supports our Nation's nuclear deterrent. As a data engineer, you will be responsible for collecting, managing, and converting raw data into useful information that can be interpreted and consumed by engineers and managers for process improvement and data-driven decision making. You will be required to work in classified and unclassified environment with well-defined protocols for data security. Your work will directly support the execution of manufacturing of weapons components, the surveillance of weapon components and materials in the nuclear stockpile, and other national security missions.
R&D Engineer 3 ($125,200 - $211,300)
As a data engineer, you will be expected to have demonstrated knowledge of data management with demonstrated knowledge of and experience in planning, designing, developing and maintaining data architectures while keeping them aligned with multiple production management requirements. You will be expected to work with members from various process teams in a collaborative manner to collect data, make specific suggestions to collect additional data, store data using data quality, configuration, and security protocols, analyze data, develop graphics and reports, and disseminate information across classified and unclassified networks. In this role you are expected to influence organizational, project, and program strategies and directions. You will also lead technical decision-making at task level within a project and make decisions and/or recommendations that influence the achievement of key programmatic objectives.
R&D Engineer 4 ($150,300 - $260,800)
In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, at this level as an R&D Engineer 4, you will be responsible for designing, constructing, and maintaining the processes necessary for collecting, storing and processing data efficiently. Building data pipelines, designing databases, assisting in data loading and integration, ensuring data quality, and optimizing performance to provide reliable and accessible data for analysis and data driven decision-making. You will be a champion of change management and make presentations to customers, team members, and upper management. You will lead a project team and you will be expected to be the technical or project lead with various process and technology teams whose members would have varied levels of experience and expertise with the subject matter. You will serve as technical resource and mentor to staff across the division.
What You Need
Minimum Job Requirements:
- Knowledge of developing and implementing data management strategy and tools
- Knowledge on how to develop tools for data analytics and visualization
- Knowledge of process simulation and optimization
- Knowledge of creating a dashboard to present performance metrics.
Additional Job Requirements for R&D Engineer 4:
In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:
Advanced knowledge of and experience in identifying and defining mission critical data; developing and implementing data management strategy and tools; developing tools for data analytics and visualization; process simulation and optimization; and building dashboards to present performance metrics.
Strong communication skills to support the Industrial Engineering team and other customers within Weapons Production with data management, analytics, and process control for improvement projects and value stream mapping.
Ability to Manage Broad, Complex Initiatives: Advanced successful experience in all aspects of project or program management work, including developing project plans; managing scope, schedule, documenting reports and change control actions. Demonstrated ability to successfully organize, lead and monitor a variety of team efforts to completion, often with competing deadlines.
Training and Mentoring: Demonstrated history in training and mentoring junior engineers to ensure there are backups and a pipeline for growth.
Education/Experience at lower level: Position requires a Master's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution and 6 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level a Ph.D. may be preferred.
Education/Experience at higher level: Position requires a Master's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution and 12 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level a Ph.D. may be preferred.
Desired Qualifications:
Familiarity with
- Risk analysis and programmatic planning tools.
- Nuclear security concepts
Knowledge and Experience
- Machine Learning, Natural Linguistic Programming, and Artificial Intelligence
- Developing and Delivering Training for Data Management
- Manufacturing Environment
- Agile Development
- Model Based Systems Engineering
- Proposal development
- Project definition and solution architecture
- Client training and team mentoring
- Knowledge transfer of tools and technologies
- Providing technical expertise throughout all phases of the software lifecycle
Advanced or Expert Knowledge of
- Data and System Architecture
- Data Automation and Virtualization
- Data Management Process and Governance Design and Implementation
- System and/or Data Requirements Mapping
- Meta Data Cataloging
- Data Quality Planning
- Business Intelligence Tools
- Statistical Analysis
- Active Q clearance
Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.
Work Schedule: This position may require 24/7 coverage, which could involve working a shift schedule. Employees maybe eligible for shift differential pay when assigned by their manager. Shift assignments are at the discretion of the manager.
Position commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.
Note to Applicants:
Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Where You Will Work
Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:
- PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network
- Dental and vision insurance
- Free basic life and disability insurance
- Paid childbirth and parental leave
- Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)
- Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
- Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)
- Onsite gyms and wellness programs
- Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius)
Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.
Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.
*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.
HRP: This position is subject to the requirements of the DOE Human Reliability Program as specified in 10 Code of Federal Regulation, Part 712, §712.11. These requirements include on going drug and alcohol testing, as well as periodic medical and psychological evaluations.
New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.
Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.
Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request a disability accommodation, email applyhelp@lanl.gov or call (505) 664-6947, opt. 3.
