Description

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*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking a highly motivated Laboratory Support Technologist to conduct experimental chemical, electrochemical, and materials science R&D. Major areas of emphasis are electrodeposition/electroplating, material corrosion, and electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Other broader areas of material science are also within the scope of this position.

Our team often spans the R&D spectrum from concept to device scale so the candidate applying for this position should be prepared to engage with the engineering of scaling processes. Finally, much of the work we engage in is unique only possible at an institution like Sandia National Laboratories and oriented toward the country's broad national security mission.

If this excites you, consider this opportunity to become a Laboratory Support Technologist. Here you will collaborate with accomplished scientists, use industry-leading equipment and facilities, and contribute to national and global security needs.

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

• Design and operate electrochemical cells for custom sample generation and/or electroanalytical measurements
• Perform materials characterization using our in-house materials characterization capabilities
• Analyze and interpret data
• Contribute to preparation, publication, and presentation of scientific findings
• The successful applicant may have opportunity to explore chemical/electrochemical hypotheses and contribute to ideas and new hypotheses
• The successful applicant will be encouraged to develop and/or improve chemical, electrochemical, and characterization techniques relevant to the work they are performing.

Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range

$74,700 - $144,400

*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.

Qualifications We Require

• BS in chemistry, materials science, physics or related scientific or engineering field
• Laboratory experience in chemical techniques
• Able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Laboratory experience in electrochemical techniques
• Experience with air-free handling techniques like glovebox and/or Schlenk Line use
• Experience with Matlab and/or Python programming (or related programming language)
• An aptitude for/interest in building custom experimental platforms

About Our Team

The Nanoscale Sciences Department conducts collaborative leading-edge research that advances the understanding of materials at the nanoscale and enables the collaborative development of creative solutions for Sandia's broad and evolving National Security and Energy Missions. Our research activities have broad impact; we typically generate peer-reviewed, high-profile journal publications and presentations at professional scientific meetings. Our main research focus is directed along three thrusts:

1. Electrochemical Materials Science and Applications (including energy storage, electrodeposition, and corrosion)
2. Magnetic, Dielectric, and Electronic Materials Science and Applications (including ferroics and composites)
3. Nanostructured Materials Science and Applications (i.e., for hazardous materials capture/storage, sensing, membranes, water treatment, and catalysis)

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.