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 vacations, 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 Test Operations Engineer to support operations in the Metallographic Preparation Laboratory (Metlab) of the Metallurgy and Materials Joining Department. This role includes the implementation of operational, maintenance, and administrative procedures to support the safe operations of the Metlab, as well as the operational oversight of a collection of metallographic preparation and evaluative capabilities that are used heavily by Metlab technologists and staff. The Metlab team consists of permanent R&D technologists, with regular support from Metallurgy staff and a rotation of year-long and summer interns.We operate a wide suite of metallographic preparation and evaluation tools. Preparation includes saws, grinders, polishing wheels, cameras, optical microscopes, chemical etchants, and use of nanoparticles. Metlab analyses are conducted with further complex optical microscopy, microhardness testing, and other evaluative techniques as appropriate.As a Test Operations Engineer, you will have both daily operational and regular customer interfacing responsibilities as well as key safety roles. In the operations role, you will be responsible for the operation, maintenance, and user interaction for incoming Metlab requests. You will be the primary scheduler and job request point-of-contact and will prioritize those requests against our laboratory capabilities, resources, and project need. As the initial stakeholder interface, you will work intimately with the Metlab team, with organizational staff, and directly with customers and stakeholders. In the safety operations role, you will have the opportunity to oversee the development of the safety paperwork needed to ensure the safe operations of the entire Metlab including operating procedures, pressure safety data packages, work control authorizations, etc. This may include the development of new safety paperwork to allow for novel metallographic preparation methods to be developed. Here you will work hand in hand with ES&H professionals, key staff, and technologists from the Metlab. On any given day we will be called upon to Operation Role + Act as primary scheduler for Metlab operations, working directly with customers, stakeholders, and staff to appropriately prioritize competing demands against Metlab capabilities and resources + Interface with the customers to ensure customer expectations are met + Responsible for Metlab supporting items including maintaining safe access (ability to serve as an Alternate Classified Administrative Specialist (ACAS) is preferred), set-up and ownership of uncleared visitors including vendors and maintenance personnel (among others as appropriate), maintaining classified computing access, and acting as primary purchaser for Metlab resources + Maintain relationships with owners and users of other metallography and characterization laboratories within the national security enterprise, including other metallography and characterization laboratories at Sandia as well as metallography laboratories at KCNSC + Maintain data management and lessons-learned for metallographic requests through One-Note or similar accessible software package Safety Role + Act as Laboratory Owner to include responsibilities related to ensure lab safety is maintained + Prepare work planning and control documentation, to include failure mode analyses and safety cases, for work being conducted at the Metlab + Aid in design and development of new metallographic preparation and evaluation needs e + Interface with the customers to ensure customer expectations are met Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite Qualifications We Require: + Master’s degree in materials science, metallurgy, or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field, or the equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education + Demonstrated experience writing and reviewing safety technical work documents including operating procedures, pressure safety documents, etc. + Able to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance Qualifications We Desire: + Prior experience supporting a wide range of customers with competing priorities and deadlines + Strong preference for individuals with prior experience with metallographic preparation and evaluation + Experience with negotiation schedules, deliverables, and deadlines. Familiar with project planning, project management, and activity coordination. + Prior experience working with both internal Sandia users and external users + Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team. + Good time management skills + Energetic, hard-working person who is excited about problem solving About Our Team: The Metallurgy and Materials Joining Department (1831) is the principal organization for metallurgical and joining research and engineering support throughout the Laboratories. Expertise covers a broad range of experimental and predictive capabilities that apply fundamental process, physical and mechanical metallurgy principles. Specific technical areas include welding and soldering, special brazing and diffusion bonding, and mechanical behavior. The scientific focus is on materials structures, properties, performance and reliability. Staff supports a variety of national security programs and is highly engaged in providing collaborative, innovative materials science and systems-based engineering solutions. 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. Position Information: This Limited Term Employee (LTE) position is a temporary position for one year term, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to a maximum of seven years. Individuals in LTE positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance. Job ID: 692928