Senior Weapons Engineer

Senior Weapons Engineer

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Founded in 1975 Salas OBrien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients our team and the world. We know that tomorrows requirements are todays opportunities and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.

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Job Summary:

The Gas Transfer Systems Group (Q-7) is responsible for design development production liaison surveillance and stewardship of all gas transfer systems (GTS) for LANL nuclear packages in the US nuclear weapon stockpile. While supporting the enduring stockpile the group also supports the research and development of next generation GTS technology in support of future weapon systems. Emphasis is on the delivery of programmatic objectives via excellence in personnel safety security compliance and programmatic hardware reliability and availability. The group is the programmatic tenant in two R&D facilities at LANL: The Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility (WETF) and a high-pressure gas transfer system radiological laboratory. At WETF the group has a diverse array of responsibilities including tritium storage and recycling technologies legacy item recycling and disposal high pressure tritium operations and GTS function testing. The team maintains calorimetry and gas mass spectrometric capabilities that support tritium accountability and the GTS development program as well as diverse programs across LANL. At the high-pressure radiological laboratory the team supports design agency (DA) and production agency (PA) missions for all LANL weapon systems including valve and actuator surveillance for both LANL and SNL systems. The lab is a highly active hands-on lab specializing in gas pressure systems (cleaning purging filling bursting etc.) and related diagnostics. Supporting equipment includes gloveboxes fume hood high pressure compressors lathes mills wire EDMs thermal chambers etc. The accepted candidate will provide engineering expertise within the group and for general LANL customers and will work with the team to assist in fulfillment of gas transfer mission objectives as listed above and as deemed necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Develop technical expertise and knowledge on gas transfer system technology tritium science and related engineering practices.
• Develop new methods techniques capabilities or approaches to address critical technical problems.
• Coordinate with personnel to solve instrument maintenance and pressure safety issues.
• Provide oversight of one or more technical projects.
• Collaborate with members of the team to solve multidisciplinary problems.
• Develop review and execute technical procedures.
• Adhere to the requirements for working in facilities with radioactive hazards including a Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility.
• Represent the Laboratory to external agencies in defined capacities as necessary.
• Ability to support laboratory experiment test setup instrumentation data analysis and post report writing

Qualifications and Experience:

Typical educational requirement is an advanced degree from an ABET accredited engineering college or university program.

Travel: N/A

Compensation & Benefits:

The expected base salary range for this role is $125USD per hour. Actual compensation will be determined based on a number of factors including skills experience qualifications and location.

This role is also eligible forperformance-based bonuses and a comprehensiveU.S. basedbenefits package including:

• Medical dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Wellness programs and employee assistance resources
• Professional development support

For more information visit our full benefits overview here.

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement

Salas OBrien provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race colour religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state/provincial or local laws. Salas OBrien will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.

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Salas OBrien does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiters or agencies. We only work with approved partners engaged directly by our Talent Acquisition team for specific searches. Unsolicited submissions will not be eligible for placement fees.

Required Experience:

Senior IC