Job 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 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:

Our team is seeking a R&D computer scientist to support the efforts of the Scalable Computer Architectures department.

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

• Lead team-level R&D co-design activities and set priorities based on Sandia's mission needs.
• Develop emulation and simulation models to evaluate next-generation computer hardware designs
• Analyze system designs for performance, cost, energy or weight limitations
• Optimize software/hardware to meet demanding customer specifications
• Apply best-of-class security principles to system and hardware designs
• Publish in leading conferences and communicate results with customers, stakeholders and Sandia research teams
• Undertake development and possible technology transfer of solutions, products, principles or technology

This position may be eligible for telecommuting and the selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Salary Range:

$109,300 - $217,400

*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:

• PhD in electrical engineering, computer science, or computer engineering field, plus a bachelor’s in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)
• Five or more years of experience working with and/or developing discrete event simulation (DES) capabilities and tools (SST, Gem5, SimPy, etc)
• Experience with design of advanced computer architecture capabilities as well as evaluating performance and considering engineering tradeoffs for novel designs
• Proven track record of peer reviewed scientific publications and presentations (Publication list should be included as part of the CV)
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience in developing discrete event simulation (DES) models for High-performance computing architectures
• Detailed experience in analyzing software/hardware designs for performance, cost, energy or security limitations
• Experience with RISC-V and/or Arm instruction sets or community developed hardware intellectual property designs
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills

About Our Team:

The Scalable Computer Architectures department leads responsibilities for specifying and developing future generations of high-performance computing systems to meet a broad cross-section of Sandia's national security missions. The team has three principal activities: (1) advanced hardware optimization and codesign which includes development of best-of-class simulation and emulation technologies; (2) advanced architecture testbeds and the Vanguard advanced system prototype projects which deploy first-of-a-kind hardware systems to evaluate the relevance and opportunity to Sandia stakeholders, and, (3) the application performance team which leads initial application porting and performance evaluation on next-generation computer systems. The department is a source of collaboration and outreach with leading computing vendors and academics, and collaborates with a broad spectrum of mission organizations to help develop leadership-class hardware 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.

Job ID: 694647

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.