Weapons Subject Matter Expert

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC. • Los Alamos, NM

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) is seeking a part-time Weapons Subject Matter Expert with metallurgical data analyst experience for the Gas Transfer/Surveillance Systems to assist our Nuclear Safety and Weapons team onsite at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, NM. 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.

The group is a 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. Emphasis is on the delivery of programmatic objectives via excellence in personnel safety, security, compliance, and programmatic hardware reliability and availability.

Requirements

• 10-15 years of metallurgical experience is required.
• Experience working with DOE or DOD and weapons is required.
• Ability to recognize technical problems and apply data analysis to generate root causes and recommend suitable solutions.
• Ability to effectively document and communicate results in a technical manner.
• Keen attention to detail is required, as this person will use decades of data to forecast future predictions.
• The candidate must demonstrate familiarity with manufacturing and measurement techniques and process control limits.
• The position requires background and pre-employment drug screening for drug-free workplace.
• The candidate must be US Citizen.
• The candidate must possess an active or recently inactive DOE Q clearance, as they can not work onsite without it.
• The candidate must have an active Real ID driver’s license for badging and onboarding.

Nice To Haves

• Someone with experience working for LANL or LLNL in weapons area is required.
• A recently retired DOE or DOD employee with weapons experience as a metallurgist would be ideal.

Responsibilities

• Provide data analysis to manufacturing and engineering, helping to drive data driven decision in fulfillment of gas transfer mission objectives.
• Develop technical knowledge of gas transfer system engineering practices in support of data validation and verification of manufacturing approaches.
• Develop new methods, techniques, capabilities, to address reporting and analyses of key criteria to enable production objectives.
• Coordinate with personnel to serve production issues.
• Provide support to multiple technical projects.
• Research, develop, review, and comprehend historical technical procedures as needed.
• Adhere to the requirements for working in facilities with radioactive hazards, including a Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level