Product Engineer – High Explosives PRT

Minimum of two years of professional engineering experience supporting one or more of the following: product development, product realization, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, design engineering, systems engineering, materials engineering, testing, or production support.

Familiarity and fundamental knowledge of and experience with requirements development and engineering drawings.

Fundamental knowledge of and operational experience with engineering testing processes, and demonstrated ability to conduct data analyses.

Familiarity and fundamental knowledge of and/or experience with design principles.

Knowledge of and/or applied experience with material properties and manufacturing methods.

Additional qualifications at the SES.3 level

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Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

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Flexible

We have multiple openings for Product Engineers to support a modernization program.

In this role, you will support the High Explosives (HE) Product Realization Team (PRT), contributing to HE material characterization, process development, producibility, surveillance, and the release of product definition, including drawings and specifications, to production agencies.

You will also help resolve production partner issues and develop and execute engineering evaluations of production and surveillance processes at manufacturing facilities.

These positions are within the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED) in the Engineering Directorate, which supports Strategic Deterrence (SD) Programs.

Support and coordinate the release of complex engineering drawings and other HE PRT documentation including project plans, qualification plans, design requirement documentation, and interface definition, following standard techniques and methodologies.

Support the development and documentation of engineering requirements, support explosives material characterization and specification maturation, process development, and lead the product realization process by collaborating with Production Agencies, using defined practices, principles, and concepts.

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.