Change the world — tackle the grand scientific and engineering challenges of the 21st century.
Sandians refuse to be baffled by the scientific and engineering challenges of the 21st century. We want to make America — and the world — a better and safer place, and we are determined to create the technological means to make them that way.
Want access to first-class, state-of-the-art facilities and equipment? It’s all here.
We conduct leading-edge research with the latest, greatest tools, and you actually see the results of your work. Whether it’s writing software for the world’s fastest computers, leading a national initiative in nanotechnology, or developing intelligent microsystems, Sandians are leading the way.
It’s not all work and no play.
Sandia encourages employees to have a personal life and reasonable work hours. If you’ve ever wanted more three-day weekends, be sure to check out Sandia’s 9/80 program, where employees work nine hours each day and then take every other Friday off.
Develop advanced technologies to aid and defend our nation.
Sandia is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation. We help solve our nation’s energy and environmental concerns, and we develop ways to prevent our nation’s critical infrastructures from being disrupted.
Big enough to accomplish great things, small enough to know each person by name.
The California site is big enough to have a critical mass of the best and brightest minds in every major science and engineering discipline. But we aren’t too big — our work atmosphere’s informal, not hierarchical, and the site is small enough so that you’ll know just about everyone by name.
Sandia is the engineering playground of American big science…
That is what news media have dubbed Sandia. It’s no wonder. Sandia boasts world-class scientists and engineers working on cutting-edge technologies that are improving and protecting American lives. And trust us, “world-class” and “cutting-edge” are no exaggerations.
Work with extraordinary people doing extraordinary things — put your Ph.D. to good use.
Sandia’s unique work requires the collective, creative minds of the nation’s top scientists and engineers. Of our 8,600 employees, more than 1,500 hold doctoral degrees. Each year, Sandians are recognized for developing breakthrough technologies that often have commercial applications far beyond the weapons program.
Lifelong learning — the only place you will ever want to work.
Lifelong learning is a valued part of Sandia’s heritage. We provide generous tuition assistance to encourage our employees to earn their masters and doctoral degrees in both technical and nontechnical fields. Other education programs at Sandia include support for postdoctoral and part-time university studies, as well as the Masters Fellowship Program.
We value our employees, and we make sure they know it.
Sandia offers competitive salaries and a wide variety of benefits. Here are just a few — your choice of medical, dental, and vision programs; a company-matched 401(k) program; and an on-site credit union, gym, urgent care clinic, and medical facility. We also have employee recognition awards programs and other merit awards to recognize and celebrate our staff’s first-class achievements.
Location, location, location. Weather, weather, weather.
In Livermore, Calif., about an hour’s drive from San Francisco, the neighborhoods are surrounded by serene vineyards and rolling hills. The area offers an abundance of cultural and year-round recreation activities — the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite, the redwoods, the Pacific Ocean — that are all easily accessible for a day or weekend trip. And of course, there’s the beautiful California weather. If you ever feel a hankering for snow, you can always make a quick trip to Lake Tahoe. Putting on snow chains during a blizzard will make you appreciate the Bay Area’s mild winters that much more when you come back home.
