Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the

U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. SAND2011-0439P

Sandia National LaboratoriesAn Overview

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National Security Enterprise

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Sandia’s History

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Sandia’s Governance StructureSandia Corporation AT&T: 1949–1993 Martin Marietta: 1993–1995 Lockheed Martin: 1995–present

Government owned, contractor operated

Federally fundedresearch and development center

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Sandia’s Sites

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,Carlsbad, New Mexico

Tonopah, Nevada

Pantex, Texas

Livermore,California

Albuquerque,New Mexico

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People and Budget (As of October 11, 2011)

Mechanical engineering 17%

Electrical engineering 20%

Other engineering 15%

Math 2%

Computing 17%

Other science 6%Other fields 12%

Chemistry 5%Physics 6%

32%

On-site workforce: 11,876Regular employees: 9,122Gross payroll: ~$943 million

Technical staff (4,557) by discipline

50%

29%

11% 10%

FY11 Operating Revenue $2.4 billion

Nuclear Weapons

Defense Systems & Assessments

Energy, Climate & Infrastructure Security

International, Homeland, and Nuclear Security

(Operating Budget)

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Addressing Our Evolving National Security Environment is of the Greatest Importance

Threats fromother nation states

Traditional strategicnuclear threats

Threats fromnon nation states

Other threats: natural disasters, climate change, energy supplyThreats of

tech surprise

Nuclear Weapons

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Safety systems

Neutron generators

Arming, fuzing, and firing systems

Integrated, engineered warhead systems

Gas transfer systems

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Nuclear WeaponsHigh reliability, high consequence of failure, challenging environments,and technology solutions

Microelectronics and microsystems

Computational simulation

Environmental testing

Design, fabricate, package, and test trusted semiconductor components

High-performance hardware and software tools to enable solutions requiring massively parallel computers

Simulate environmental conditions and collect relevant data for systems, subassemblies, and components

Facilities and Capabilities

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Other program areas

Defense Systems and Assessments

Energy, Climate, and Infrastructure Security

International, Homeland, and Nuclear Security

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Research Disciplines Drive Capabilities

Research Disciplines

ComputerScience

Materials EngineeringSciences

MicroElectronics

Pulsed PowerBioscience

High Performance Computing

Nanotechnologies & Microsystems

Extreme Environments

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My career at Sandia

27 years (14 as a manager) Variety of roles

facilities design project management construction management site and infrastructure planning program management

Sandia paid for MSCE (construction mgmt through special degree program

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Mid-career– Chrisma Jackson BSME and MSME from Texas A&M (Go Aggies!) Sandia paid for her MSME through special degree program Additional MS in Engineering Mechanics with an Emphasis

on Explosives from NM Tech - Tuition reimbursement program

Worked for several years at CA site in nuclear weapons – then relocated to NM site with her husband

Changed business units – Started with Defense Systems and Assessments/Information Operations in May 2007

Became a manager in December 2009 “It is exciting and energizing to do things that really make

a difference for our nation.”

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Early career – Fiona Lu

BSEE George Mason University, May 2010 Recruited at SWE Conference 2009! Sandia paid for MSEE at Purdue (Dec 2011) through special

degree program Working in nuclear weapons System Engineering group

Supports system testing Analyzes test data Lots of writing and lots of meetings!

Sandia has recently hired her fiancé!

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Working at Sandia

Positive aspects Location, location, location! Benefits Technically challenging, exciting

work Lots of new programs spinning up

= opportunity Robust internal job posting

system Get to work with some of the

brightest people in the country

Challenges Sometimes bureaucratic

Change comes slowly Optimum solutions can be

trumped by time and budget constraints

Subject to the vagaries of the Congressional funding process

Compete with some of the brightest people in the country