Location: Los Alamos, NM
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**What You Will Do** **This position will be filled at either the R&D Engineer 1 or R&D Engineer 2 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.** The Manufacturing Focused Analysis Group (PAT-1) within the Associate Laboratory Directorate for Weapons Production (ALDWP) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking highly motivated Engineers to support mission-critical manufacturing operations through advanced analytics, modeling, and decision-support tool development. PAT-1 partners directly with stakeholders across Weapons Production to help leadership and program teams understand the current state of manufacturing and facility processes, quantify performance, and evaluate the impact of proposed changes. Our work enables informed decision-making that directly influences mission execution. Our team integrates engineering, data science, and operations research approaches to translate complex production environments into actionable insight. Core activities include: - Developing decision-support tools that synthesize production and facility data into meaningful metrics and visualizations - Processing, structuring, and analyzing large and diverse operational datasets - Designing and implementing discrete-event simulation models to evaluate process behavior and assess the effects of schedule, capacity, staffing, or infrastructure changes - Integrating analytics and modeling outputs into dashboards and executive-level reporting products - Collaborating with subject matter experts to define problem statements, validate assumptions, and ensure analytical rigor In addition to our primary focus areas, PAT-1 contributes to emerging capabilities such as digital twin integration (including NVIDIA Omniverse environments), LiDAR data processing and spatial analysis, advanced visualization development, and enterprise dashboard solutions. These efforts support