Sandia National Laboratories · 7 hours ago
Cleared Manager, R&D Science and Engineering, Onsite
Albuquerque, NM
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$164K/yr - $278K/yr
8+ years expSandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams focused on cutting-edge work. The role of Manager for R&D Science and Engineering involves leading a team of Surety System Engineers to develop and implement innovative strategies for product prototyping and qualification.
GovernmentInformation TechnologyNational Security
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead and Integrate: Guide your team as they collaborate across multiple enterprises, ensuring the seamless integration of multidisciplinary technology areas to enhance project outcomes
Mentor and Empower: Foster a culture of critical thinking by mentoring staff to identify, assess, and mitigate risks. You will promote the practical application of defect prevention strategies to ensure the development of safe, reliable, and robust products
Drive Initiatives: Influence cross-cut technology areas and contribute to corporate initiatives, such as the Common Engineering Environment Technical Quality pillar, addressing challenges from components to subsystems and entire systems
Collaborate Across the Labs: Work closely with peers and partners throughout Sandia National Laboratories and the broader Nuclear Security Enterprise community, including all eight sites and the NNSA, to ensure cohesive project execution
Engage in Team Dynamics: Be an integral part of a diverse team of ten cohesive departments, collaborating on coordinated hiring and responding swiftly to emerging technical issues. Our leadership team is committed to a prevention and service ethos, with a strong focus on staff development
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and eight (8) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development
Active DOE Q-level (or DOD equivalent) security clearance required to start
Preferred
Two or more years of demonstrated leadership experience
A graduate degree in science or engineering (MS or Ph.D.)
Outstanding interpersonal skills in developing trusting relationships with peers, staff, management, customers, and stakeholders
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the development and delivery of presentations, proposals, reports and documentation
Ability to obtain and maintain Sigma 14 and Sigma 15 access
Management experience in an R&D organization and/or Nuclear Deterrence technical leadership experience
Leading and managing R&D engineering projects through complexity, exercising flexibility and technical discernment
Experience and success in recruiting, hiring, mentoring and leading technical staff
Demonstrated ability to deliver results and effectively lead/guide multidisciplinary teams engaged in visionary, groundbreaking work
Influencing technical decisions and delivery without direct authority
Set accountability, managing conflict, eliciting solutions
The ability to build strong, trust-based teaming relationships with peers, customers, and partners with different needs and agendas
Identifying and reducing technical risk in a high-consequence environment; experience applying risk-based approaches to evaluate rigor level of product qualification activities
Social acuity and emotional intelligence; the ability to anticipate and resolve ambiguous and contentious issues with differing technical points of view through crucial conversations
Experience in systems engineering principles and practices, with a strong understanding of the product realization lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, and deployment of complex systems
Implementing R&D surety engineering principles, tools, methodologies, and best direction
Understanding of the development and execution of qualification plans, requirements maps, test plans, and measurement assurance plans
An ability to solve sophisticated technical problems in the absence of clear direction (experience in ambiguous environments)
An ability to understand and evaluate diverse and incomplete data sets and draw appropriate engineering conclusions
Benefits
Generous vacation
Strong medical and other benefits
Competitive 401k
Learning opportunities
Relocation assistance
Amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance
Company
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia is a conducts research and development into the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.4MKey Investors
US Department of EnergyARPA-E
2023-09-21Grant· $0.5M
2023-07-27Grant
2023-01-10Grant· $3.7M
Leadership Team
Laura McGill
Deputy Laboratories Director - Nuclear Deterrence, and Chief Technology Officer
Maria Gallardo
CFO Enterprise Risk Management Program Lead
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