Cleared R&D Manager - Engineering Projects, Onsite

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

• Extraordinary co-workers

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• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)

• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Power Sources Technology Group (PSTG) is seeking a R&D S&E Manager to lead the Engineering Projects Department (7449). Department 7449 houses the Design Agency responsibility for our Energy Conversion technologies for Nuclear Deterrence and other internal customers. This responsibility is full cradle-to-grave with R&D, Development, oversight of Production, and Surveillance responsibilities. A manager for this department will be interfacing with NNSA, Systems customers, our internal and external Production partners, the Science and Technology (S&T) community, and our Surveillance community as we transition from manufacturing product for our current customers to designing and qualifying for our next mission challenges. This group also engages other internal customers to establish additional product lines to meet their emerging needs for more flexible power solutions.

As the manager of 7449, on any given day you can expect to:

• Interface with our partners in the Program Office and NNSA to further our energy conversion technologies as well our digital engineering and qualification capabilities for ND

• Work with our Systems counterparts and Production Agency partners to actualize our emerging PIVOT product line into a component for delivery

• Work with the various Production Agencies to complete the manufacture of our current product lines

• Interface with Surveillance, materials analysis Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and tester community to execute our Stockpile surveillance program

• Collaborate with other managers within 7440 to further PSTG's strategic plan

• Provide general guidance and training on sensitivity and classification matters around Power Sources

  Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.

Salary Range:

$157,100 - $267,000

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• A 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.

• An active Q clearance or equivalent and the ability to obtain and maintain Sigma 15 is required

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal Manager, R&D Science and Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• 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.

  Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Ability to manage information security of classified, proprietary, and export-controlled information.

• Knowledge of Thermoelectric or Electrochemical Power Source design and manufacturing.

• Demonstrated commitment to safe and secure operations in hazardous environments.

• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain organizational, customer and stakeholder relationships.

• ND Component or Systems-level experience

• Experience with Project Management and planning

About Our Team:

The Power Sources Technology Group, 7440, utilizes the latest scientific and engineering technologies to perform research, design, development and production of power sources used for NNSA, DoD, DOE, NASA and commercial applications. A key role of this organization is to advance power source technologies to meet both current and future energy needs. The Power Sources Technologies Group provides cradle-to-grave research, engineering design/development and production of thermal batteries, thermoelectrics, lithium primary and secondary batteries, novel battery chemistries, component and materials surveillance, as well as battery abuse testing research. Power source technology is a growth area both within the Nuclear Weapons PMU and the Energy, Climate and Infrastructure Security (ECIS) PMU.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 695409

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F