Cleared Manager Proliferation Detection Emerging Threats - 6752, Onsite

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We are seeking an R&D Manager (job title: Manager, R&D Science and Engineering) to lead the Proliferation Detection Emerging Threats R&D Department. This Department (6752) is a multi-disciplinary research and development team consisting of system, electrical, aeronautical, and nuclear engineers dedicated to advancing signatures detection and exploitation primarily within Space Nuclear- and Warhead- Monitoring nonproliferation missions.

Our primary sponsors include Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D (NA-22) and other government agencies.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Provide strategic vision and leadership and ensure execution of current activities across a wide range of program and project areas.
• Cultivate and manage a safe, secure, creative, and productive work environment for staff.
• Mentor and provide professional development to help guide staff in the development of proposals and projects that address our customer's proliferation detection mission objectives and requirements associated with:
• Partner with peer Proliferation Detection (6750) R&D managers to advance the state of all technical and operational capabilities for Sandias Global Security and National Security Programs.
• Ensure that customer needs are satisfied by handling and coordinating specific work, overall project plans, budgets, structures, schedules, and staffing requirements.
• Interface with the Federal Program Managers of the:
• Develop and steward the departments technical R&D capabilities in space environment and backgrounds, detectors and sensors, data exploitation, and demonstrations and experiments, while partnering throughout the laboratory on shared capabilities (Centers 5200, 5500, 5900, 6300, 6700, and 8600).

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

$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.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and eight (8) years of directly relevant technical 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 security clearance, with ability to obtain and maintain an SCI-level security clearance.

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 developing space payloads/sensors.
• Two years or more experience successfully leading projects.
• Experience in Sandias national security missions relevant to at least one Mission Portfolio (Global Security, National Security Programs, Energy & Homeland Security Portfolios, and/or Nuclear Deterrence).
• Experience in building programs, or successfully proposing funded projects, with external customers (e.g. NNSA, DoD, OGA, etc.).
• Five or more years of demonstrated leadership and/or managerial experience, including managing activity level work.
• Proven experience working with sensitive and classified information.
• Ability to understand the work of SNLs capability organizations and to align the work and expertise of these organizations with the mission requirements to support external customers.
• Ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandias core values.
• Proven ability building and leading multi-disciplinary teams to take on novel ideas and approaches enabling improved program outcomes.
• Ability to travel every 1-2 months, as necessary.

The Proliferation Detection Programs Group (6750) consists of five departments in Albuquerque. The first department develops Remote Detection sensing technologies primarily in EO/IR, EBS, HSI, and SAR modalities. The second department, described in this posting, develops technologies and demonstration experiments in the areas of Warhead Monitoring and Space (Nuclear) Monitoring. The third department develops mission-applied Data Science techniques across the portfolio of NA-221 projects. The fourth department holds responsibility for sensing/monitoring of Weaponization facility activities, HE experimental campaigns, and multiple modalities in geophysical monitoring (e.g. RF, seismo-acoustic). Lastly, the Geophysical Technologies department supports the NA-222 Nuclear Test Detection program.

Consistent with this posting, Group 6750 is restructuring as:

• 6751: PD Remote Sensing R&D
• 6752: PD Emerging Threats R&D
• 6753: PD Data Exploitation R&D
• 6754: Weaponization and Multi-modal Geophysics R&D
• 6756: Geophysical Technologies R&D

As a Group, we address critical challenges in nuclear nonproliferation (such as proliferation detection, international safeguards, and warhead monitoring), radiological emergency response, underground test monitoring, and other national security priorities. Group 6750 is responsible for the Proliferation Detection Program at Sandia, which brings the capabilities from ~17 Centers across the lab. Within Center 6700, Monitoring Systems and Technologies, we develop low TRL technologies for successful maturation and transition to other programs for mission impact.

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.

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.

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