Job Description

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
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• 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*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a dedicated R&D Manager to lead the Focal Plane Array and Sensor Subsystems department within the Remote Sensing Systems Group (6780). The department performs full lifecycle research and development for advanced sensors and focal plane arrays, including insertion of these technologies into operational optical remote sensing systems.

The department is also responsible for integration, test, and delivery of the Spectral Imaging Geolocation Hyper-Temporal Sensor (SIGHTS) for the Global Burst Detector (GBD) space flight system, as well as future technology insertions for the GBD. While executing these activities, the department interfaces with project offices, their sponsor communities, and teams across the laboratories to solve muti-disciplinary technical challenges.

Passionate about leading and developing teams that impact national security missions? Join our diverse team and develop creative solutions to unique national security challenges!

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

• Set the strategic vision for the department and actively pursue new and innovative opportunities.
• Lead staff in developing new concepts and advancing technical solutions that create R&D opportunities for integration into high-reliability systems.
• Develop and strengthen partnerships with peer managers, internal and external partners, and the broader Laboratories to advance work across the research, development, and application spectrum.
• Ensure the execution of deliverables within negotiated budgets and schedules.
• Build and maintain trusted partnerships with internal project offices, NNSA, and their partners.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and safety standards in all R&D activities.
• Identify and seek strategic investments to sustain and enhance the department’s infrastructure and core capabilities.
• Manage staff development, including hiring, onboarding, professional development, and performance management.

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

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 related relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and experience.*
• Active DOE Q or DOD TS security clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain an SCI clearance.

*Equivalent education and experience must be engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D Manager 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:

• Experience with electronics and/or electro-optic systems.
• Experience with design, product development and qualification for high-rigor products.
• Experience in program/project management and execution, including delivery of complex systems while meeting cost, schedule, and performance requirements.
• Comprehensive experience with full lifecycle development of focal plane arrays and optical sensors, from R&D through technology maturation and integration into operational systems.
• Familiarity with operating within an AS-9100 (or similar) Quality Management System.
• Experience in managing specialty, high-consequence test design and execution.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage projects, to include leading multi-disciplinary teams.

About Our Team:

The Remote Sensing Systems Group (6780) provides the technical capabilities to support full lifecycle design development and qualification of system solutions and security products for the Monitoring Systems and Technology and Nuclear Deterrence Programs at Sandia.

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) L security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD).

Sandia is required by DOE 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 L-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: 695266

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.