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.

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.

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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Materials Aging and Reliability Group (1850) has an opening for a manager in the Materials A&L, ARM, Granta Department (1854). This department is dedicated to scientific discovery, creativity, innovation, and practical solutions for Sandia’s many mission partners. The department specializes in understanding the fundamentals of aging in materials and components, assessing at-risk materials, and managing materials data infrastructure. The department plays a critical role in interfacing with the NNSA through its leadership of the Aging & Lifetimes and At-Risk Materials programs and stewarding key partnerships with weapon modernization programs and nuclear weapons surveillance.

The 1854 manager will steward the department’s capabilities, including staffing and career development, advancing experimental and facility capabilities, and developing work portfolios that exercise and advance the technical abilities of the staff.On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for the department, aligning with the organization's goals and objectives.
• Oversee and manage the Aging & Lifetimes and At Risk Materials portfolio of research projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment, encouraging team members to excel in their respective roles.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including the materials community, Nuclear Deterrence Surveillance, Technology Maturation, external partners, and funding agencies.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, safety protocols, and ethical standards.
• Prepare and present reports, proposals, and publications to communicate research findings and progress.
• Manage departmental personnel including hiring, training, and coaching.
• Partner with the materials compatibility evaluation team to improve confidence in materials selection.
• Oversee the data engineering team in developing and implementing a modern data and information management framework to ensure that data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable by the materials community.
• Carry forward the significant strategy developed for the department's programs, ensuring alignment with the NNSA mission.
• Build community and set strategic direction, communicating effectively to gain advocacy and alignment from program participants.
• Integrate the program to be valuable to the Annual Assessment Review process and the broader nuclear security enterprise.
• Serve as a derivative classifier (DC)

Due to the nature of the work the selected applicant must be able to work onsite at our Albuquerque, New Mexico or at our Livermore, California facility. Relocation will be provided for those that qualify.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s and an advanced degree in chemistry, materials science, engineering, physics, or a related field
• Eight years’ proven scientific and/or engineering experience
• Solid communication skills as evidenced by a track record program advocacy and management
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills through successful program leadership with internal and/or external customers
• Experience with and knowledge about the nuclear deterrence mission at Sandia National Laboratories
• Able to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• PhD in chemistry, materials science, engineering, physics, or related field
• 2 or more years of experience managing a Science and Technology (S&T) organization, or the equivalent program leadership experience
• Experience developing new R&D opportunities
• Dedicated to promoting a safe work environment
• Proven track record forming trust-based relationships with partners and stakeholders
• Proven ability of building and leading teams that partner effectively and deliver results
• Demonstrated dedication to Sandia values
• Demonstrated aptitude for people and organizational management, with motivation to develop people and improve the careers of associates.
• Familiarity with strategic planning and the creation and execution of actionable roadmaps with measurable metrics for success.
• Successful track record leading basic science research or mission-inspired R&D for national security.
• Experience representing Sandia S&T to internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in exercising critical thinking on a wide range of technical and nontechnical issues.

About Our Team:

The Materials Aging & Lifetimes, At Risk Materials, & Granta Department (1854) provides leadership for the Aging and Lifetimes program for NA-115 and the At Risk Materials program for NA-193. The department focuses on the science of accelerated aging in stockpile qualification, and surveillance. By developing more selective accelerated aging procedures that enable improved quantification of life assessments, 1854 enhances the scientific basis by which MAC testing, material qualification, surveillance are applied to component and systems reliability assessments. Our primary A&L program objective is to detect, assess, and predict age-related changes in the legacy and modern stockpile systems. Investments are made in the areas of component and material evaluation, predictive capabilities (including materials, component and system-level age-aware models), new system test equipment (for use at KCNSC and WETL) and new materials (in support of the Technical Basis for Stockpile Transformation Planning (TBSTP)).

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.

Security Clearance:

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 obtain and 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.

Job ID: 695212

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F