Job Description

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:

$149,700 - $254,400

*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 Thermal, Fluid, and Aerosciences group is searching for a visionary department manager who can strengthen its technical leadership in the core competencies of experimental aerosciences while advancing a strategy for the future. The Experimental Aerosciences Department resides in the Thermal, Fluid, and Aero Sciences Group (1510) within the Engineering Sciences Center (1500). This department supports a wide variety of work that directly impacts several mission areas, including but not limited to, nuclear deterrence, aerospace systems, hypersonics, strategic partnership projects, Weapons Science and Technology, and security applications. This work also spans the research, development, and application spectrum, with significant contributions to discovery science, testing for ND programs, and everything in between. The job requires deepening and expanding partnerships with product organizations as well as collaborating with other experimental and computational organizations to advance capabilities and processes for qualification and product development with vastly reduced uncertainty and variability. The department engages in activity level work, and ensuring this work is carried out safely and effectively is a key responsibility for the L1 manager. The manager of this department will also need to partner very closely with the Computational Aerosciences department to effectively deliver integrated computational and experimental capabilities. Achieving a balanced portfolio of department work across the research-development-applications spectrum is needed to ensure the department stays at the forefront of rapidly evolving capabilities. The manager’s ability to attract, retain, and develop a pipeline of exceptional staff expertise to sustain the department’s leadership role in experimental aerosciences technology is critical to success.

Key functions of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Developing and maintaining strong partnerships with other managers within the Group, Center, and broader Laboratories to further work across the research, development and application spectrum.
• Developing a strategy and implementation plan for the department to ensure long term-health and impact, to include technical investments, and customer and workforce development.
• Work with staff on technical and career development goals, identifying and providing growth opportunities.
• Negotiate work-scope, manage budgets, and provide assurance of department deliverables.
• Foster a culture that promotes safety and security, as well as a diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Strengthen internal and external partnerships to enrich relationships, leverage strengths, and amplify our mission impact.
• Deliver on lab goals of accelerating innovation and leading in modern engineering by advancing cutting-edge capabilities that provide a differentiating advantage in supporting the core missions of the Laboratories.
• Have responsibility for the Thermal, Fluid, and Aerosciences Laboratories which includes two high-speed wind tunnels, a large vacuum chamber for high-altitude simulation, two shock tubes, and supporting mechanical and electrical systems.
• Participate in setting technical direction for the Delivery Environments program, and Infrastructure and Operations programs.
• Partner with the Advanced Simulation and Computing program by interacting with various system and component organizations and taking on programmatic responsibilities.
• Traveling occasionally to support ongoing and new business efforts.

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

Qualifications We Require:

• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline
• Plus, 8 or more years of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job
• Technical experience in aerosciences or closely related disciplines
• Experience with program development including interface with customers and partners (industry, government, university, etc.)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline
• 5 or more years of leadership experience as demonstrated by serving as a project manager, principal investigator, or prior management experience
• Experience with performing or managing activity level work
• Experience with the Nuclear Weapons program at Sandia
• Technical depth in aerosciences disciplines (aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, compressible flows, flight mechanics) or closely related engineering disciplines
• Experience in performing research and leading research
• Evidence of building successful partnerships across disparate organizations
• Broad knowledge of Sandia's Missions and capabilities
• Commitment to staff career development at all levels of experience and training
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Passion for achieving workforce diversity and an inclusive environment for all members of the workforce

About Our Team:

The Experimental Aerosciences Department of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico offers challenging and important work relating to national security in R&D and technology applications in aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, compressible fluid mechanics, and flight dynamics. Our primary mission supports U.S. Department of Energy Defense Programs, and aerosciences projects funded through the U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA, NASA, and industry. Our projects span the Mach number range from subsonic through hypersonic and involve systems ranging from aircraft released ordinance to reentry systems and rocket systems. Technical activities include aerodynamic ground testing at Sandia and external sites. Additionally, we support flight test activities including pre-flight/post-flight analyses and field test operations. The Experimental Aerosciences Department maintains a strong balance of research and development activities and works synergistically with other organizations at Sandia to meet current and future customer needs.

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 vacations, 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: 694609

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.