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:

$221,000 - $375,700

*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 Director of the RF & Electronic Systems Center (Organization 5300) has lab-wide, program and line management responsibilities. The Director is the Program Director for the approximately $84M/yr Surveillance and Reconnaissance program within the National Security Programs portfolio and reports directly to the National Security Programs Associate Labs Director (NSP ALD) of Division 5000. As Program Director, you will be responsible for the planning, development, execution and management of a number of projects for an array of Strategic Partnership Program (SSP) sponsors involving the application of multiple technologies from across the Laboratories in the areas of electronics systems designs, RF Superiority, Synthetic Aperture Radars (SARs), Tagging Tracking and Locating (TTL), sensing, communications, and related fields. Program development and work selection emphasizes a close collaborative partnership between Nuclear Deterrence-supporting technology and SSP work within the Surveillance and Reconnaissance program.

The RF & Electronic Systems Center Director is also the senior line management position for Center 5300 and is responsible for all operational matters including personnel management, safety, security, quality, facilities, Center investments and capital equipment. Center 5300 contains approximately 470 employees with approximately half of the Center’s $271M costs associated with electronic systems designs for the Nuclear Deterrence program and the half associated with the Surveillance and Reconnaissance program and other SPP. Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) is also part of the Center’s work and this is expected to increase in the future.

On any given day, you may be called on to:• Ensure that Center 5300 personnel work safely and securely.• Steward Center 5300 workforce, facility, equipment, and process capabilities to meet today’s mission requirements and provide a great foundation for the future.• Plan, execute, and develop the Surveillance and Reconnaissance program utilizing all appropriate and applicable resources from around the Laboratories in pursuit of mission requirements.• Provide leadership for the nation, Labs, and staff in the areas of electronics systems designs, RF Superiority, Synthetic Aperture Radars (SARs), Tagging Tracking and Locating (TTL), Navigation, Pointing, and Control (NPC), Electronic Warfare (EW), RF sensing, RF communications, and related fields.• As an active member of the Nuclear Deterrence governance Director community, provide product realization strategic direction.• Oversee the execution of nuclear deterrence product realization activities for the 5300 components in support of the modernization programs (in close coordination with the production agency).• Ensure that budgets, schedules, and performance standards are realistically set and attained and that objectives and Sandia and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requirements are effectively met.• Assist the National Security Programs Associate Labs Director and your fellow Division 5000 Center Directors in the stewardship and development of Division 5000.• Effectively participate and make contributions to all of the Laboratories as required as part of the Laboratory’s cadre of Directors.• Perform other duties as may be specified by the National Security Programs Associate Labs Director.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's and Master's degree in a relevant STEM discipline.• Twelve or more years of experience, including eight or more years of managerial experience.• Active and ability to maintain a required US DOE Q security clearance.• Ability to obtain SCI access and additional high security clearances that will require counter-intelligence scope polygraph examinations.

Qualifications We Desire:

Ideally, we would like to see your background include some of the following:• A doctorate in a relevant STEM discipline.• Strong technical acumen associated with activities in this program area.• Senior management-level strategy development.• The ability to strategically envision and manage a program portfolio to attain Lab-wide objectives.• Experience and/or extensive knowledge in Nuclear Deterrence product realization.• Experience working with KCNSC, the production agency for the Nuclear Deterrence mission.• Ability to lead the labs in the ND / SPP Virtuous Cycle• Ability to build a shared vision; inspire others to action; set clear direction; establish plans consistent with that direction.• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and lean environment and to deal creatively with resource constraint issues and uncertainty.• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple tasks and changing priorities, mediate conflict, and apply leadership concepts and techniques.• Demonstrated ability to envision, develop, and deploy innovative solutions to the warfighter.• Validated ability to develop and sustain customer relationships.• Demonstrated effective skills in establishing rapport, respect, trust-based relationships, and commitment to diversity and excellence in the workforce.• Demonstrated experience and results in implementing engineered safety principles for high consequence work.• Experience in working collaboratively with other R&D organizations to build innovative ways toward agile design and production approaches.• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to alter for varying audiences.• Excellent teamwork capability and the demonstrated ability to be a trusted, encouraging, and effective member of a leadership team.• Demonstrated leadership experience including management of other managers in executing a diverse work portfolio that spans organizations inside and outside of Sandia; experience at managing capabilities.

About Our Team:

Center 5300 provides key electronics systems deliverables to a wide variety of programs across Sandia (including nuclear weapons, space, intelligence and military systems) and also directly leads the Surveillance and Reconnaissance (S&R) Program.

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:

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.

Job ID: 693731

Job Family: EX

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.