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 - $254,400Salary 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 computational aerosciences while advancing a strategy for the future. The Computational 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, and security applications. This work also spans the research, development, and application spectrum, with significant contributions to discovery science, analysis for ND programs, and everything in between. This role will require deepening and expanding partnerships with product organizations as well as collaborating with computational and experimental organizations to advance capabilities and processes for qualification and product development with vastly reduced uncertainty and variability. They will need to partner very closely with the experimental aerosciences department to effectively deliver integrated computational and experimental capabilities. Maintaining 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 computational 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 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.
Participate in setting technical direction for the Advanced Strategic Computing program, and partner with the Delivery Environments programs, which will require strong interactions with various system and component organizations and may involve 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 interfacing with customers and partners (industry, government, university, etc.)
Experience with development of modeling and simulation capabilities and application of capabilities to meet mission needs
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 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 Computational 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 analytical and computational efforts plus support of flight test activities, both pre-flight/post-flight computational analyses and field test operations. The Computational 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.govThese 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: 694610Job Family: RDRegular/Temporary Position: RFull/Part-Time Status: F