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

The Computational Physical Science and Uncertainty Quantification Department Manager (Manager, R&D Science and Engineering) leads an organization that advances innovative research on challenging scientific problems involving a wide range of physical phenomena, including climate science, chemical reactions, material nanostructure, high speed flow and shocks, reacting flows, plasmas, etc. The department has deep expertise in uncertainty quantification methods, multifidelity methods, machine learning, and the application of cutting-edge computational methods, including reduced order modeling.

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

• Work with staff and manager partners to design, articulate, lead and implement programmatic strategy and assure execution of activities across a wide range of scientific missions
• Apply scientific and program knowledge & experience to independently evaluate work quality and performance against sponsor expectations and the highest standards of interdisciplinary collaboration, technical excellence, and world-class scientific accomplishment
• Guide staff members in their careers, evaluating and managing their performance and identifying and providing professional development opportunities
• Oversee & manage deliverables, overall program & project plans, scope, budgets, schedules, & staffing requirements, and manage operations, staffing and resource allocation
• Assure safe & secure work practices and establish effective and efficient operational procedures
• Support the center leadership team in crafting & organizational vision & objectives that are consistent with Sandia's strategic plan & customer expectations
• Develop, enable, and sustain new technical initiatives that employ and extend the expertise of the staff to make scientific and mission impact
• Build and maintain trusting relationships with current and prospective stakeholders

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

Salary Range

$187,100 - $317,900

*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 relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• 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 leading scientific research projects and/or programs, with demonstrated ability to document scientific progress, for example through reports or peer-reviewed publications
• Exhibited ability to establish & grow research programs
• Demonstrated effectiveness in building & leading multidisciplinary & interdisciplinary teams or projects, including those that link computational and theoretical work with experiments
• Experience successfully working with DOE customers & colleagues in academia & other national laboratories

About Our Team

The Computational Physical Science and Uncertainty Quantification Department pursues scientific research that develops and applies advanced theoretical models of chemical and physical systems relevant to DOE energy missions, employing state-of-the-art computational strategies, including rigorous uncertainty quantification, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Research in the Computational Physical Science and Uncertainty Quantification Department at Sandia is funded principally by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and addresses fundamental science related to high temperature and low temperature plasma phenomena, combusting flows, reactions at gas-solid and gas-liquid interfaces, uncertainty quantification, and related topics such as scientific machine learning. We utilize both local computer clusters and the DOE Leadership Class supercomputers to conduct massively parallel simulations. We also perform numerical research to improve the understanding of advanced combustion engines.

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

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.

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.