What Your Job Will Be LikeSandia's Space Mission Engineering Program Office (SMEPO) strives to enhance national security by creating the future of space. To this end we seek the toughest unmet, space-based mission challenges for our DoD and IC partners. Solving these problems requires acting as a trusted resource, leveraging innovative ideas, applying differentiating technologies, and harnessing the strength of Sandia's unique capabilities.
We are seeking a project lead to join our space flight efforts in the areas of optical remote sensing, space control, and rapid realization. The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to strengthen partnerships, work with DoD or IC sponsors, manage teams effectively, and execute projects successfully through full lifecycle.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Support or lead diverse, multidisciplinary teams executing projects
- Work closely with principal investigators to steer projects successfully
- Engage with external sponsors and Sandia leadership
- Inform and implement project execution strategies
- Generate project plans for new proposals or existing projects
- Resolve security, acquisition, and process issues
- Generate and implement security plans
- Generating and implementing statements of work
- Implement improvements to infrastructure to enable team success
- Provide financial data to project leadership
- Ensure staffing plans are followed
- Ensuring funding is processed correctly and timely
- Manage project schedules and hold teams accountable for delivery
- Work in a secure environment, protecting information and results as required
Must be willing to support occasional travel.
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.
Salary Range$117,500 - $235,700
*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.
Qualifications We Require- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and five or years of directly relevant experience in space systems engineering.
- Two or more years of experience with DOD or IC communities.
- Current PMP certification or equivalent certification, or the ability to obtain within 12 months.
- Active DOE Q/SCI or equivalent.
Qualifications We Desire- Five or more years of project execution experience with DOD or IC communities
- Experience implementing and leading SCI and/or Special Access Program (SAP) level projects
- Experience building relationships and establishing credibility with scientists, engineers, and technical project teams.
- Experience in technical management processes: lifecycle management, requirements engineering, configuration management, risk management, verification and validation, etc.
- Experience developing tools and processes to optimize technical management of science and engineering projects
- Demonstrated teaming skills, including the ability to work effectively with leadership at multiple levels, customers, other organizations, and technical leads.
- Demonstrated technical writing and presentation skills, including an ability to succinctly explain complex technical concepts.
- Demonstrated leadership experience involving technical and programmatic responsibilities.
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a diverse, multidisciplinary teaming environment
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with external and internal partners
- Demonstrated ability to develop proposals (cost/schedule/scope) for internal and external partners
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams
- Demonstrated ability to resolve project roadblocks including security, infrastructure, and staffing
- Demonstrated ability to bring in sponsor funding
- Experience with costing and scheduling tools/systems
- Experience with AGILE or as a scrum master
- Experience with business development and creating strategic plans
- Experience managing complex procurement and acquisitions
- Possess a strong dedication to positive teaming dynamics, strong written and verbal skills, detail oriented with a keen focus on supporting sponsors
About Our TeamThe Emerging Flight Technologies department is responsible for the development of space-based payloads in the nation's security interests. Efforts include:
- Rapid prototype development to create solutions for emerging threats.
- Developing resilient space electronic architectures. Moving traditional algorithms, which were designed to run on high-performance ground stations, to the edge.
- Payload and tech maturation in the areas of remote sensing, space control, space domain awareness, and space cyber.
Posting DurationThis posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
Security ClearancePosition requires a Department of Energy (DOE) SCI security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). 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 and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access may be impacted.
