The good-faith pay range for this role is $139,400 - $200,100 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location. What your job will be like: The candidate will supervise a group of Mechanical Engineers. Will work on multiple major cryogenic projects of the highest complexity, which include a sub-atmospheric 2 Kelvin temperature cryogenic system. Will be responsible for long-range planning, budgeting, and progress tracking. In this job you will: • Lead and direct the work of other mechanical engineers and interact with other plant engineers, design engineers and technicians for the design, fabrication, and installation efforts in multiple complex projects. • Provide support to the management for the Lab's cryogenic contribution to the most advanced and complex Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) project providing work planning, execution strategy, acquisition strategy, and progress assessment. • Provide mechanical design support to multi-laboratory collaborative cryogenic projects and inhouse project based on priorities. • Generate ideas and provide innovative solutions to cryogenic systems' highest complexity mechanical design challenges. • Ensure transfer of mechanical design knowledge [thermal and structural analysis] from senior staff to junior mechanical engineers. • May motivate young mechanical engineers to work on challenging thermal and structural analysis work to increase their know-how. • May introduce new ideas to enhance the mechanical engineering design productivity. • May mentor summer students to expand the knowledge base and to increase the popularity of cryogenic engineering. Experience • Required: 15 or more years relevant experience • Preferred: 4 or more years related to cryogenics Education • Required: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering • Preferred: Master's Degree in Engieering Experience and Education Exchange Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities • High levels of technical knowledge, ingenuity and creativity. • Develops and applies advanced technologies, engineering principles, theories and concepts. Broad knowledge about the design and operation of systems outside of specialty. • Widely recognized as a technical expert within the professional community. Accomplishments contribute to state of the art field in the area of expertise both within and outside the lab. • Able to effectively train people outside his/her work group. • Able to give effective presentations to critical/high level customers and effectively represent work group on review panels and cross-organizational teams. • Can write convincing proposals and reports with all necessary backup material for external consumption. Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to: • Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans • Flexible Spending Accounts • Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave) • 401(k) Plan - 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested • Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available) • Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs • Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast