Job Description We have an opening for a
W80-4 Engineering Group Leader with responsibility for leading a group of professional and technical personnel, primarily in the execution of W80-4 engineering development and production. Your team will provide a combination of engineering design, project management, qualification, and support to production agencies for the W80-4 and other projects. This position is in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED), supporting the Weapon Technologies and Engineering (WTE) Program.
This position will be filled at eitherlevel based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.
This position may offer a hybrid schedule, based on team and organizational needs.
You will- Supervise, provide technical and administrative direction, guidance, support, mentoring, coaching, and promote teamwork for group personnel. Participate in performance review, rating, and salary management processes.
- Provide technical leadership in weapon engineering and management, interagency coordination, design development, product realization, assessments, qualification, and certification.
- Recruit, hire, and onboard new staff as needed to meet programmatic staffing needs.
- Provide technical, safety, and security leadership to group personnel and activities and collaborate with project principals and group personnel in defining employee work assignments.
- Remain cognizant of technical goals, programmatic priorities, group workload balances, and progress of group projects. Support engagements with programmatic leadership as needed to ensure group workloads are executable.
- Foster and uphold the mission, vision, and values of DTED and LLNL through leadership of personnel.
- Monitor performance required to meet programmatic milestones and deliverables and lead corrective actions where necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Additional job responsibilities, at the SEL.4 level- Provide solutions to unusual, highly complex, and/or sensitive issues/problems where the solution path is not known ahead of time.
- Influence strategic technical decisions made by senior management and external stakeholders based on weapon expertise.
- Serve as program spokesperson to Laboratory management and/or peers in the NSE representing the Laboratory in nuclear design and engineering.
Qualifications - This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field, or equivalent level of education and related experience.
- Significant experience with design engineering, Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) product realization processes and stakeholders, certification, and qualification work.
- Advanced knowledge of nuclear warhead engineering, systems, and design.
- Advanced communication, facilitation, negotiation, and collaboration skills, necessary to present to, explain to, and advise senior management and/or external sponsors.
- Ability to promote and maintain productive relationships across directorates, with other laboratories and NSE partner sites, and with personnel from external entities.
- Effective leadership, interpersonal, organizational, and supervisory skills to lead personnel, write performance appraisals, and actively participate in ranking and hiring activities.
Additional qualifications at the SEL.4 level- Significant record of weapon design, product realization team (PRT) accomplishments, or flight testing.
- Expert knowledge of nuclear weapon engineering, systems, and design.
- Expertise with project management tools and techniques, including work planning, scheduling, cost estimating, analyzing and managing budgets.
- Expert communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills necessary to effectively present to, explain to, and advise senior management and/or external sponsors.
Qualifications We Desire- Master's degree or PhD in Engineering.
- Broad knowledge of Laboratory policies and practices and applicable NNSA orders.
Pay Range$189,660 - $288,396 Annually
$189,660 - $240,528 Annually for the SEL.3 level
$227,430 - $288,396 Annually for the SEL.4 level
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Additional Information #LI-Hybrid
Position InformationThis is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
