R&D Senior Manager, Advanced Mechanical Design - 7610 (Onsite)

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We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Manager to lead Group 7610, specializing in Advanced Mechanical Design. You will be responsible for representing Surety Mechanisms and their critical functions within Nuclear Weapon Surety Systems. Your leadership will be essential in delivering robust mechanical engineering solutions to Sandias Strategic Partners.

As a Senior Manager, you will cultivate and maintain partnerships with a diverse array of customers and stakeholders across Sandias mission areas, including the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) and external suppliers. Your ability to foster collaboration and effectively work through challenges balancing design and production needs to realize product will be vital to the success of our organization.

You will oversee a team of Managers across six departments, ensuring that the group consistently delivers precision nuclear safety products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations. Your leadership will drive engineering, programmatic, and operational excellence within the team. You will also be a key leader within the Center 7600 leadership team, advancing our Center and ND Mission strategic goals.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Ensure the team delivers on commitments while coordinating with external partners, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Lead the management team in the ongoing realization and improvement of our capabilities, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and customer needs.
• Cultivate strong and productive partnerships while guiding the team through challenging issues.
• Support the team making sound decisions in the high-stakes arena of nuclear safety that balance nuclear safety, performance, and national needs.
• Lead organizational change initiatives as the Nuclear Deterrent (ND) enterprise transforms its product realization cycle to enhance agility.
• Collaborate with key partners across Sandia to create innovative solutions and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Mentor and develop a diverse team of managers and leaders, fostering a culture of innovation and talent development.
• Actively participate in translating Sandia-wide and ND-wide strategic plans into actionable initiatives at both the center and group levels.
• Serve as Deputy for The US Chair for JOWOG-23, Non-Nuclear Components.

This position requires travel up to once a year to the UK, and up to monthly to KCNSC or other sites.

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

$184,400 - $313,700

*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.

• Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a relevant STEM discipline; or a Doctorate in a relevant STEM discipline
• Ten or more years of relevant technical experience, including five or more years of managerial experience supporting relevant technical functions
• Active DoE Q level security clearance or equivalent (e.g. DoD Top Secret)

• Graduate degree(s) in Mechanical Engineering or other applicable engineering or STEM discipline
• Five or more years of demonstrated leadership experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain Sigma 15 access
• Excellent discernment, interpersonal skills, and communication skills with demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with a variety of customers, partners, management and staff
• Evidence of successfully leading teams and managing projects to meet cost, schedule and performance
• Experience working in and supporting SPP mission areas
• Proven ability to form trust-based relationships with partners and customers within and outside Sandia
• Experience working within ND systems or in a component realization (e.g.: PRT) organization
• Familiarity with nuclear weapons safety architectures and the concept of Assured Safety
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with KCNSC to realize product
• Strong knowledge of capabilities at Sandia and within the Nuclear Security Enterprise, particularly at KCNSC
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and accelerated product development
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead organizations through change
• Experience working with the NNSA and associated laboratories and plants
• Familiarity with Sandia's SPP Programs and processes, including the Space Mission and Integrated Military Systems programs

Center 7600 is a product realization organization, delivering a broad range of subsystems, components, and solutions to nuclear weapons and other high consequence systems that support our national security missions. The Center consists of 4 Groups: Advanced Mechanical Design (7610), Firing & Embedded Systems (7620), Interconnects and eFAB (7630), and High Reliability Electronic Components (7640). The Advanced Mechanical Design Group (7610) designs and delivers surety mechanisms for nuclear weapon safety and security, and opto-mechanical and other precision mechanical devices for national and global security programs primarily in the space and missile system areas. The Group is divided into four main competencies: advanced development of nuclear weapon surety products, nuclear weapon product realization for weapon life extensions and alterations, surveillance of stockpile surety products, and delivery of precision mechanical products for national and global security programs. All four areas are highly active with an especially high degree of production support of components at KCNSC.

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.

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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.

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.

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