NIF&PS OMST Engineering & Maintenance Manager - Optics Materials Science & Technology; OMST

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Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States' security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory's mission.

$262,410 - $332,772 Annually

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.

Are you ready to lead a team advancing world‑class optics processing capabilities in support of national security science? The Optics Materials Science & Technology (OMST) team at the National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF&PS) is seeking an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to guide the OMST Engineering team in operations, system upgrades, reliability engineering, and lifecycle sustainment planning. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise and strategic vision to strengthen the foundation of a premier optics processing operation.

As the OMST Engineering & Maintenance Manager, you will provide strategic and technical leadership to a multidisciplinary team responsible for designing, upgrading, commissioning, and maintaining specialized optics processing systems at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and off‑site vendor locations. You will work closely with OMST teams and collaborate with other programs across the NIF&PS directorate—including NIF Sustainment, NIF Enhanced Yield Capability (EYC), HED & Photon Sciences, and the Department of Defense Technology (DoDT)—to ensure effective planning, execution, and continuous improvement of engineering and maintenance activities.

In this role, you will drive long‑term sustainment and modernization of critical systems, lead facility upgrades to meet evolving mission needs, and oversee budget planning, resource allocation, and technical direction to maintain and enhance OMST's operational excellence. This position is part of the Laser Systems Engineering & Operations (LSEO) Division within the Engineering Directorate.

• Lead teams, programs, or functions with a technical focus, operate under broad consultative direction with significant autonomy, use expert knowledge and extensive team leadership experience, and exercise judgment within established policies to monitor workflow, allocate resources, ensure timely completion of projects, and influence and direct high‑level strategic plans to achieve objectives while managing organizational and operational impact and attaining long‑range goals.
• Provide strategic technical and operational leadership to a highly skilled, multi‑disciplinary team of engineers, technicians, and designers, while establishing, pursuing, and achieving a vision and strategy for reliability, quality, and mission delivery in optics processing.
• Lead, execute, and/or coordinate recruiting, hiring, training, career development, and performance and salary management activities as needed to meet programmatic staffing, employee development, and performance and salary related needs, including providing career counseling, mentoring, and technical guidance.
• Champion reliability and lifecycle sustainment by developing and applying highly advanced methods in systems engineering, reliability engineering, condition‑based maintenance, and asset management for specialized optics processing infrastructure, often influencing, advancing, and setting the standard for best practices beyond the Laboratory.
• Ensure the continuous availability,…