Cleared R&D Manager - Radar ISR Advanced Exploitation and Human Systems Integration, Onsite

Cleared R&D Manager - Radar ISR Advanced Exploitation and Human Systems Integration, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Radar Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Group (05340) is seeking an individual to lead the Radar ISR Advanced Exploitation and Human‑Systems Integration Department (05346).

What your job will be like

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

Provide effective guidance and support to R&D staff

Mentoring/coaching early career staff to develop career and technical R&D skills

Collaborate with the Radar ISR management team to develop overall R&D, programmatic and execution strategy for 5346 within the larger portfolio of 5340 programs

Work with 5340 technical staff and leadership to establish and sustain strong sponsor relationships

Collaborate with sponsors to define program requirements, putting Sandia resources into place to ensure successful execution of funded work through effective management of budgets, schedule, resources and personnel

Travel to sponsor worksites to support technical program development and delivery

Serve as the primary interface between staff in 5346 and groups in 5340, Center 5300, and the broader laboratory community, cultivating strong, creative partnerships across the laboratories

Develop and implement strategies for managing the team's high security workspace and computing resources

This position will require travel (6-8 times per year)

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

Salary Range:

$163,700 - $278,000

* 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 relevant discipline and eight (8) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development

Active DOE Q-level (or DOD equivalent) security clearance required to start

Qualifications We Desire:

The ideal R&D Science and Engineering Manager candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

Two or more years of demonstrated leadership experience.

A graduate degree in science or engineering (MS or Ph.D.).

Outstanding interpersonal skills in developing trusting relationships with peers, staff, management, customers, and stakeholders.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the development and delivery of presentations, proposals, reports and documentation.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

Bachelor's and Master's degree in a science, mathematics or engineering discipline plus 10 years' R&D experience

Relevant training and/or experience to include one or more of the following:

signals and systems, radar, digital signal processing, sensor interface design, software system design/engineering, electromagnetics and/or radio frequency…