Computational Mechanics (CMG) Group Leader - Active Security Clearance Required

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

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.

Pay Range

$182,310 - $277,344 Annually

$182,310 - $231,180 Annually for the SEL.3 level

$218,700 - $277,344 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. 

Job Description

We have an opening for Group Leader for the Computational Mechanics Group (CMG). The primary focus of this group is providing support for various code development activities with both engineering and physics applications. Group activities include multi-physics and engineering code development, contact mechanics, differentiable finite element code development, and workflow tools that enable users to leverage these capabilities on a wide variety of supercomputing architectures. These activities facilitate collaborative efforts with the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD), and the Department of Homeland Security for national security problems requiring massively parallel, high-performance computing systems at DOE, DoD, and external collaborator sites. The group’s efforts include design, implementation, and evaluation of finite element and possibly finite volume methods, development of computational models, and analyses with multi-physics applications involving solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, chemistry, and/or magneto-hydrodynamics. You will work closely with the various simulation code leads to ensure engineering code development and user support needs are being satisfied. You will work closely with other groups within the division and Engineering to support the missions of the Laboratory. This position is in the Engineering Modeling and Simulation Section (EMS), within the Computational Engineering Division (CED).

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

In this role you will

• Provide leadership, supervision, and technical, strategic, and administrative direction for a team of code developers and advanced users, including sharing advanced technical analysis and recommendations for the development of innovative methods and technologies.
• Recruit, hire, develop, and retain group members through active engagement in career development, performance and salary management, mentoring, and coaching activities.
• Collaborate closely with programmatic personnel and external sponsors to identify workforce needs and ensure that current and future technical and staffing needs are addressed.
• Ensure technical quality of work and promote effective teamwork within the group by planning workloads, remaining aware of complex technical goals, and coordinating with project leaders to track progress on performance goals.
• Work with group members to develop research and development initiatives for external sponsorship, as well as for internally supported Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD).
• Attend Section and Division meetings, plan and conduct monthly Group meetings, and conduct institutional training sessions as required to influence technical directions, division strategy, and employee compliance with required training.
• Interface with other groups within CED to identify and promote collaborative efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the SEL.4 level

• Develop creative new Engineering capabilities and novel technologies in computational analysis of solids and structures under extreme loading.
• Set broad project vision and strategy and influence technical direction for self and others.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the areas of finite element methods, and/or finite volume methods in both theory and application, including conducting highly complex and in-depth computational an