Computational Engineering Division Section Leader

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

$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.

Job Description

We have multiple openings for Section Leaders in the Computational Engineering Division (CED). CED consists of four sections that unite human expertise, cutting-edge research and software, and harnessing advanced computing platforms to simulate, analyze, and predict complex systems performance to address enduring and emerging national security challenges. Our unique engineering expertise and one-of-a-kind software tools enable us to design and analyze, in silico, natural and engineered systems operating in non-traditional regimes. Our signal processing and data science expertise allows us to model and analyze large volumes of heterogeneous data to form new insights, and our systems analysis expertise and capabilities provide decision makers with rigorous technically informed analysis for complex emerging systems. CED staff are technical experts and leaders for programmatic activities across the Laboratory and frequently participate in Strategic Partnership Projects with external sponsors. Our experts often contribute to multi-disciplinary teams, interacting with experimentalists and project engineers to deliver solutions to their customers. These positions will be in the Computational Engineering Division (CED), within the Engineering Directorate.

The four sections within CED are:

• Computational Engineering Analysis (hydrodynamic, structural, thermal)
• Computational Methods and Design Optimization (engineering codes, optimization, and analysis)
• Signals and Intelligence (signal and imagery systems, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, applied statistics)
• Systems and Energy (systems analysis, optimization research, cyber security, energy delivery, conversion, and storage)

In this role, you will

• Provide technical and operational leadership, supervision, mentoring and technical guidance to effectively develop and manage a diverse and inclusive team of group leaders, technical staff, and project leaders, including responsibility for high-level goal setting, strategic planning, and capability development to ensure program goals and objectives are accomplished.
• 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, influence, develop, and lead strategic positions on programs and technologies to advance one or more of the section’s core technology areas. Perform in-depth analysis and use extensive creativity and innovation to lead the application, development, and advancement of principles, theories, and concepts related to the core technology areas. Determine, pursue, and refine courses of action essential to obtaining desired outcomes to highly unusual, complex, and/or sensitive issues and problems where the solution path is not known ahead of time.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with program leaders, senior management, and external customers, using expert level knowledge and facilitation skills, extensive experience, and ingenuity  to influence strategic technical decisions and R&D investments, including serving as an organizational spokesperson and senior technical expert for Laboratory management and/or as an external advisor to customers, sponsors, and policy makers.
• Participate as a core member of the CED senior leadership team, influence strategic technical decisions, and contribute to long-term goals and objectives for the continued development and improvement of the division. Serve as the primary contact between CED senior leadership