Hydrodynamic Design and Test Groups Group Leader - Active 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 in good faith 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 Group Leader within the Hydrodynamic Design and Test Groups with administrative responsibility for engineers supporting multiple experimental programs and technology development efforts. Examples of supported projects and programs include advanced manufacturing capability development using additive manufacturing, Weapon Survivability (WS) program, Weapon Technologies and Engineering (WTE) program, and supporting Sub Critical Experiments projects for the Weapon Physics Design (WPD) program. As a line supervisor, your responsibilities will complement your assigned programmatic activities. You will work with program leadership to identify current engineering capability gaps and develop a broad range of technical staff to meet these needs. These positions will be in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED), within the Engineering Directorate.

Depending on your assignment, this position may offer a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week. 

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

You will

• Provide leadership, supervision, and technical, strategic, and administrative direction, guidance, and support in accomplishing project/program goals and objectives to a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers.
• Collaborate with Project Leaders to identify workforce needs, lead, carry out, and/or coordinate recruiting, hiring, training, career development, and performance and salary management activities as needed to meet programmatic staffing, employee development, and performance related needs, including providing career counseling, mentoring, and coaching, and monitoring employee performance goals and conducting annual employee performance reviews.
• Establish project objectives and strategies for technical team and collaborate with project principals and group personnel in guiding workload planning for projects among group members, assigning work, and remaining aware of complex technical goals, problems, and solutions.
• Develop group staff capabilities and effectiveness for current and future programmatic assignments. 
• Exercise advanced level skills in the application and development of engineering best practices, and/or business principles, and theories, concepts, and techniques for the development of hardware subject to extreme environments with significant safety implications.
• Lead and engage team in comprehensive peer reviews of complex engineering designs, providing expert technical analysis and recommendations for design optimization, applying advanced knowledge, and using innovative methods/technology where applicable to ensure technical excellence.
• Monitor performance required to meet programmatic milestones and deliverables, respond to unexpected occurrences, and lead and advise on corrective actions where necessary.
• Provide technical, safety, and security leadership to group personnel and activities, ensuring team compliance with all safety and operational standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the SEL.4 level 

• Serve as a subject matter expert for the program at meetings, briefings, design reviews, and committee activities both internal and external to the Laboratory.
• Develop, set, and implement broad project vision and