Optics Materials Science and Technology Manager for Capabilities

Company Description

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Job Description

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in supporting world-class optics processing capabilities at the National Ignition Facility? We are seeking a dynamic Capabilities Manager to lead capability development for the Optics Materials Science & Technology (OMST) engineering and maintenance organization within the National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a team that supports critical national security missions through advanced optics processing, specialized manufacturing, and operational excellence. In this role, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers, technicians, and designers responsible for developing, upgrading, sustaining, and improving specialized optics processing systems and associated facility capabilities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and off-site vendor locations. Your responsibilities will include capability development, technology support, and strategic integration of systems used to enable OMST operations, reliability, lifecycle sustainment, and future mission needs. This position is in the Laser Systems Engineering & Operations (LSEO) Division within the Engineering Directorate.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

In this role, you will

• Lead teams, programs, or functions with a technical focus, operate under consultative direction with substantial authority, use subject matter expertise and significant team leadership experience, and exercise judgment within established policies to monitor workflow, allocate resources, ensure timely completion of projects, independently determine strategies, and achieve objectives while managing organizational impact and pursuing actions to achieve long-term goals.
• Oversee the management of the execution of optics processing capability projects, including managing internal customer expectations and funding for a complex portfolio.
• Oversee the management of a team of engineers and designers to develop, upgrade, and sustain specialized optics processing systems and infrastructure in support of OMST mission needs.
• Manage highly complex interfaces between key internal stakeholders such as operations, engineering, maintenance, facilities, project management, safety, quality, and program partners to ensure high quality development, assembly, qualification, integration, commissioning, and sustainment of OMST capabilities.
• Represent OMST capability interests in working group interactions with other associate section managers, including participation in the improvement of Safety, Security, Quality, and Efficiency (SSQE).
• Oversee the execution of engineering safety notes to include assigning resources, holding teams accountable, coordinating safety note approval with LSEO and approval designee, and providing mentoring and coaching for less experienced staff.
• Interact, report to, and negotiate with NIF senior management and/or internal/external customers about the progress and performance of OMST capability projects and systems.
• Oversee the management of the integration of key R&D technologies, process improvements, and system upgrades that improve optics processing capability performance toward OMST’s strategic and mission objectives.
• Review technical and engineering progress for projects inside OMST capabilities to ensure that defined goals and objectives are being met, participate in the design review process for OMST systems to ensure that defined goals, objectives, and requirements are appropriately addressed.
• Mentor, train, and coach team members, particularly the acceptance of risk, work induction, the IPRB design review process, and the Work Authorization Point process.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, Physics, or related technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and significant related experience and ability to lead independent work.
• Extensive experience leading multid