Director, Spectrum Dominance Division

Responsibilities

• Identify and impact new funding opportunities as early in the program development cycle as possible
• Work with institute faculty and the executive leadership team to develop strategies for sustainment and growth of research and experiential learning programs, along with agency specific engagement strategies
• Serve as principal and co-principal investigator on proposals and awarded grants and contracts
• Support student mentorship and research on awarded programs by conducting basic and applied research, authoring technical documents and presentations, and publishing peer-reviewed papers
• Support faculty mentorship on business development and program execution
• Have ultimate responsibility for the division budget, to include ensuring that overhead labor expenditures and operating costs are within budget
• Manage research activities of undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other research faculty for which the individual serves as principal investigator; and
• Serve as the line supervisor for researchers in the division

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated record of research leadership, excellence, and impact in areas relevant to radio frequency communications
• Track record of building and growing research portfolios, establishing long-term sponsor partnerships, and securing competitive funding
• Proven success leading sponsored research programs as Principal Investigator, including delivery of results to defense, intelligence, or other national security sponsors
• U.S. citizenship and active secret clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Clearance
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration skills

Qualifications

• Extensive, progressively responsible, research leadership experience in government, industry, academia, or non-profit settings
• Experience mentoring and developing faculty, researchers, and students in interdisciplinary environments
• Recognized reputation for integrity, innovation, and thought leadership within the national security research community
• Experience managing budgets, employee levels of effort, and managing adequate staffing across multiple programs
• Strong connections across the national security research community, including government agencies (e.g., defense and intelligence), industry, and academia
• Capability to perform hands-on mentorship for both students and faculty and execution of programs and leading by example
• Experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in technical disciplines
• Experience working with graduate students in completing their degree requirements