Space Electronics & Signal Processing Deputy Group Leader (R&D Manager 3)

About the Role

The Space Electronics & Signal Processing (ISR-4) Group is seeking an experienced and innovative engineer to join its highly collaborative leadership team. Los Alamos National Laboratory's Intelligence & Space Research (ISR) Division designs, builds, delivers, and exploits innovative ground- and space-based measurement systems and provides unique analysis and interpretation of data from these systems. The ISR-4 Deputy Group Leader (DGL) will work closely with the ISR-4 Group Leader (GL) and is a key member of the ISR division leadership team, providing scientific, technical, and operational leadership along with management oversight for a group of over 40 full-time technical staff members.

The DGL will lead strategic initiatives benefiting ISR-4 staff, capabilities, and project missions, and proactively address tactical needs across areas ranging from facilities management to dynamic staffing needs. The GL and DGL, along with five team leaders, form the ISR-4 Group Leadership Team, responsible for developing and implementing a vision and collaborations to sustain ISR-4 into the future. This position offers the opportunity to continue performing technical work in a half-time capacity, balancing growth in management with direct contributions to project deliverables.

Responsibilities

The DGL will be expected to partner with the Group Leader to:

• Develop and implement the strategic direction of the group and the electronics design capability in ISR Division.
• Mentor, coach, and build effective teams, with particular emphasis on individual staff career development.
• Marshal resources and investments for development and sustainment of the group's technical capabilities and serve as a resource for domain expertise across Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• Work with the ISR Division Leadership Team, program offices, project leaders, and key stakeholders to provide oversight, support, and coordination of work by ensuring safety and security of the workforce.
• Manage workforce and group administration, including performance and salary management, staffing plan development, leading hiring committees, group financial oversight, facility and specialized equipment sustainment and modernization, and processes development to ensure all staff adhere to safety and security requirements.

Requirements

• Collaboration and Communication: Demonstrated record in developing collaborations, promoting teamwork, building consensus, and motivating others through common goals and objectives. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey complex concepts or difficult decisions. Strong organizational skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to evaluate tradeoffs. Ability to influence and support project execution or organizational direction. Strong active listening skills.
• Leadership and Management: Proven ability to motivate and lead a team with varied skillsets and expertise through a complex technical risk landscape, such as situations with competing or conflicting priorities or within highly constrained funding and schedules. Demonstrated ability to model collaborative leadership to develop and sustain a creative, entrepreneurial R&D work environment. Experience and skill in conflict management and resolution. Experience in or aptitude for working in a large, complex institution with many systems, policies, and processes.
• Workforce Development: Demonstrated ability to foster a positive work culture, create opportunities and challenges for technical and support staff, and advance their knowledge and skills—on both an individual and team level. Demonstrated experience and skill at developing relationships with individuals and acting as an effective mentor and coach. Demonstrated passion for and record of continuous personal learning and professional growth.
• Technical Experience: Experience in one or more of the group's core capabilities:
  • Embedded Electronics Design & Layout
  • Analog Circuit Design for Specialized Detectors
  • Digital Signal Processing and Embedded Software
  • Mixed-signal System Design and Optimization
  • Rad-hard Single Board Computers
  • Power Electronics & Specialty Power Supply Design
  • Applied RF & Antenna Design
• Security Clearance: Ability and desire to obtain Q clearance, which generally requires U.S. citizenship.

Position requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 5 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. Degree in a STEM field preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, testing, and/or delivering hardware for space applications.
• Familiarity with the administration of operational and administrative policies and procedures at LANL.
• Prior record of program development, development of proposals, marketing of capabilities, and growth of customer relationships.
• Prior experience supervising and leading multidisciplinary teams of individuals with diverse backgrounds.
• Active Q/SCI clearance/access.

Work Environment

Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management. Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Due to federal restrictions, citizens of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau), the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, including Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Benefits

• PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with a large nationwide network
• Dental and vision insurance
• Free basic life and disability insurance
• Paid childbirth and parental leave
• Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)
• Onsite gyms and wellness programs
• Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50-mile radius)

Clearance: Q clearance required. Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation, and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. This position requires U.S. citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required.