Posting Duration: This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time. NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs: If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs. If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date. What Your Job Will Be Like: The Secure Embedded Systems Department, 5327, focuses on the research and development of flight electronics and algorithms for cutting-edge capabilities critical to Nuclear Deterrence (ND), Department of Defense (DoD) and other US Government (USG) systems. Our activities span lower TRL research in high performance electronic subsystem hostile environment reliability to fielding pathfinder systems for major ND and other DoD and USG programs. The team has extensive experience in embedded flight electronics, inertial navigation system (INS) design and analysis, and all the advanced capabilities required to underpin effective deliveries including extensive electronic circuit/digital design talent and firmware/software expertise. The department is responsible for ongoing efforts to bring hostile environment survivability to emerging ND and DoD systems. The manager is expected to ensure that technical capabilities are maintained and advanced over time to ensure the department staff are consistently able to provide leading edge solutions to our nation’s national security problems. Line management responsibilities currently include approximately 14 staff and 4 students. Responsibilities also include crafting the department vision, hiring staff, staff development, general MOW oversight, training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. In addition, the manger is expected to work in a collaborative manner with all department and group managers across Center 5300. Staff recruitment and retention will also be a key component of success by helping drive innovation and differentiation in the solutions provided by this department. Qualifications We Require: + Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in electrical, computer engineering or STEM disciplines plus 5 years of experience; or equivalent (BS plus 8 years of experience). + Experience working in a high rigor product development environment, primarily on-site. + Demonstrated leadership skills including an ability to lead innovative and multidisciplinary technical teams with the flexibility required to respond to evolving sponsor requirements. + Demonstrated ability to achieve milestones for complex technical projects including meeting performance, cost, and schedule requirements. + Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, team building, communication, and presentation skills. + Ability to travel with moderate frequency (~monthly). + Ability to motivate and mentor staff and resolve conflicts. + Active US DOE Q security clearance required. + Ability to obtain and maintain additional security clearance/higher accesses such as an SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph test. Qualifications We Desire: Ideally, we would like to see your background include a few of the following: + Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in electrical, computer engineering or relevant discipline plus 8 years of experience. + Education or experience in embedded hardware and software/firmware design targeted to components like FGPAs, SoCs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays, System on a Chip). + A minimum of two years of demonstrated leadership experience. + Avionics hardware or software experience (e.g. real time operating systems, VPX based digital architectures…). + Any prior experience with digital assurance techniques (formal methods, verification and validation, memory safe programming languages like Rust, supply chain assurance…). + Any prior experience in hardening electronics/firmware/software against hostile environments like radiation, high power microwave, cyber… + Experience in radiation testing / radiation hardened electronics design and/or testing experience. + Experience managing projects with budgets in excess of $5M / year. + Familiarity with the ND requirements, qualification, and testing process. + Familiarity with conventional and/or nuclear subsystem electrical design / system engineering. + Experience with writing proposals for new technical work and interacting with customers. + Current SCI clearance. About Our Team: The Secure Embedded Systems Department, 5327, focuses on the research and development of flight electronics and algorithms for cutting-edge capabilities critical to Nuclear Deterrence (ND), Department of Defense (DoD) and other US Government (USG) systems. Our activities span lower TRL research in high performance electronic subsystem reliability to fielding pathfinder systems for major ND and other DoD and USG programs. The team has extensive experience in embedded flight electronics, inertial navigation system (INS) design and analysis, and all the advanced capabilities required to underpin effective deliveries including electronic circuit/digital design talent and extensive firmware / software expertise. The department is responsible for ongoing efforts to bring hostile environment survivability to emerging ND and DoD systems. The manager is expected to ensure that technical capabilities are maintained and advanced over time to ensure the department staff are consistently able to provide leading edge solutions to our nation’s national security problems. Line management responsibilities currently include approximately 14 staff and 4 students. Responsibilities also include crafting the department vision, hiring staff, staff development, general MOW oversight, training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. In addition, the manger is expected to work in a collaborative manner with all L1 and L2 managers across Center 5300. Staff recruitment and retention will also be a key component of success by helping drive innovation and differentiation in the solutions provided by this department. About Sandia: Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: + Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide + Extraordinary co-workers + Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world + Career advancement and enrichment opportunities + Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home) + Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance* World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification. Security Clearance: Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access may be impacted. Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. EEO: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law. Job ID: 691761