Cleared Early Career Engineering Program/Project Lead, Product Transition - (Onsite)

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an Engineering Program & Project Lead to serve as Technical Project Manager for the 5478 Product Transition Department supporting Hypersonic programs. You will use related technical experience while supporting the CPS and LRHW programs as Sandia delivers hypersonic glide body designs to industry partners for manufacturing. You will oversee work at the technical project management level and will represent Product Transition interfacing with each of the Baseline Leadership Teams (BLTs). You will help the BLTs and the Integrated Product Teams (engineers in various disciplines performing design work) to understand their programmatic requirements to deliver a Design Definition Package (DDP). This work includes providing frequent guidance related to what information should be in the DDP, formatting, coordination between the Design Agent and the Production Agent for deliverables (DDP, APPs, hardware, software, etc.), and more. You will work with multiple teams with a variety of engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, systems, and manufacturing) ensuring collaboration and coordination of efforts. You will assist the department manager with day-to-day oversight of the team of assigned Product Engineers. You will ensure efforts across the teams are synchronized and in accordance with guidance from government program sponsors to satisfy the needs of the nation. You will travel occasionally to support program interactions and system integration activities, potentially including flight testing at remote test facilities.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Oversee engineering and technical projects for internal and external customers, coordinate work performed in other internal (Sandia) and external organizations.
• Communicate system and subsystem requirements, project scope, schedules, and deliverables that support government program sponsor needs.
• Negotiate deliverables between Sandia and external customers and partners.
• Assist Sandia's "Baseline Leadership Teams" (technical project management teams) to achieve a shared understanding of their responsibilities and deliverables, specifically design definition packages (DDPs).
• Coordinate with Configuration Managers, Tech Writers, and Information Managers to help prioritize work and track delivery of DDPs.
• Provide oversight and recommendation to Product Engineers interacting with multiple IPTs and external manufacturing engineers to ensure consistency of efforts.
• Provide leadership and planning to support efficient execution of projects; apply technical knowledge and experience to achieve project objectives and deliverables.
• Use technical judgment in negotiating with customers and program managers to ensure resources are available to accomplish the work, identify procurement and contracting needs, and organize resources to complete project deliverables within the scope, schedules, and budgets for the projects.
• Use technical judgment, working with engineers of various disciplines, while identifying and analyzing technical and programmatic risks. Assist in developing risk mitigation strategies and corrective actions and recommend risk acceptance or avoidance for various aspects of the project.
• Negotiate with customers on matters related to project requirements, schedules, and deliverables.
• Assist in answering clarification or design change requests from government customers and industry partners.
• Assist in identifying potential design updates for manufacturability improvement or production cost reduction.
• Assist in preparing recurring project reports to inform customers on the status of work.
• Conduct project postmortems and utilize lessons learned for process improvement.
• Recommend changes to scope of projects, including Project Transition or glide body Design Agent aspects of program support.
  
  You will travel occasionally to support program interactions and system integration activities, potentially including flight testing at remote test facilities. Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$99,400 - $193,600

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's degree in related field, plus 1 year of experience; OR equivalent experience in lieu of education. (AS+ 5 or no degree + 9 years)
• Experience managing engineering projects or programs including work from various scientific or engineering disciplines such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, and manufacturing.
• Experience managing technical engineering and manufacturing work, including ensuring multiple project teams are communicating and collaborating with each other related to deliverables, schedule, and deconfliction of resources.
• Experience documenting reports to customers, tracking requested design changes and recommending producibility improvements.
• Active DOE Q security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience working in or with PDMLink to manage and reference technical design documents.
• Ability to understand system requirements and technical aspects of the product being designed by Sandia for DoD customers.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to successfully plan, organize, lead, and monitor team efforts to completion.
• Experience creating product documentation and records.
• Experience with process improvement and designing for producibility/manufacturability.
• Experience working in a Design Agent - Production Agent collaborative situation.
• Ability to work effectively on both small and large development teams.
• Commitment to developing yourself and your skill set.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

About Our Team:

The Product Transition Department 05478 provides industry partner support for the Hypersonic Programs in the Enabling Capabilities group within the Integrated Military Systems Development Center at Sandia. 5478 coordinates the development of Mechanical, Electrical, and Avionics flight technologies to be integrated and tested by industry partners to provide flight solutions for missiles and hypersonic flight platforms. Typically, these systems support the DOD including Army, Navy, Air Force, and other Agencies. 5400 has successfully developed hypersonic systems for the nation and is extending our role on the national stage for both developmental and fieldable systems.

Our programs cover a broad spectrum of applications; from advanced aerodynamically controlled vehicles, to maneuvering hypersonic kill vehicles, to ballistic missile systems. All the activities require the extensive use of commonly developed Sandia avionics as well as prototype next generation technology that has never been flown. Levering existing technologies and maturing the Hypersonics portfolio for national needs is a demanding task and is a key component of Exceptional Service in the National Interest. The department strives to provide leadership to the Laboratory and the Nation in the creative development, use, and application of Hypersonic flight platforms.

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.

Security Clearance:

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance 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 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.

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.

Job ID: 695093

Job Family: EN

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F