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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Sandia National Laboratories seeks an enthusiastic professional in the geospatial analytics for national security space to develop and lead teams in identifying, securing, and delivering on existing and new projects as part of the Mission Engineering & GEOINT Data Analytics for Space Program Office (MEGASPO). The ideal new leader is an established professional in the areas of remote sensing and geospatial intelligence with existing funder connections and the ability and experience cultivating new leads who can simultaneously coordinate integrating their own team with other SMEs across Sandia to deliver on project outcomes.

Experience leading teams across the project lifecycle is necessary as is the criticality of being an active listener to this role. These traits are key as on any given day you job may involve the following:

• Work collaboratively with peer research managers and the MEGASPO program manager to deliver on project outcomes to existing defense and IC sponsors on time and to the standards of quality expected from Sandia.
• Manage a team of 11 innovative scientists and engineers, including all hiring, retention, performance engagement, career development, and skills-projects alignment needed on a regular basis.
• Build and maintain relationships with key sponsors in the defense and IC communities, with a focus on finding new opportunities for Sandia to meet the needs of our partners.
• Travel to key sponsor project meetings/offsites as needed (approximately 1x every 4-8 weeks).

For 75 years Sandia has worked tirelessly to deliver on our charter as outlined by President Truman in 1949 – “To render exceptional service in the national interest”. This manager must as a requisite for the position have the necessary growth mindset and enthusiasm to see beyond what is currently being done and imagine what Sandia can deliver for national security in the future. Positions of this nature across the laboratory complex are excellent steppingstones to future leadership opportunities.

This position must be able to work onsite at our main facility in Albuquerque, NM.

Qualifications We Require:

Minimum Education Requirements-

• Bachelor’s degree, plus five or more years working with space sensor systems and data processing & exploitation in a national security environment or a closely related area of work.

Other Minimum Requirements

• Experience interacting with government laboratories, government representatives, internal and external partners, and suppliers at all levels to negotiate, plan and deliver on customer requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph examination.

Qualifications We Desire:

• A graduate degree in science or engineering (MS or Ph.D.).
• Ability to engage in frequent travel (once a month on average)
• Experience in developing or managing Strategic Partnering Program (SPP) projects and/or Strategic Intelligence Partnering Programs (SIPP) Projects and understanding of the funding process.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, including effective leadership, teamwork, and negotiation. Demonstrated capability to build trust-based relationships among peers, staff, management, and customers at all levels.
• Demonstrated experience developing technical proposals, presenting these proposals to potential customers, and acquiring funding for those proposals.
• Familiarity with multi-phenomenology analysis and simulation of sensing instrument performance.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in diverse, multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Experience in the following areas:
• Remote sensing technologies
• Mission systems engineering
• Modeling and simulation
• Flight system disciplines
• Signal/image processing and analysis
• Information/data science
• Current SCI clearance.

About Our Team:

This organization is responsible for analyses of signatures & signals as they relate to mission definition coupled with payload & ground capabilities in optimizing system performance to meet customer mission technical requirements. The Mission Engineering and Analysis organization responsibilities include radiometric sensor test planning and support; mission data analysis; remote sensing modeling, characterizing, and optimizing sensing instrument performance; and technical analysis and design of next generation systems to meet overall system mission performance and operational goals.

The Systems Mission Engineering Center (6300) organization provides real-time remote sensing solutions in space, ground, and other domains for actionable intelligence against threats to the nation. We are focused on developing future program opportunities for the Space Mission Program, engaging with key external communities, agencies, and industrial entities. The strategic objective of Mission Engineering & Geospatial Data Analytics (6340) is to enable and optimize use of disparate Geospatial data sources to provide actionable intelligence address threats to national security that are increasingly more complex. The newly established group will develop new approaches and mission for current systems and expedite operationalizing new capabilities. The 6340 team will cultivate multiple partnerships with the broad S&T community to drive cutting edge technologies and leverage government funded Research & Development to ensure CONOPS of the future are ready before the critical need. The leaders of these mission areas are responsible for realizing the Space Mission Program development and diversification activities that will differentiate Sandia as a key member of our Nation's space community.

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:

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.

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: 693110