Branch Manager - Materials and Process

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Your greatest work is ahead! Leidos’ Defense Systems is seeking a Materials & Processes Engineering Branch Manager.

The Advanced Materials and Test Division is a multi-disciplinary team that provides materials engineering expertise for every phase of a program. With backgrounds in materials science, chemistry/chemical engineering, physics, among others, the division has experience in executing a variety of efforts from R&D, to prototype development, to supporting design and build tasks for manufacturing. Beyond subject matter expertise, the department has the analysis equipment, multi-physics modelling capability and experimental lab space to support activities ranging from proof-of-concept experimentation to manufacturing support.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with 'can’t fail' missions.

• Playing a lead role in setting the Materials and Process Engineering roadmap for the Advanced Materials & Test Division based on an in-depth understanding of customer needs, industry and process technology developments, and group capabilities.
• This includes serving as Solution Architect on relevant programs and assisting in defining and leading IRaD efforts
• Engaging proactively with other divisions and product development organizations to understand their technical needs and connect them with the right Materials & Process (M&P) support, serving as a key liaison between the branch and its internal customers
• Forecasting the organization’s future M&P needs and positioning branch capabilities and expertise in the right technical domains ahead of demand, so project teams have the support they need to meet their objectives
• Performing or directly overseeing in-lab and production-floor process development, scale-up, and qualification activities to deliver engineering solutions as part of customer program or IRaD execution
• Providing technical oversight and mentorship to develop team members with an emphasis on developing future leaders, or coordinating and monitoring such mentorship when time constraints or technical domain require delegating this task
• Developing strong working relationships with team members to maximize productivity
• Personnel management including hiring, employee development, appraisals, and staff assignment coordination
• Tracking staff coverage to identify hiring needs, write job postings, coordinate screening of applicants, conduct interviews, and make hiring recommendations
• Performing, or delegating within the branch and overseeing program management for efforts primarily led or executed by the branch
• Supporting business development goals and initiatives by building and maintaining customer relationships and contributing to (or leading) proposals
• Providing technical input to program leadership during the planning and…