Center Director for Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing

Center Director for Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$272,970 - $346,140 Annually for the SEL.
5 level. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a dynamic and visionary leader to lead the Center for Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing (CBB) and establish it as a nationally recognized research hub focused on advancing capabilities to solve materials security and bioresilience challenges. CBB serves as multidisciplinary center for bioengineering and biomanufacturing talent across the laboratory, integrating the expertise from Engineering, Physical and Life Sciences (PLS), and Computing Directorates.

Aligned with the Laboratory's S&T strategy identifying Advanced Materials & Manufacturing as one of three main technical pillars underpinning the lab, the Center is being refocused to advance the Laboratory's biomanufacturing capabilities by integrating PLS’s biosciences and Engineering’s manufacturing expertise. This emphasis recognizes the critical need for integrated discovery and biodesign, synthetic biology, process engineering, and scale-up of biomaterials critical to national security missions.

In parallel, in concert with the Laboratory’s strategic investments in AI/ML and high-performance computing for predictive science, establishing high-throughput platforms for biological data generation becomes essential to training and validating these advanced computational models. The Laboratory is uniquely positioned to lead in these critical areas by converging experimental biosciences, advanced manufacturing, autonomous laboratory systems, and AI-enabled computational design to deliver transformational solutions across national security mission domains.

Research and development activities are organized around two thematic focus areas:

1) Biomaterials and Biomanufacturing: Leveraging synthetic biology and additive manufacturing to create novel biomaterials and transformative bio-based processes focused on meeting national security challenges;

2) Biomeasurement Platforms: Leveraging Laboratory’s distinctive technical expertise in science and engineering, develop advanced biosensing and characterization capabilities and platforms, advancing biological data generation across multiple frontiers: precision, throughput, automation and innovation.

CBB leverages unique facilities at LLNL including the Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratories;
Center for Micro and Nanotechnology, Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (AML); and LLNL’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources. As the Director of CBB, you will play a critical role relying on expert communication, facilitation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to develop and lead innovative research, build cooperative teams, and interact with management and sponsors on a wide variety of levels. This position will be at 0.5 FTE in the Engineering Principal Associate Director’s Office and will report to the Deputy Principal Associate Director for Mission.

In this role you will

• Develop a vision, strategy and implementation plan towards establishing CBB as a nationally recognized capability.
• Lead the Biomaterials and Biomanufacturing capability at LLNL by integrating…