W80-4 Engineering Group Leader - Security Clearance Required

• Full-time
• Job Code 2: SEL.
  4 Science & Engineering TSL 4
• Employee Referral Bonus:
  Not applicable
• Job Code 1: SEL.
  3 Science & Engineering TSL 3
• Pre-Employment Drug Test:
  Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)
• Pre-Placement Medical Exam: A job-related pre-placement medical examination may be required
• Security Clearance:
  Active DOE Q clearance (or active Top Secret clearance)

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

We have an opening for a W80-4 Engineering Group Leader with responsibility for leading a group of professional and technical personnel, primarily in the execution of W80-4 engineering development and production. Your team will provide a combination of engineering design, project management, qualification, and support to production agencies for the W80-4 and other projects. This position is in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED), supporting the Weapon Technologies and Engineering (WTE) Program.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, based on team and organizational needs.

You will

• Supervise, provide technical and administrative direction, guidance, support, mentoring, coaching, and promote teamwork for group personnel. Participate in performance review, rating, and salary management processes.
• Provide technical leadership in weapon engineering and management, interagency coordination, design development, product realization, assessments, qualification, and certification.
• Recruit, hire, and onboard new staff as needed to meet programmatic staffing needs.
• Provide technical, safety, and security leadership to group personnel and activities and collaborate with project principals and group personnel in defining employee work assignments.
• Remain cognizant of technical goals, programmatic priorities, group workload balances, and progress of group projects. Support engagements with programmatic leadership as needed to ensure group workloads are executable.
• Foster and uphold the mission, vision, and values of DTED and LLNL through leadership of personnel.
• Monitor performance required to meet programmatic milestones and deliverables and lead corrective actions where necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the SEL.
4 level

• Provide solutions to unusual, highly complex, and/or sensitive issues/problems where the solution path is not known ahead of time.
• Influence strategic technical decisions made by senior management and external stakeholders based on weapon expertise.
• Serve as program spokesperson to Laboratory management and/or peers in the NSE representing the Laboratory in nuclear design and engineering.
  • This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, or equivalent level of education and related experience.
  • Significant…