Director, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement; ARM User Facility

Position: Director, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility
** Overview*
* At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as Directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget.

Our Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Earth and Biological Sciences, Physical and Computational Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have an Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus.

The Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate (EBSD) leads critical research in four areas:
Atmospheric, Climate & Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences, Environmental Molecular Sciences, and Global Change. Our vision is to develop a predictive understanding of biological and Earth systems in transition. We aim to understand energy and material flows within the integrated Earth system; to understand, predict, and control the response of biosystems to environmental and/or genomic changes; and to   Model the Earth system from the subsurface to the atmosphere. 

** Responsibilities*
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** Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)
** User Facility ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). ), is one of the world's premier atmospheric research facilities providing more than 30 years of continuous, globally extensive atmospheric measurements to benefit the global scientific community. ARM operates a global constellation of fixed atmospheric observatories (in the U.S. Southern Great Plains, the North Slope of Alaska, and the Eastern North Atlantic), mobile measurement facilities, and advanced aerial platforms that deliver unrivaled observational data to the international research community.

Through its high-performance computing, data analytics, and modeling capabilities, ARM transforms raw observations into community-accessible data products and large-eddy simulations, enabling scientists around the world to better understand atmospheric processes, improve Earth system models, and estimate impacts to energy systems and resilience.

The Director,  
** ARM User Facility
** reports to the Associate Laboratory Director for organization and provides scientific leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) enterprise, which spans a consortium of nine DOE National Laboratories. In this position, they will set scientific priorities, lead complex operations across ARM's multiple observatories and platforms (ground-, mobile-, and aerial-based (including UAS and a modified Challenger 850);

stewarding data quality and critical infrastructure; and collaborating closely with DOE, other DOE user facilities, national laboratories, academic institutions, and the broader scientific community. The Director, ARM leadership will accelerate how researchers understand the earth's atmosphere and how that understanding strengthens energy resilience, climate modeling, and scientific innovation.

The Director, ARM requires strong scientific credibility, a forward-looking scientific vision, demonstrated organizational leadership and management acumen to advance ARM's mission, ensure sustainable operations, and deliver high-impact science and capabilities.

** Job Duties*
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** Strategic Science Vision and Direction:
** Lead ARM's scientific mission and long-term vision, aligning priorities with DOE Office of Science goals and emerging atmospheric research needs. The Director, ARM will be responsible for driving the development and execution of ARM's 10-year strategic plan in working in close collaboration with the Atmospheric research community, ARM staff, and the Department of Energy Office of Science program sponsors.

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** Operational Stewardship:
** Lead the operations of ARM's fixed observatories, global mobile facilities, aerial platforms, instrumentation, data services, modeling, and computing infrastructure, ensuring coordination and alignment across the nine‑laboratory consortium. This includes:

+ Overseeing global field operations-including planning, reviewing, and executing field campaigns and deployments of ARM's mobile facilities.

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