Cruise Missile Modernization Associate Program Director / W80-4 Project Engineer - Active Security Clearance Required

LLNL•Livermore, CA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is seeking a Cruise Missile Modernization Associate Program Director and W80-4 Project Engineer. This role ensures the integration of the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP), W80-5, and future Cruise Missile Modernization efforts across the Weapon Technologies and Engineering (WTE) Program. As Project Engineer, this position leads the engineering elements of the W80-4 LEP and ensures broad integration across the W80-4 project. The position is administratively in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division within the Engineering Directorate and reports programmatically to the WTE Program Associate Director. A hybrid schedule may be offered, allowing for flexibility to work from home, with specifics varying based on team and organizational needs.

Requirements

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, materials science, or related technical field or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Expert level knowledge of, and significant experience in execution of nuclear weapon design, life extension and modernization programs, systems engineering, requirements management, weapon assessment activities, and product realization processes between design and production agencies.
Expert leadership and management skills, with significant experience directing large, diverse multidisciplinary teams in successfully delivering complex technical programs, managing milestones, meeting deadlines, achieving institutional goals and objectives; effectively managing complex projects with broad scope, including technical, financial, and staffing components.
Demonstrated ability to define roles, prioritize activities, and implement strategies for operational efficiency.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, including Federal Program Offices, Production Agencies, and Department of Defense organizations.
Exceptional communication skills, with significant experience in writing reports, presenting and explaining updates, and negotiating and influencing change and decision-making at senior levels.
Significant experience implementing safety and security policies and procedures, identifying hazardous conditions, and taking corrective action to ensure personnel have the necessary training, equipment, warnings, and tools to work safely and securely.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering, materials science, or related technical field or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Significant experience sustaining productive relationships with other divisions, directorates, laboratories, plants, NNSA management, other institutions across the DOE and DOD enterprise, and external advisors and reviewers.
Familiarity with national security policy issues and with Laboratory and external contacts working these issues.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) level knowledge of Nuclear Weapon Engineering.
Expertise and significant experience with project management tools and techniques, including work planning, scheduling, cost estimating, analyzing, and managing budgets, project control reporting, and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).

Responsibilities

Provide management oversight, technical direction, and leadership for all W80-4 engineering program elements, including coordination with the Materials and Manufacturing Capabilities APD and direct support to the W80-4 Program Management Office.
Implement and direct engineering project management approaches for effective accomplishment of programmatic and institutional objectives.
Participate as a member of the WTE senior management team in the planning, implementation, and execution of short-term and strategic goals, initiatives, and project deliverables, ensuring compliance with NNSA enhanced management requirements and alignment in communications to staff.
Participate as a member of the WTE senior management team in formulating and preparing W80-4 program budgets, including managing the W80-4 engineering budgets from NA-125 (and other sources) and ensuring L2 milestones are monitored, tracked, and successfully completed.
Serve Strategic Deterrence leadership teams with expert and timely technical and management advice on all Cruise Missile Modernization matters, integrating W80-4/W80-5 with other programmatic activities.
Communicate and represent LLNL, SD, W80-4, and WTE positions across the Laboratory and the National Security Enterprise (NSE) sites, maintaining regular and constructive communications with W80-4/W80-5 NSE and Air Force partners, and supporting the obligation to anticipate and meet technical and programmatic needs of program customers.
Provide leadership and direction to ensure safe and efficient execution in all Cruise Missile Modernization engineering activities.
Develop staffing requirement plans for the Cruise Missile Modernization engineering program elements, supporting strategic investment in program personnel to foster an agile, motivated, well-trained, and sustainable workforce.
Perform other duties as assigned.