Senior Lethality & Threat Program Leader

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 118,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories seeks an experienced R&D Analyst and Program Lead to support DOE/DoD national security programs through physics-based analysis, modeling and simulation, test interpretation, and threat engineering activities. You will provide technical and programmatic leadership for efforts involving shock physics and lethality/vulnerability assessments.

The selected candidate will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define approaches, plan tests, evaluate results, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical analyses in shock physics, hydro-structural interactions, high-rate structural mechanics, and lethality/vulnerability evaluations.
• Provide subject matter expertise and technical direction for modeling, simulation, test, and analysis activities supporting national defense needs.
• Develop and implement scientific and engineering approaches using shock physics, hydrocodes, finite element, or engineering-level assessment tools.
• Guide the development of scripts, workflows, and post-processing methods to evaluate and visualize results.
• Lead or coordinate multidisciplinary teams to assess system performance and technical risks.
• Provide programmatic and technical leadership, including support for cost, schedule, deliverables, and customer interactions.
• Lead the development of briefings, reports, technical recommendations, and decision-support materials.
• Shape threat engineering activities, including development and evaluation of technical information used to understand current and emerging threats.
• Mentor early-career staff and help develop departmental capabilities in modeling, simulation, testing, threat engineering, and lethality/vulnerability assessment

Skills

Modeling & simulation

Technical leadership

Threat engineering

DOE/DoD clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

CTH

PRESTO

ZAPOTEC

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories seeks an experienced R&D Analyst and Program Lead to support DOE/DoD national security programs through physics-based analysis, modeling and simulation, test interpretation, and threat engineering activities. You will provide technical and programmatic leadership for efforts involving shock physics and lethality/vulnerability assessments.

The selected candidate will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define approaches, plan tests, evaluate results, and