The Thermal, Fluid, and Aerosciences group (1513) is searching for a visionary department manager who can strengthen its technical leadership in the core competencies of incompressible, porous, reactive, and multiphase flow, thermal/fluid coupling, plasma physics, and rarefied gas dynamics while advancing a strategy for the future. The Computational Aerosciences Department resides in the Thermal, Fluid, and Aero Sciences Group within the Engineering Sciences Center (1500). This department supports a wide variety of work that directly impacts several mission areas, including but not limited to, nuclear deterrence, aerospace systems, renewable energy and security applications. This work also spans the research, development, and application spectrum, with significant contributions to discovery science, analysis for ND programs, and everything in between. This role will require deepening and expanding partnerships with product organizations as well as collaborating with computational and experimental organizations to advance capabilities and processes for product development with vastly reduced uncertainty and variability. Maintaining a balanced portfolio of department work across the research-development-applications spectrum is needed to ensure the department stays at the forefront of rapidly evolving capabilities. The manager's ability to attract, retain, and develop a pipeline of exceptional staff expertise to sustain the department's leadership role in thermal and fluid component science technology is critical to success.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
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Develop and maintain strong partnerships with other managers within the Group, Center, and broader Laboratories to further work across the research, development and application spectrum
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Negotiate work-scope, manage budgets, and provide assurance of department deliverables
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Foster a culture that promotes safety and security, as well as a diverse and inclusive work environment
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Strengthen internal and external partnerships to enrich relationships, leverage strengths, and amplify our mission impact
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Inspire innovation to advance cutting-edge capabilities that provide a differentiating advantage in supporting the core missions of the Laboratories
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Participate in setting technical direction for the Advanced Strategic Computing, and Delivery Environments programs, which will require strong interactions with various system and component organizations and may involve taking on programmatic responsibilities
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Traveling occasionally to support ongoing and new business efforts
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.
