Director of Nuclear Materials and Technology Development
Director of Nuclear Materials and Technology Development
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$ 148850 - 269075
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Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems solutions and services covering land sea air space and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT largescale intelligence systems command and control geospatial and data analytics cybersecurity logistics training and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions. To explore and learn more click here!
Leidos is seeking a Director of Nuclear Materials and Technology Development to join our diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense space cyber and commercial fields Leidos provides responsive costeffective engineering scientific and IT solutions. The Advanced Materials Department as part of the Hypersonics Division and Defense Systems Sector operates in a diverse fastpaced environment working on research development technology transition prototyping and production efforts that are critically enabled by materials operating in extreme environments.
Primary Responsibilities
As part of the Advanced Materials Department the successful candidate will provide technical programmatic and business development leadership across a diverse portfolio. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Serve as a nuclear applications and advanced materials subject matter expert across various programs and capture activities on an as needed basis.
- Collaborate across internal organizations as well as government industry academic and national lab partners to develop new technical solutions and program concepts with strategic alignment to Defense Sector objectives.
- Lead or support business development capture management proposal writing and technical solutioning
- Perform program management on an as needed basis for projects particularly aligned with the candidates portfolio focus and expertise
- Work with other Department and Division leadership to assess current capabilities and define strategic capability growth paths
- Provide technical mentorship to more junior staff in the domain of materials science & nuclear engineering
The successful candidate will be highly selfmotivated comfortable with and having demonstrated the ability to navigate obstacles in technology funding program structure and stakeholder relationships in order to deliver on our customers missions.
Basic Qualifications
- This position requires an Bachelors Degree and 20 years of applicable experience.
- A technical degree in a physics materials or chemistry related science or engineering field.
- This position requires significant professional experience in nuclear applications
- Must have experience in direct technical program or project management
- Must have experience building and managing a technical portfolio of over $10M
- Experience in business development capture management proposal writing or grant application writing
- Experience leading advanced material focused test projects
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in modeling and simulation of material phenomena
- A technical portfolio including published journal articles and/or patent applications or a similar body of work outside of the public domain
- A Masters Degree and 15 years relevant experience or PhD with 13 years of relevant experience
- Experience working collaboratively with government industry academia and national labs to build and execute programs.
Original Posting:
March 19 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $148850.00 $269075.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
