Deputy Technical Director, Electron-Ion Collider

• Assist the Technical Director in setting and maintaining an overall technical vision strategy and direction for the EIC project
• Support the Technical Director in providing technical leadership for the design integration construction installation commissioning and operational readiness of the EIC Project.
• Direct and oversee the EIC Systems Engineering organization including direct supervision of the Chief Systems Engineer and indirect supervision of the Systems Engineering staff.
• Oversee the planning execution and documentation of project technical reviews including system design readiness and acceptance reviews to ensure compliance with DOE requirements and project standards.
• Facilitate technical integration and design convergence across the accelerator detector and conventional facilities subsystems ensuring that cross-system dependencies and interfaces are identified and managed.
• Support implementation and maintenance of the EIC technical baseline through systems engineering requirements management interface control and configuration management processes.
• Identify evaluate and resolve technical risks and integration issues in collaboration with project leadership System Managers and engineering teams.
• Coordinate technical activities among Brookhaven National Laboratory Jefferson Lab partner laboratories universities and international collaborators to ensure successful execution of the EIC technical scope.
• Support preparation for DOE project reviews including Critical Decision milestones and Accelerator Readiness Reviews ensuring technical documentation and engineering readiness requirements are satisfied.
• Serve as a member of the EIC Change Control Board providing technical evaluation and recommendations for proposed engineering changes and technical baseline modifications.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering input to project planning technical basis of estimate development risk management and project cost schedule and performance reporting.
• Represent the Technical Director in project reviews technical meetings and interactions with DOE and external stakeholders as delegated and act on behalf of the Technical Director when required.
• Foster an inclusive collaborative and high-performing culture.

• Masters degree in engineering physics or a related technical discipline.
• Twelve (12) years of related experience including at least eight (8) years of progressively responsible technical leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering or scientific organizations. Experience leading the technical execution of large complex scientific engineering or accelerator projects/programs is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of particle accelerators colliders and all associated technologies.
• Experience coordinating and/or leading international multidisciplinary teams and technical activities across multiple organizations and institutions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of design technical risk management and project execution for complex scientific or technical facilities.
• Excellent presentation written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage motivate direct and lead effectively among a diverse group of scientific engineering technical and administrative personnel.
• Demonstrated commitment to working safely acting ethically and taking personal accountability for operational excellence.

• Certification as Project Management Professional
• National or international recognition in the field of particle accelerators and associated technologies.
• Experience with management of DOE Office of Science capital asset projects or international large-science projects.
• Experience with leading design engineering and technical integration activities for large accelerator scientific or research facilities.
• Experience with commissioning and operating particle colliders and subsystems.
• Knowledge of DOE configuration management and project management requirements.
• Experience supporting DOE Critical Decision reviews Independent Project Reviews and Accelerator Readiness Reviews.
• In-depth knowledge of DOE policies procedures and engineering standards and practices.

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.
• This is an on-site position in Upton NY.
• For consideration please apply by: 9/15/26

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