Division Lab Manager

Job Overview

This job announcement will be accepting candidate submissions from 18 October 2021 to 11 November 2021.

The Aerospace Components and Subsystems Technology Division, Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RYD) seeks to hire a senior-level, DR-III Senior General Engineer in Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The incumbent will serve as the Division Lab Manager and will advise the Chief, Aerospace Components and Subsystems Technology Division, on planning and management of 35+ laboratory facilities.

Position duties include, but are not limited to:

• Lead Division POC for facilities interactions with Directorate Operations Division, other AFRL TDs, other DoD, other government, industry, and academia
• Applies considerable engineering judgment and expertise to analyze R&D plans and requirements to develop and maintain Division's laboratory strategy
• Uses multidisciplinary engineering knowledge to formulate, document, communicate short-term and long-term plans for efficiency and greater capability and use of the Division's multiple laboratories which are used to conduct multi-million dollar state-of-the-art R&D including but not limited to the following: electronics, optoelectronics, lasers, photonics, highly integrated microsystems, and sensor subsystems
• Assesses complex problems and recommends courses of action to leadership
• Division lead to implement the most advanced digital engineering principles to modernize and increase efficiency of the Division's laboratories
• Responsible for developing and managing strategies, programs, and business models necessary for the safe and effective operation of modern research laboratories, including industrial hazardous materials and processes mitigation and control; bio-environmental and occupational safety; equipment maintenance, repair, and calibration; interfacing with logistics personnel, and leading in-house laboratory contractor support
• Promotes a culture where Intellectual Property (IP) is developed, documented, protected and transitioned
• Maintains awareness of the technical field and uses scientific/engineering knowledge to advise staff on IP, its transfer and transition to commercial partners and/or weapon systems to include CRADAs, licensing, and, other formal means of transfer
• Develops and maintains Division's Facilities information and marketing documentation to include the end-to-end value chain analysis to develop make, buy, or rely decisions

Required Qualifications

• United States Citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
• Level III STM certification
• A bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering discipline. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first‐year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress‐strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
• At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade, DR‐02/GS‐13, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience in microelectronics laboratory use, laboratory management, and laboratory support.
• At least one (1) year of specialized experience as a research or development team lead
• At least one (1) year of specialized experience in R&D work unit management
• At least one (1) year of specialized experience with on-site contractor support staff

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in a team lead or supervisor role
• Experience working with other AFRL Directorates
• Experience in Digital Engineering or Model-Based System Engineering
• Experience working with or within the Department of Defense research community specifically the other services and DARPA
• Ability to cultivate and sustain a professional environment of cooperation, cohesion, and teamwork
• Experience with developing and maintaining working relationships with academia, industry, and other Government agencies for research
• Experience in laboratory management software
• Experience in logistics and PMEL
• Experience in Lab Safety policies and implementation

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