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Deputy Program Manager - Space-based Nuclear Detonation Detection (Science/Engineering Program Manag
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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$201,752 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
Between $142k and
$238k
Per Year
Position range in Northern Region $86k
- $141k Per Year Deputy Program Manager
- Space-based Nuclear Detonation Detection (Science/Engineering Program Manag Los Alamos National Laboratory
Occupation:
Managers, All OtherLocation:
Los Alamos, NM- 87544
Job Type:
Full Time (30 Hours or More)Posted:
07/02/2026 Positions available: 1Source:
Los Alamos National LaboratoryWeb Site:
www.lanl.gov Job #:IRC144834
Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Work Onsite Full Time Schedule Full Time Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. What You Will Do The selected candidate will serve as Deputy Program Manager (DPM) for the NNSA-sponsored Space- based Nuclear Detonation Detection (SNDD) Program, a $70-90M/annual enterprise whose goal is to detect, locate, and report nuclear detonations in the Earth's atmosphere or near space in near real-time.
Specific duties include:
- Under the direction of the PM, coordinate planning and development activities between Los Alamos, government agencies, other laboratories, and industry. This includes working with internal and external stakeholders to turn the SNDD program vision into an executable plan, and ensuring the plan is successfully realized.
- Coordinate disparate capabilities and needs across the program to ensure that they are eReffectively communicated and utilized to meet sponsor and stakeholder needs within schedule and budget constraints. This includes working closely with scientific and technical staff to effectively communicate opportunities, set priorities, and persistently manage progress.
- Support program-level activities and coordination as needed, requiring maintaining awareness of all high-level program activities, directions, and initiatives across the various payload development, integration and operations support; technology development and crosscutting activities.
- Work closely with one or more external SNDD stakeholder agencies to effectively and persistently understand stakeholder needs and opportunities, and jointly develop Los Alamos capabilities to meet these.
- Work with Los Alamos program, line, and project leadership to ensure that program execution is consistent with sponsor and stakeholder needs and constraints such as budget and schedule, and communicate progress, status, and issues back to sponsors and stakeholders.
- Broadly represent Los Alamos and support the SNDD program manager for specific areas of responsibility, as well as national activities and events as needed.
- Present results to peers, customers, and management in formal and informal settings.
What You Need Minimum Job Requirements:
- Two or more years of experience leading the development of remote sensing instrumentation and/or sensor data processing systems, or production of space hardware, as the project or technical lead, including use of associated project management standards, tools, and techniques.
- Expert-level knowledge of at least one of the following relevant technical areas: nuclear weapons outputs or effects; electromagnetic, radiation, and/or particle sensing systems; sensor data processing systems; or systems engineering for space systems.
- Demonstrated ability to rapidly identify, and successfully adapt to, changing priorities, constraints, conditions, and problems.
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical issues to non
- technical stakeholders and collaborators.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead and influence peers within the context of diverse collaborations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Security Clearance and an SCI clearance which may require a polygraph test.
- Due to the nature of the work, this is a fully onsite position without the possibility of remote work.
Education:
Position requires a bachelor's degree in a science or engineering related field from an accredited institution and 8 years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to science/engineering program management. A degree in a relevant technical area (e.g., physics, engineering, computer science) preferred. At this level an advanced degree is typically expected.Desired Qualifications:
- Experience using DoD, NASA, or similar standards and processes for the development, realization, and operation of space-based instrumentation.
- Experience establishing subcontracts and managing procurements.
- Knowledge of DoD acquisition frameworks and processes.
Active Q/SCI Clearance Physical Requirements:
(can perform with or without reasonable accommodation):- Physical movement between buildings located primarily within a half-mile radius, which may include movement across uneven and/or inclined ground.
- Physical movement within large interior facility spaces and corridors.
- Direct or peripheral interaction with hardware, equipment, and instruments in office and laboratory environments.