R&D Manager, Electric Grid Security and Communications Department

We are seeking a dedicated R&D Manager to lead Sandia's Electric Grid Security and Communications Department (Organization 8815). The department is part of Sandia's Electric Grid Security Group, which focuses on solutions that improve our national security, including the advancement of new optimization and controls tools, innovative artificial intelligence (AI) applications, energy storage technologies, new power conversion devices and systems, and the integration of advanced technologies such as small modular nuclear reactors - all of which depend on early and integral emphasis on cybersecurity, physical security, and often secure communications technologies. The selected candidate will lead a team to develop and apply technologies to ensure that our evolving electric infrastructure is resilient to cyber, physical, natural, and related threats to secure operations. This will include growing capabilities related to cybersecurity and secure communications of an evolving and rapidly growing energy system. The department serves several DOE offices and customers in other agencies while collaborating with subject matter experts across Sandia.