Manager, Post-Fab Supply Chain Mgmt (5237)

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Salary Range

$135,000 - $229,400
*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

What Your Job Will Be Like

Consider leading an exciting new MESA organization that supports production and delivery of numerous products for critical national security missions. We are seeking a technical R&D Manager who will be responsible for providing strategic and tactical direction for the Post-Fab supply chain management team. This group is responsible for developing and managing supply chains for multiple Post-Fab product realization activities including Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Electrical Environmental Sensing Device (EESD), and Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs). The manager will provide support to a range of projects within MESA, so will have the opportunity to develop relationships and make contributions across the center with high visibility to senior management and federal program managers.
On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Develop and implement supply chain management processes to improve efficiency for ND product manufacturing.
• Oversee inventory and material control, supply chain risk assessments, third party material verification, configuration management, etc.
• Provide clear and achievable execution plans to your team for timely materials and vendor access for Post-Fab Technologies' realization (5236), packaging (5235), advanced packaging (5232) and testing (5231) production groups.
• Manage relationships with critical external suppliers to ensure on-time and on-quality delivery of products to federal programs.
• Own the implementation and adoption of enhanced business, financial and production system capabilities within Oracle, Factory works and other applications for our department.
• Strategically recruit and mentor staff and technologists to achieve necessary Post-Fabrication supply chain management needs.
• Establish a vision, setting high expectations, promoting accountability, providing assistance to remove roadblocks to progress, and maintaining a safe, secure, and productive work environment.

This position is eligible for telecommuting and the selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Qualifications We Require

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM or relevant field plus ten (10) or more years of relevant experience or;
  • Master's degree in the above plus six (6) or more years' experience
• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated leadership experience as a PRT lead and/or a department manager
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE L clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Establishing strong vendor partnerships and vendor management processes
• Demonstrated track record of mentoring and coaching staff members and technologists
• Experience with and training in lean six sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies
• Familiarity with microelectronics assembly processes and tooling
• Knowledge of ND products and programs
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior and executive management
• Demonstrated experience working in a product delivery or related production environment
• Experience or familiarity with Realize Product Procedures (RPPs), NW Quality standards, and/or delivery of Mark Quality products
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills in developing trust-based relationships among peers, staff, management, and customers
• Experience in Major Component and/or Sandia Production (SP) projects
• Knowledge of the capabilities of SNL's constituent organizations and a professional network at SNL that allows rapid engagement
• Active DOE L or Q clearance

About Our Team

The Post-Fab Technologies organization is responsible for microelectronic packaging design, development, engineering and production activities with applications spanning microelectronics, MEMS, photonic systems, and RFICs. The Post-Fab Technologies Group is part of Sandia's Microsystems Engineering, Science, and Applications Center (MESA). This new organization will consolidate Post-Fab's supply chain, planning, scheduling, and product realization functions to coordinate all in- and out-of-house packaging activities.

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.