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LCLS Engineering Division Director/Chief Engineer

Job ID

6555

Location

SLAC - Menlo Park, CA

Full-Time

Regular

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LCLS Engineering Division Director/Chief Engineer

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ¿ Menlo Park, CA

About the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a world-leading scientific user facility operated by Stanford University on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. LCLS enables transformative research across materials science, chemistry, biology, and physics; advancing discoveries in clean energy, quantum materials, and structural biology.

Major upgrades, including LCLS-II and LCLS-II-HE, are delivering a more than thousandfold increase in X-ray repetition rate, from 120 to 1 million pulses per second, representing a transformative leap in photon science capabilities. To fully leverage this advancement, LCLS is executing a diverse portfolio of engineering projects aimed at enhancing and expanding the facility's performance, flexibility, and scientific reach.

These projects encompass the design and development of next-generation X-ray optics, precision opto-mechanical assemblies, and ultra-high vacuum and cryogenic systems, as well as advanced controls, diagnostics, and instrumentation to manage high average power and beam stability at unprecedented repetition rates. Collectively, these efforts enable the LCLS-II and LCLS-II-HE facilities to support a new generation of experiments, delivering higher data throughput, improved reliability, and new modes of operation that will redefine what is possible in ultrafast X-ray science.

SLAC is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory operated by Stanford University and based in Menlo Park, CA.

Position Overview

LCLS seeks an accomplished leader to serve as both Engineering Division Leader and Chief Engineer in the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) directorate. This dual role provides strategic and operational leadership for all engineering activities that directly support LCLS projects, operations, and major upgrades. The successful candidate will drive technical excellence, systems integration, and workforce development to meet the evolving needs of LCLS and its contributions to SLAC. This position reports directly to the LCLS Director and serves as a core member of the LCLS Senior Management Team.

Your specific responsibilities include:

+ Serve as a senior leader within LCLS, contributing to strategic planning, resource prioritization, and technical execution of LCLS initiatives.

+ As Engineering Division Leader, manage a multidisciplinary team supporting all LCLS engineering functions, ensuring appropriate staffing, resource planning, and workforce development.

+ As Chief Engineer for LCLS, establish and maintain engineering processes consistent with the SLAC Conduct of Engineering (CoE), ensuring rigor and compliance in the design, fabrication, testing, and operation of scientific systems.

+ Provide systems engineering and project management oversight to ensure technical performance, cost control, and adherence to schedule.

+ Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, innovation, safety, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.

+ Lead and participate in design and readiness reviews, risk assessments, and quality assurance activities.

+ Partner with other SLAC directorates and the Office of the Chief Engineer to advance lab-wide engineering standards and practices.

**To be successful in this position, you will bring** :

+ Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.

+ Minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering and management experience, including leadership of complex, multi-year, multi-million-dollar technical projects.

+ Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, design assurance, and project execution.

+ Proven ability to lead and motivate diverse, high-performing teams.

+ Strong analytical, communication, and decision-making skills.

**In addition, preferred requirements include** :

+ Master's or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.

+ Formal training or certification in Systems Engineering.

+ Experience in one or more of the following areas:

+ Experience in a national laboratory or R&D environment.

SLAC Manager Competencies:

+ Team Effectiveness: Effectively motivates team members and fosters a diverse and collaborative team environment; leverages team members' strengths for overall team effectiveness; incorporates insights to improve team operations.

+ Purpose & Vision: Articulates a clear vision of expected outcomes; inspires others to execute work plans and feel a sense of purpose and ownership for the mission.

+ Builds Trust: Earns trust and credibility from team members, peers, and stakeholders; demonstrates SLAC values of respect and integrity.

+ Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve team, department/directorate, and lab goals.

+ Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences; delivers clear and appropriate written and verbal communications; makes clear and impactful presentations to various internal and external audiences.

+ Navigate Complexity: Manages a multitude of information and complex circumstances to discern what is most important; demonstrates effective problem-solving decision-making and takes appropriate action, even in difficult situations or with conflicting data.

+ Results through Others: Achieves expected results by effectively delegating and managing the work of others.

+ Aligns Priorities: Ensures planning and prioritization of resources and work efforts; ensures alignment of direct and matrix reports to support organizational goals and business plans.

+ Applies Lab Acumen: Maintains an understanding of lab efforts and direction and current research and trends, considers technology and customer impacts, and contributes relevant, informed ideas to lab growth.

+ Self-Awareness: Seeks feedback from others and takes ownership of and actions to address what is learned; recognizes the impact on others and adjusts as needed; pursues continuous learning opportunities; implements a meaningful development plan.

Physical requirements and working conditions:

+ Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the job's essential functions.

+ Given the nature of this position, SLAC will require onsite work.

Work Standards:

+ Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues, clients, and external organizations.

+ Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety, and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1¿General Policy and Responsibilities: http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/esh/eshmanual/pdfs/ESHch01.pdf

+ Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu .

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+ Classification Title: Research Technical Manager 3

+ Grade **: N, Job code:** 4988

+ Duration: Regular Continuing

_The expected pay range for this position is $229,608 - $276,025 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the University reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs._

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. All staff at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the United States. SLAC is an E-Verify employer.