Engineering Optical Coordinator

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

We have an opening for an Engineering Optical Coordinator. You will support the Supply Chain Organization within the National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate. Your responsibilities include specification, acquisition, fabrication oversight, source inspection and/or metrology for a variety of commercial and NIF-designed small and large optics, along with a variety of ancillary glass items, optics-metrology equipment, and optics-processing hardware (and at times, general mechanical and/or electrical hardware). This position is in the Laser Systems Engineering and Operations (LSEO) Division, within the Engineering Directorate.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

This position will be filled at eitherlevel based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

In this role, you will

• Provide advanced technical oversight and coordination support for optics orders and issuance of Work Orders.
• Collaborate with suppliers, requestors, LLNL Procurement, production control, NIF warehouse, LLNL Receiving, and onsite optical fabrication shops to meet project cost and schedule requirements.
• Inspect optics to verify physical dimensions and surface quality, stage, transport, and deliver parts across the LLNL site.
• Perform precision optical metrology and testing, including interferometry and spectrophotometry, to evaluate component quality, verify compliance with technical specifications, and support production and acceptance processes.
• Provide regular, detailed status updates and reports to supervisors and requesters, while anticipating and reconciling supply issues, including technical factors affecting critical milestones.
• Reconcile orders and receive optics and generate nonconformance reports for items that do not meet specification requirements.
• Initiate purchasing requisitions, secure approvals, and collaborate with Subcontract Administrators to secure award of contracts, purchase items using LLNL-issued credit card, and identify and resolve issues for successful completion as needed.
• Travel to supplier facilities to assess production progress, provide technical support, perform source inspections of optics prior to authorizing shipment, and take other necessary actions to ensure suppliers success; prepare trip reports and follow-up on open issues.
• Perform advanced technical assignments, including operation of the small optics warehouse and optical metrology activities, including inspection for laser damage.
• Organize and present regular formalized data to management using Excel and PowerPoint.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the 339.2 level

• Provide highly advanced technical and/or technical management support in the area of engineering technology or applied science, and conduct research to develop solutions to highly complex engineering problems.
• Develop and refine highly complex technical tasks by applying established guidelines, reviewing technical data, and conducting research to identify and recommend substitute optical products with comparable technical specifications when required.
• Author, review, and approve reports, operation/maintenance manuals, and other engineering related documents; routinely present material to management and peers; and plan, organize, budget, and lead multiple projects of significant scope.

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's Degreein Laser Technology, Optical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, Engineering Physics; or the equivalent combination of education and previous relevant training and work experience in optics.
• Advanced skills and understanding of complex to highly complex optical materials, along with experience in optical finishing, coating, surface quality inspection, and testing methods/issues.
• Advanced knowledge of optical metrology, including the principles, techniques, and instrumentation used to measure and evaluate optical components.
• Advanced experience in purchasing requisitions, securing approvals, award contracts, purchasing items, and resolving procurement-related issues. Advanced experience reconciling optics orders and receipts and generating nonconformance reports.
• Ability to mentor others in specific on-the-job training, with advanced technical skills specific to assignment.
• Advanced written, verbal, feedback and presentation communication skills in specific technical areas.

Additional qualifications at the 339.2 level

• Extensive experience mentoring others in specific on-the-job training, with advanced technical skills specific to assignment, may also include administrative and technical leadership skills.
• Highly advanced skills and understanding of relevant technologies and processes, including the ability in optical, mechanical and electronics technology theory to design complex systems and solutions to highly complex problems.
• Highly advanced written and verbal communication, feedback, and presentation skills in multiple technical areas.

Pay Range

$125,310 - $185,640 Annually

$125,310 - $153,444 Annually for the 338.1 level

$151,620 - $185,640 Annually for the 339.2 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

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Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
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Security Clearance

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance.If you are selected, wewill initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if youmeet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.

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