Deployables and Undersea Connectivity – Department Head (ARL)

• Technical Leadership - Provide technical leadership by advancing the Department's research and engineering capabilities while ensuring personnel maintain the highest standards of technical excellence

• Programmatic Leadership - Lead programs and multidisciplinary teams while collaborating with laboratory leadership and external stakeholders to identify, develop, and pursue new research and business opportunities

• Resource Management - Manage departmental resources by partnering with USO leadership, Project Managers, and Principal Investigators to align staffing and resources with program priorities

• Personnel Management - Lead personnel development by establishing performance expectations, conducting performance evaluations, identifying professional development opportunities, and recruiting, retaining, and mentoring high-performing engineering, research, faculty, and student staff

• Lead experiment driven applied research and development to deliver innovative technical solutions that support sponsors and national security missions

• Plan, staff, and execute programs to ensure departmental personnel are effectively utilized and aligned with organizational goals and customer needs

• Foster a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration, technical growth, and the exploration of emerging technologies and research opportunities

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  Leading small to medium sized teams from concept development through prototype capability demonstration in relevant environments

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  Developing and maintaining relationships with external organizations and sponsors

• Managing programs, people, and a demonstrated capability to set and meet goals and objective

• Development of system test and verification plans

• Underwater acoustics and communication methods

• Mechanical and optical properties of fiber optic cabling, its deployment, and the fundamentals of data transmission

• Electronic design and RF communication devices and techniques

• Ability to express ideas successfully to drive understanding

• Current eligibility for access to classified information at the Secret level or higher and may be subject to a government background investigation to upgrade clearance eligibility, if required

• Proven history of identifying sponsor needs and developing proposals to address those needs

• Experience collaborating in multi-disciplinary, team-oriented cultures

• Experience in the design and testing of tethered and untethered undersea deployable devices (buoys, sensors, tow bodies, etc.)

• Master’s Degree or PhD in a relevant field

Your working location will be fully on-site located in State College, PA. This role requires periodic travel to remote locations.

ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our website at www.arl.psu.edu.

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