Alarms System Group Leader

We have an opening for an Alarms Systems Group Leader. You will provide advanced technical leadership, strategic contribution, and supervision for multiple teams responsible for fire alarm systems engineering design and central alarm system software development within the Alarms Division. This role ensures the integration, reliability, and compliance of life safety alarm systems across the Laboratory, while monitoring program performance, resource allocation, and personnel supervision. You will provide technical direction, operational guidance, and near-to-mid-term planning, budgets, and represent the functional area with management, stakeholders, and regulatory authorities. This position is in the Emergency Management Department, Alarms Division.
This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.
You will
Lead and supervise a technical team or defined functional area, providing work direction, performance management, staffing input, and workforce development for assigned personnel.
Implement established division strategy by setting priorities, and near-to-mid-term objectives for assigned fire alarm engineering and alarm software activities.
Oversee a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring successful execution within scope, schedule, and budget.
Integrate hardware and software alarm system functions, ensuring coordinated design, deployment, and operation of life safety systems.
Allocate resources, manage budgets, and monitor program performance to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
Provide high-level technical and operational guidance to resolve complex, ambiguous issues requiring innovative and cross-functional solutions.
Represent the assigned functional area with management, customers, regulators, and stakeholders on technical and operational matters. Provide recommendations to division management and elevate significant policy, strategic, and resource matters for resolution.
Ensure compliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes, DOE requirements, cybersecurity standards, and Laboratory Environment, Safety & Health (ES&H), quality, and security policies, while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and significant relevant experience.
Significant experience leading and directly supervising a technical team or functional area, including work planning, performance management, team development, and technical direction.
Demonstrated experience overseeing complex, multi-disciplinary programs with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, and results.
Demonstrated technical experience in either life/safety systems engineering, including fire alarm and detection systems, or software systems development, sufficient to lead technical projects and coordinate system interfaces.
Demonstrated ability to translate organizational strategy into actionable plans, set priorities, and resolve complex technical and operational challenges within an assigned functional area.
Experience working with and ensuring compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements (e.g., NFPA, DOE, cybersecurity, ES&H).
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across organizations and influence management, stakeholders, and external partners.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information and provide guidance to management, regulators, and stakeholders.
Pay Range
$167,340 - $212,160 Annually
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. 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.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No