About GTRI

• Analysis, modelling and simulation, systems engineering, and technology development.
• Cybersecurity, information, communication, command and control, and software systems.
• Electromagnetics, materials, and device technology.
• Sensors, weapons, electronic warfare, and autonomous systems.
• Test and evaluation.
• Threat systems research and development.

1. Advanced Concepts Laboratory
2. Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory
3. Applied Systems Laboratory
4. Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research Laboratory
5. Elector-Optical Systems Laboratory
6. Electronic Systems Laboratory
7. Information and Communications Laboratory
8. Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory

• Enhance State of Georgia economic development.
• Serve National Security.
• Improve the human condition.
• Educate future technology leaders.

• We celebrate collaboration.
• We enable and celebrate collaboration across disciplines and perspectives, between units and laboratories, and with other organizations at home and around the world. We value the contributions of all members of our community, promote civil and respectful discourse, and help one another succeed.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We see diversity of backgrounds and perspectives as essential to learning, discovery, and creation. We strive to remove barriers of access and to build an inclusive community where people of all backgrounds have the opportunity to learn and contribute to our mission.
• We act ethically.
• We hold one another to the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct. We are transparent and accountable and strive to earn and maintain the public trust.
• We strive for excellence.
• We strive to be among the best at what we do and set high expectations for each of us individually and for our community as a whole. The expectation of excellence, which is instrumental in our ability to have a meaningful impact in the world, extends to our teaching, our research and creative endeavors, our outreach programs, and our operations.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We protect the freedom of all members of our community to ask questions, seek truth, and express their views. We cherish diversity of ideas as necessary conditions for learning, discovery, scholarship, and creativity.
• We champion innovation.
• We inspire, empower, and provide the resources and environment for innovative ideas to flourish. We welcome new concepts and approaches that lead to creative ideas and solutions.
• We are responsible stewards.
• We are careful stewards of the resources we are entrusted with and strive to be an example of sustainability, efficiency, respect, and responsibility.
• We nurture the well-being of our community.
• We strive to build a healthy and vibrant environment that helps every member of our community to grow holistically and develop the self-awareness, knowledge, and practices necessary to pursue healthy, purposeful, and fulfilling lives.

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• Establish communication and trust across GTRI and Georgia Tech - transition smoothly into the organization and align to the objectives of GTRI.
• Initiate a long-term strategic roadmap towards the growth and development of the EOSD portfolio in accordance with GTRI's overall strategic intent.
• Retain, develop, recruit and hire a talented workforce through innovative, people focused initiatives.
• Establish a robust structure to cater for the progressive growth in program in-takes, including resource/infrastructure management, processes, and policies/procedural development.
• Enhance collaboration amongst all the research labs to ensure excellence in delivery is achieved for more sizeable programs.
• Foster an open, innovative, diverse, and trust culture within GTRI.

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent technical field is a must. PhD is highly preferred.
• Possess at least 15 or more years of relevant experience in leading a large, diverse, engineering research organization focused on national security.
• A seasoned leader with proven track record of leading highly technical organizations with a broad range of experience working within or with the DoD and Intelligence Community
• Strong technical background and leadership experience in national security research applications, including several of the following key areas: aviation mission systems, electronic warfare systems, electro-optical systems, missile defense systems, and electronic/optical/photonic materials & devices.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating and working across organizational boundaries.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain and sustain a TS/SCI security clearance required.

• Engage with senior DoD and federal government leaders to provide thought leadership and help shape solutions to problems at a national scale.
• Assist the GTRI Director, in collaboration with other executive team members, in setting strategic direction for GTRI.
• Set strategic direction, aligned with overall GTRI strategy, for the three EOSD laboratories.
• Anticipate and identify emerging research areas and innovative technologies needed to further GTRI research directions.
• Work closely with the GTRI Director and other DDRs to meet strategic and financial goals, and
• Participate in planning, financial, operational, and employee development efforts as part of the executive team.

• Work with Lab Directors and other technical staff in the development of strategic plans, and to secure both internal and sponsor funding aligned with the strategic goals.
• Monitor progress of activities and budgets across external and internal projects.
• Facilitate and ensure collaboration between the three EOSD laboratories and the other GTRI laboratories.
• Assure compliance of activities within the three EOSD laboratories.
• Provide oversight for lab and directorate operating budgets, and
• Work as a partner with Support Units and GT Research Security to enable research activities, remove obstacles, and provide budget resources to lab directors as required.

• Experience teaming with executive partners to develop corporate vision, strategy, and technical roadmaps.
• Experience and skills to hire, develop and retain a highly qualified team of leaders.
• Manage research portfolios to realize strategic goals.
• Enterprise collaboration with university research and academic colleagues.

• Build and manage strategic relationships and team collaboration to accomplish goals:
• Strategies to understand, manage and take risk.
• Set vision and catalyze the need for change.
• Prioritize objectives and resources to meet strategic goals.
• Promote excellence at all levels of the organization:
• Value and foster a culture of innovation, inclusivity, transparency, and accountability.
• Empower and equip individuals and teams to succeed.
• Professionally develop leaders.
• Accountability up and down the management chain, acting responsibly and ensuring employees are behaving professionally and ethically, accept responsibility and ownership for one's actions.

• Oversight of a broad research portfolio: Context: The EOSD research portfolio has a strong emphasis of delivering novel solutions to complex national security problems, and doing so in a way that maintains open, government-owned capability at a high technical readiness level (TRL). This leverages expertise in the latest systems engineering research, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and the development of open architectures. Specific research themes include: aviation mission systems, electronic warfare systems in all domains, electro-optical systems, missile defense systems, materials and solid-state electronics, modeling and simulation, and digital engineering in all domains; and more.
• Management of a large research workforce in a complex organization: 100 people and/or >5 subordinate units, Context: this position will guide three subordinate labs comprised of 800 employees and >25 subordinate divisions and field sites.

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link:

Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) at Georgia Tech Research Institute aims to enhance the Institute's mission of solving the world's most complex technical problems by creating a workforce with a shared appreciation for diversity, raising awareness around inclusiveness, and fostering a sense of belonging and appreciation for all members of our community.

Georgia Tech Research Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans and actively seeks diversity among its employees. Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law.