Funding irregularities can be a motivating factor for some technical staff to transition towards management. It was very difficult for them to make a large career shift into a new area and stay funded. I've seen very successful, talented senior scientists and engineers at the end of their career loose program funding due to changes in DOE priorities (driven by administration changes). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducts research for national security missions, nuclear materials stewardship, non-proliferation missions. If you are fully funded, life is good if you loose your funding, not so much. In 1995, the laboratory was renamed the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory also known as PNNL. An ENERGY national lab advancing scientific discovery, energy resiliency, and. 13,138 likes 158 talking about this 2,386 were here. Originally named the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, PNL was established in 1965 when research and development at the Hanford Site was separated from other Hanford operations. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. The hardest part for a new scientist or engineer is getting aligned with projects that have funding to cover your time. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington. The technical side is very good the management side, spotty. It conducts fundamental and applied research for the U.S. There is one part of the culture which is managing the laboratory, and another part of the culture which does the technical work. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) operates as a government research laboratory. PNNL is a great place to work for technical professionals who are motivated, resourceful, self-starters.

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