Computing
Computing at LLNL advances scientific discovery through foundational and innovative research; mission-driven data science; complex modeling, simulation and analysis on powerful supercomputers; and creative technologies and software solutions. Everything at the Laboratory is Team Science, therefore, Computing is at the heart of many of LLNL’s most compelling national security and scientific efforts.
Engineering
Engineering regularly achieves breakthroughs in fields vital to our national security missions — from nuclear deterrence to cybersecurity. In particular, Engineering’s collaborative, multidisciplinary teams contribute materials engineering and manufacturing, computational engineering and design optimization, bioengineering, data science and machine learning, sensing and diagnostic expertise foundational to the Lab’s goals.
Global Security
Global Security integrates intelligence with operational and science and technology expertise to support wide-ranging missions such as reducing the threat of weapons of mass destruction; enhancing energy security and climate resilience; and strengthening cyber and space security and multi-domain deterrence. Global Security hosts the Lab’s intelligence program and supports incident response operations.
National Ignition Facility and Photon Science
The National Ignition Facility creates extreme temperatures and pressures, enabling unique experiments supporting NNSA’s stockpile stewardship mission. The National Ignition Facility and Photon Science directorate spearheads inertial confinement fusion and high energy density science; develops advanced laser, optical, target and diagnostic systems; and applies its capabilities to vital national security solutions.
Operations and Business
Operations and Business is an eclectic group made up of the Business directorate, Environment, Safety and Health, Human Resources, Infrastructure and Operations, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Project Management Office and Security Organization. Our common purpose is to deliver operational excellence and innovative solutions that enable our national security mission and world-class science at LLNL.
Physical and Life Sciences
Physical and Life Sciences delivers multidisciplinary scientific expertise to support mission-critical research at LLNL. Researchers leverage world-class resources to solve complex challenges in physics, bioscience, materials science, nuclear and chemical science and earth and atmospheric science to foster energy security, climate resilience, space security, nuclear security and human health.
Strategic Deterrence
Ensuring the success of the U.S. strategic nuclear deterrence posture has been the Laboratory’s core mission since its inception. Strategic Deterrence leads LLNL’s multidisciplinary workforce, drawing on a rich set of scientific knowledge, tools and active partnerships to deliver a safe, secure and effective nuclear stockpile and accelerate modernization across the national security enterprise.
