Laura McGill
Laboratories Director of Sandia National Laboratories since May 2025; systems engineer and NAE member
- Laboratories Director (since May 1, 2025), Sandia National Laboratories12
Laura J. McGill is the Director of Sandia National Laboratories, a role Sandia's leadership page describes as providing leadership and management direction for all of the laboratory's missions. McGill became Sandia's 17th Laboratories Director on May 1, 2025, after serving since January 2021 as Deputy Laboratories Director for Nuclear Deterrence and Chief Technology Officer, and before that spent more than 30 years in the defense industry, including engineering leadership roles at Raytheon.12
Career
McGill's career before Sandia was in defense systems engineering at Raytheon, where McGill served as chief engineer for the Air Warfare Systems program portfolio, then as vice president of engineering for Raytheon Missile Systems, and later as deputy vice president of engineering at Raytheon Missiles & Defense. In those roles McGill oversaw systems performance, technical execution, test and flight operations, and technology investment.1
McGill joined Sandia in January 2021 as Deputy Laboratories Director for Nuclear Deterrence and Chief Technology Officer, guiding the laboratory's contributions to weapon systems engineering, development and surveillance. Sandia announced in 2025 that McGill would succeed James S. Peery as Laboratories Director, effective May 1, 2025.12
Professional service and teaching
Work
Sandia technology strategy as Chief Technology Officer (external site: sandia.gov)
As Sandia's Chief Technology Officer from 2021, McGill led strategic initiatives and the development of emerging technologies intended to prepare the laboratory for future national security challenges.12
Graduate teaching in systems engineering (external site: sandia.gov)
Taught graduate courses in systems engineering as an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.12
Career timeline
2019
Jan 2021
Joined Sandia as Deputy Laboratories Director for Nuclear Deterrence and Chief Technology Officer.2
2022
Began a term as president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, serving until 2024.12
May 1, 2025
Became the 17th Laboratories Director of Sandia National Laboratories.12
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document but that are not confirmed as current.
- Deputy Laboratories Director for Nuclear Deterrence and Chief Technology Officer (January 2021 to April 2025), Sandia National Laboratories12
- Deputy Vice President of Engineering; earlier Vice President of Engineering for Raytheon Missile Systems, Raytheon Missiles & Defense1
- President (2022 to 2024), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics12
Honors and recognition
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