Sandia Labs director: Further job losses unlikely after layoffs earlier this year

Sandia National Laboratories Director Laura McGill gave lawmakers a presentation at the Legislature’s interim Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee. She updated them on the lab during the commiteee’s Albuquerque meeting on Aug. 25, 2025. Pictured above talking to Srinivas Mukkamala, a CEO for AI-cybersecurity company Securin Inc. (Danielle Prokop / Source NM)

Sandia National Laboratories Director Laura McGill anticipates “no further job losses” following layoffs for approximately 400 people to be completed by October, she told Source NM on Monday.

McGill, who assumed leadership at Sandia in May, presented an update Monday for lawmakers attending the Science Technology and Telecommunications committee meeting in Albuquerque. She gave an overview of the labs’ programs, which primarily focus on nuclear weapons research, and employ most employees at the main campus in Albuquerque…

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