Position Summary
The Nuclear Assessments Post-Doctoral Fellow will support research and development at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Nuclear Technologies Department (NT) within the Research and Development Directorate (RD). The Nuclear Assessments Post-Doctoral Fellow will primarily report to the division chief for nuclear assessments (RD-NTA). Primary work location will be DTRA located at Fort Belvoir, VA.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Improve the understanding of science with the objective of advancing capabilities to: identify and characterize nuclear and radiological materials and debris; monitoring for nuclear explosions; and identification of nuclear proliferation signatures. This position may involve some modeling and simulation work:
- Assisting in the development of research topics and strategies
- Assisting in evaluation of proposals
- Assisting in the management of contracts and support agreements
- May involve software development work
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Experience Desired
- Chemistry
- Radiation Detection
- Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Physics: Laser, Nuclear, Shock, Condensed Matter, Plasma, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
- Modeling and Simulation
- Remote Sensing (RF to optical)
- Statistics
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- High-performance computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Neural networks
- Multi-modal data fusion
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Education Required
Candidates should have a Ph.D.
(students who will have degree conferred within six months are encouraged to apply)
Eligibility & Requirements
- Candidate must be a US citizen
- Candidates must be able to obtain a SECRET level security clearance.
- Candidates must have a doctoral degree
(students who will have degree conferred within six months are encouraged to apply)
Location:
Fort Belvoir, VA
(applicants must be willing to relocate to greater Washington, DC area).
Term:
1-3 years
