Detector Scientist II

Nevada National Security Sites • Full-time • North Las Vegas, NV, US • $83.08k - $124.61k / year • 17h ago

Job Description

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+; professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Responsibilities

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Join the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for challenging, complex, and classified high-energy experiments that strengthen U.S. nuclear security.

The Stockpile Experimentation and Operations Directorate is seeking a junior-level career scientist to engage with our national security mission in research, development, and experimentation. You will have the opportunity to work on teams that ensure the security of the United States and its allies by: supporting the stewardship of the nation’s nuclear deterrent; executing national-level experiments in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s National Laboratories; working with national security partners such as the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and other federal agencies on important national security activities; and providing long-term environmental stewardship of the NNSS’s Cold War legacy.

Candidate will assist in the design, modeling, characterization, testing, and experimental fielding of advanced electro-optical diagnostics, imaging, and radiographic systems for high-energy experimentation and systems characterization, with specific task direction and supervision from more experienced scientists, engineers, and project managers. Mentorship of less experienced workers in discipline is to be expected, with advancement opportunity commensurate with demonstrable expertise. Some fielding work occurs in nuclear and/or high-hazard facilities.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to solutions of problems and issues with well-defined scope and moderate complexity, frequently applying established technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques, as well as technical knowledge to address problems and complete tasks with general supervision and limited guidance from more senior personnel, yet maintain frequent coordination with supervisor, project management, and related organizations.
Productively and actively contribute to team endeavors yet exercise some independent discretion and judgement in how principles and methods are applied.
Assist in researching, compiling, and analyzing scientific data, implement and use advanced computational methods and technological solutions for both operational and experimental needs, and initiate material procurement requests.
Prepare technical reports and presentations, contribute insight and value to customer-project-programmatic meetings.
Apply technical knowledge and skill to define specifications, propose designs/models, contribute to proposals and offer publications and constructive voice within the technical/scientific community.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a calculus-based (STEM) field, plus at least 2 years’ relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
Ability to employ recognized scientific methods.
Professional communication skills, both written and verbal.
Effective and respectful interpersonal skills in communication with coworkers, management, and customers.
Productive team work ethic including management, scientists, engineers, designers, and technicians.
Self-motivation and creativity to carry out critical and complex goals, often without explicit guidance.
Proficiency with high-level computational languages: C, Python, Matlab or equivalent.
Proven analytical skill in computational mathematics, data, or modeling.
Ability to self-train in other modeling or control programs, e.g.: Solidworks, LightTools, LabView, Geant4, MCNP.
Safe proficiency with basic hand tools and analytical equipment: voltage meters, optical sensors, oscilloscope.
Proficient understanding of drawings and schematics (mechanical and electrical).
The primary work location will be in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Work schedule will be 4/10s Monday through Thursday (subject to change).
Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2 , “Personnel Security”. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4 , “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted. Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709 , “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”

MSTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

Annual salary range for this position is: $83,075.20 to $124,612.80.

Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.

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