What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Chemist position at MITRE?
Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us.Department Summary : MITRE Lab’s Energy, Environmental, Material and Chemical Sciences serves as a vanguard for MITRE to meet the future needs of our customers, requiring technical excellence while encouraging creativity and fostering interests in current and emerging technologies across its diverse employees. Your future colleagues are a collegial team of chemists, energy and environmental engineers, material scientists, systems engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, physicists, and civil engineers who work across MITRE’s diverse sponsors and partners.Roles & Responsibilities : Work on a variety of chemistry related projects for a range of MITRE sponsors performing basic and applied research, informing sponsors as to current and future applications and capabilities, and devising new solutions for sponsor challenges.Collaborate with interdisciplinary experts from across MITRE, our customers, and partners, providing subject matter expertise in chemistry and chemical sensing or associated technologies.Frame and communicate technology performance to sponsors.Develop internal or external research programs that benefit MITRE’s sponsor.Basic Qualifications : Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience in Chemistry or related fields; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.Deep technical expertise in chemistry or related fields.Strong technical writing and oral presentation skills.Ability to pivot quickly and work independently or with a team.Ability to design and conduct experiments.Desire to develop new proficiencies.The ability to work in a collaborative environment with both internal and external researchers.Critically think and proactively guide research and troubleshooting.Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must be able to obtain a DoD S clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.Preferred Qualifications : Top Secret ClearanceDHS S&T SuitabilityDOD experience in CBRNE DefenseExperience with water-based pollutants (ie. Microplastics, PFAS, etc.)Risk and supply chain assessments related to chemical industryDemonstrated ability to interact with government sponsor and grow work programsChemical sensing with commercial off the shelf systems or novel sensor development expertiseDemonstrated ability to innovate and solve complex problems with chemistryDevelop SOPs and review characterizations of novel materials or pharmaceutical products.Proven background in experimental design and analytical analysis.This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s) : NoneThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s) : SecretWork Location Type : HybridMITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics.MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org .Copyright 2025, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.Benefits information may be found here .#J-18808-Ljbffr
