Description

SAIC has been awarded a task to support the Office of Experimental Sciences Technical, Analytical, Programmatic and Integration Support Services. This organization is a key part of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program. It addresses both basic and applied science and engineering associated with weapon design, engineering, margins of uncertainty, development of diagnostics and major experimental facilities. It works closely with the Los Alamos, Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories and the Nevada Nuclear Security Sites, as well as nuclear weapon production sites and DOD relevant weapon system program offices.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The Nuclear Program Analyst/ Engineer will provide expertise to the Department of Energy/ National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Experimental Sciences and offer support and analyses on nuclear related projects. The selected candidate should have a strong foundational knowledge of NNSA R&D experimentation contributing to Science Based Stockpile Stewardship. Additional duties may include:
• Support regular OES highlight activities to inform OES contribution to the greater NNSA
• Participate in creating and maintaining high level office documentation such as Implementation plans, Strategic Execution Framework and Stockpile Stewardship Management Plans
• Provide technical support to any Federal Program Managers responsible for the following areas:
o Exploring material behavior in environments of extreme conditions of pressure, temperature, and strain rates

o Conducting the research needed to improve stockpile stewardship science predictive capability, revise the common framework models, and uncertainty quantification

o Investigation radiation transport and complex hydrodynamics

o Aid in the development of dynamic experimental diagnostics and advanced experimental platforms
• Conduct Program Reviews and provide reports to leadership as requested
• Conducting meetings including the setting up of VTC equipment and coordinating with IT as necessary, handling scheduling, set up and troubleshooting these types of meetings and the equipment necessary to support them.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• Bachelors in a relevant field and five (5) years or more of related experience; Masters in a relevant field and three (3) years. Relevant degrees will be Physics, Nuclear Engineering or other similar fields.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• US Citizenship required
• Five to seven years’ experience working with science and nuclear related projects
• Must have experience working with NNSA science and nuclear related projects related to defense programs
• Must have experience scheduling, managing meeting room equipment, VTC and other communication equipment to support meetings.
• Must have extensive experience working in current standard computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint
• Must have experience performing work in a virtual / telework environment
• Excellent communication, both verbal and written 
• Must be able to communicate complex scientific reports and develop these reports from data analysis to others who may be not technical both via presentation and in written reports.
• Must have an active DOD Top Secret with CNWDI or DOE Q security clearance