Job Description

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
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• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a postdoctoral candidate to work on radiation detection and identification problems. The selected candidate will develop/use analysis algorithms for radiation detectors, develop/use radiation transport software, and perform laboratory measurements. We develop and maintain Gamma Detector Response and Analysis Software (GADRAS) for the rapid analysis of gamma spectra, gamma detector response simulation, and radiation transport. The software combines the detector response function with full spectrum analysis and is the gold standard for fast identification of radiation sources. Opportunities for a post-doc include software development, algorithm development and improvement, and detector characterization experiments for problems of national importance. There may also be opportunities to further develop neutron transport and analysis methods for multiplicity detectors. The successful candidate will work with a core team of 5 staff, developing software and making measurements, to improve real-world capabilities to detect and characterize radiation sources.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Work with experienced staff in the department.
• Develop software in C++, C#, or FORTRAN.
• Help with experiments to characterize radiation detectors, produce detector response functions.
• Document your work and present your work to others.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 80% of the time.

Qualifications We Require:

• Ph.D. in nuclear engineering or similar studies with theoretical understanding of radiation transport.
• Experienced in Software development (especially C++, C#, or FORTRAN).
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience with the following:
• Characterizing radiation detector using calibration sources.
• Object-oriented programming.
• Linux
• Using radiation transport software (especially GADRAS).
• Active DOE Q-level or DOD equivalent security clearance.

About Our Team:

The WMD Detection and Threat Analysis department, 6634, performs applied research and development for WMD detectors and associated assessment algorithm and software tool development, conducts field testing and data collection, and provides leadership and support for real world responses to nuclear/radiological incidents. Some department personnel lead and support key aspects of Sandia¿s Nuclear Incident Response Program (NIRP) that are led out of 6630. The department has a solid core customer base through NNSA NA20 and NA80 and also supports several key SPP customers including DoD, FBI, and DHS. In particular, the department has an established reputation with government agencies and commercial industry in the field of radiation detection and assessment and trace explosives detection. In collaboration with other departments in 6630, the department has growth opportunities in the development of advanced R&D capability development to support the NIRP and related missions.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE 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 for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. 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.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are 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.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Position Information:

This postdoctoral position is a temporary position for up to one year, which may be renewed at Sandia\'s discretion up to five additional years. The PhD must have been conferred within five years prior to employment.

Individuals in postdoctoral positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

Job ID: 693840

Job Family: 92

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.