Laboratory Scientist (chemist, physicist, materials scientist)

About the role

Join Us in Making a Difference in the Lives of Those Defending Our Nation! Why SURVICE? Come join the SURVICE Engineering mission to protect, enhance, and enable those who defend the United States. Since 1981, we have supported the DoD community, as well as Homeland Security, advanced technologies, environmental, and commercial markets. Our employees have backgrounds in engineering, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, acquisition, technical writing, training, and other technical and administrative fields. And many of our personnel have DoD and/or operational military experience. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career with a leading organization, come see what we can offer you!

Position Laboratory Scientist (chemist, physicist, materials scientist) Location: Ashburn, VA Security Clearance: Active Secret Required - U.S. citizenship required

Position Summary SURVICE Engineering is currently seeking a Laboratory Scientist (Chemist, Physicist, Materials Scientist) to support our Aberdeen Research Operation. You will accelerate your career and become an integral team member within the defense community.

SURVICE Engineering is a nationally recognized, single-source engineering service provider for Government and Industry organizations involved in all phases of the systems engineering process. Our employees are our most valuable asset, and they are proud to have supported the development, testing, analysis, and modeling and simulation (M&S) of many of the major U.S. air, land, and sea combat systems in the field today. They have also contributed their expertise to other vital national defense programs and technologies that involve survivability, cybersecurity, information technology/management, software engineering, unmanned aerial systems (UASs), and metrology/reverse engineering.

Responsibilities

• Support laboratory operations, including preparation for testing, sample handling support, equipment setup, data collection, and maintenance of laboratory records.
• Assist in the planning, execution, and documentation of laboratory, pilot, and field tests for interdiction technologies.
• Support development and review of test plans, test reports, standard operating procedures, concepts of operations, and technical procedures.
• Assist with analysis of laboratory and field test data, including summarizing findings, identifying trends, and preparing recommendations for government review.
• Support inventory and asset management for laboratory equipment, consumables, prototypes, and fielded systems.
• Maintain or assist with equipment calibration schedules, maintenance logs, utilization reports, and lifecycle documentation.
• Support logistics coordination for receipt, storage, issuance, shipment, repair, return, and retirement of laboratory or fielded equipment.
• Assist with requirements development, technical documentation, and acquisition-related inputs, including statements of work, performance work statement inputs, technical requirements, and evaluation criteria.
• Contribute to program management products such as schedules, status reports, spend plan inputs, briefings, action item trackers, and stakeholder meeting materials.
• Support systems engineering and technology transition activities by documenting requirements, interfaces, performance observations, risks, issues, and lessons learned.
• Assist with technical reachback activities by researching, documenting, and helping respond to operational or field inquiries related to laboratory or deployed technologies.
• Support development of standardized templates, style guides, fact sheets, slide decks, success stories, and other communication products describing technology capabilities, test results, or transition activities.
• Assist data scientists, engineers, and analysts by reviewing scientific data, supporting data quality checks, interpreting analytic outputs in a chemistry or physical science context, and contributing to