Principal Scientist

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze radiological data from a variety of platforms and advise public safety officials on the consequences of a radiological incident.
• Utilize specialized tools and applications to calculate potential impacts to the public, workers, and the environment to support radiological emergencies.
• Serve rotating, on-call duty for approximately a third of the year, typically in one-week increments.
• Deploy worldwide for exercises and responses, with as little as two-hour notice when on call.
• Maintain training and ensure job-specific qualifications remain current; as well as attend onsite and off-site training as necessary to maintain competency.
• Aid in the development of company and emergency response guidelines, manuals, procedures, etc.
• Develop and implement corrective actions and lessons learned.
• Develop training materials and train emergency responders accordingly across the DOE community.
• Aid in the preparation of technical reports and recommendations.
• Organize, evaluate, and interpret data by comparison against standards and guidelines.
• Plan and conduct work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application, adaptation, and modification of standard techniques, guidelines, procedures, and criteria.
• Present analysis results to a technical or non-technical audience.
• Conduct testing and evaluation of radiation detection equipment and acquisition/analysis software.
• Provide scientific guidance on projects involving an interdisciplinary team of engineers, software developers, scientists, and technicians.
• Operate radiation detection equipment in field operations.
• Maintain subject matter expertise and proficiency on detection equipment to instruct during courses or offer troubleshooting during operations or events.
• Develop and design scientific and technical content for training exercises.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor/Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in health physics, nuclear engineering or a similar calculus-based (STEM) field, plus at least 9 years' relevant experience.
• Experience with one or more of the following is highly desired: gamma-ray spectroscopy, operational health physics, and customer service and/or training development and delivery.
• Additional enhanced experience includes radiation detection, algorithm development, transport codes, programming, prototype design and testing, and training design or delivery.
• Strong written and oral communications skills and demonstrated ability to work on complex applied projects in a group atmosphere.
• The ability to interface effectively with technical personnel from other MSTS organizations, outside organizations, and government agencies.
• The ability to work independently or in a team environment on a wide variety of tasks.
• Working knowledge of Office365, Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and Outlook is required.
• The ability to work independently or in a team environment on a wide variety of tasks.
• Must be fitted for and qualify for use with various respiratory protection and personal protective equipment.
• The ability to lift 50 lbs.
• The ability to participate in National Response Asset Deployment activities, including flight onboard government aircraft for missions and deployments.
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain SCI accesses.