Post Bachelor Research Associate

Responsibilities

Opportunities abound in Post Bachelor projects; you will engage with multidisciplinary groups across the Lab and explore various computing career options. Assignments are flexible and range 6-12 months with the possibility of extension. You will tackle one of our challenging projects, teamed with fellow interns and full time staff, and paired with mentors and project stewards. You will be an active contributor playing a central role in the design and development of critical solutions.

Our intern program includes:

• Strategically important and challenging projects in a team environment.
• Briefings and final presentation with our CIO and weekly meetings with members of our senior leadership team.
• Numerous personal & career development opportunities, including a full-time mentor, coaching sessions and workshops, lab tours, and collaborating with a diverse range of PNNL staff, including senior leadership, research scientists, and junior engineers.
• Active social events planning to ensure you never have a dull moment.

Previous projects include:

• Implementing an open-source ML workflow tool to enable research projects to leverage our ML platforms and to automate their ML workflows. This included demonstrating the tool and onboarding research projects.
• Implementing a private Generative AI environment to prototype examples of how these technologies may transform research processes.
• Accelerating science by optimizing scientific codes and parallelizing them for supercomputers. This involves a high-performance coding bootcamp and collaborating with researchers to optimize their codes.
• Implementing pre-defined cloud 'blueprint' templates to facilitate scientists and engineers being able to leverage cloud services on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Building CI/CD pipelines and working with teams of software engineers to migrate applications to these new pipelines.

You are a software developer, User Experience (UX), data, cyber, or IT engineer driven by a passion to continually learn and grow. If you are a developer or data engineer, you have experience in some of the following C#, C, JavaScript, SQL, JSON, React, R or jQuery.

If a UX/Human Centered Design Engineer, you have a strong and demonstrable visual, interaction and graphic design skills with a design portfolio that showcases your work. You thrive in ambiguity. If it isn't defined you can design it, and overcome constraints to provide the best experience.

If a Cyber or IT Engineer, you know about cloud migrations, cyber security practices and computing infrastructure Management. You also possess foundational knowledge configuration management and testing tools.

Teams will be given project ownership and creativity is encouraged. You will be working with many people across the Lab on these projects, including executive management.

We support hybrid work, supporting online and in-person interns. Candidates are strongly encouraged to commit to an in-person experience as feedback from former interns have highlighted the richness of the many in-person experiences.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must have received a Bachelor's degree within the past 24 months or within the next 8 months from an accredited college or university. Minimum overall GPA of 2.5 required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Human Centered Design, Data Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering or related field.

Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Not Applicable.

Additional Information

Due to business needs and client space, US Citizenship is required.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is subject to the Department of Energy Unclassified Foreign Visits & Assignments Program site, information, technologies, and equipment access requirements.

Testing Designated Position

Not a Testing Designated Position.

About PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a world-class research institution powered by a highly educated, diverse workforce committed to the values of Integrity, Creativity, Collaboration, Impact, and Courage. Every year, scores of dynamic, driven people come to PNNL to work with renowned researchers on meaningful science, innovations and outcomes for the U.S. Department of Energy and other sponsors; here is your chance to be one of them

At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, flexible work schedules and telework options. PNNL is located in eastern Washington State—the dry side of Washington known for its stellar outdoor recreation and affordable cost of living. The Lab's campus is only a 45-minute flight (or 3 hour drive) from Seattle or Portland, and is serviced by the convenient PSC airport, connected to 8 major hubs.

Commitment to Excellence, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Equal Employment Opportunity

Our laboratory is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment dedicated to solving critical challenges in fundamental sciences, national security, and energy resiliency. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. In support of this commitment, we encourage people of all racial/ethnic identities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for employment.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), protected veteran status, and any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and in employment. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at .

Drug Free Workplace

PNNL is committed to a drug-free workplace supported by Workplace Substance Abuse Program (WSAP) and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs.

If you are offered employment at PNNL, you must pass a drug test prior to commencing employment. PNNL complies with federal law regarding illegal drug use. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug. If you test positive for any illegal controlled substance, including marijuana, your offer of employment will be withdrawn.

HSPD-12 PIV Credential Requirement

In accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and Department of Energy (DOE) Order 473.1A, new employees are required to obtain and maintain a HSPD-12 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credential. To obtain this credential, new employees must successfully complete and pass a Federal Tier 1 background check investigation. This investigation includes a declaration of illegal drug activities, including use, supply, possession, or manufacture within the last year. This includes marijuana and cannabis derivatives, which are still considered illegal under federal law, regardless of state laws.

Mandatory Requirements

Please be aware that the Department of Energy (DOE) prohibits DOE employees and contractors from having any affiliation with the foreign government of a country DOE has identified as a "country of risk" without explicit approval by DOE and Battelle. If you are offered a position at PNNL and currently have any affiliation with the government of one of these countries, you will be required to disclose this information and recuse yourself of that affiliation or receive approval from DOE and Battelle prior to your first day of employment.

Rockstar Rewards

Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, supplemental parental bonding leave, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company funded pension plan and may enroll in our 401k savings plan. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.

• Research Associates excluded.

**Once eligibility requirements are met.

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Notice to Applicants

PNNL lists the full pay range for the position in the job posting. Starting pay is calculated from the minimum of the pay range and actual placement in the range is determined based on an individual's relevant job-related skills, qualifications, and experience. This approach is applicable to all positions, with the exception of positions governed by collective bargaining agreements and certain limited-term positions which have specific pay rules.

As part of our commitment to fair compensation practices, we do not ask for or consider current or past salaries in making compensation offers at hire. Instead, our compensation offers are determined by the specific requirements of the position, prevailing market trends, applicable collective bargaining agreements, pay equity for the position type, and individual qualifications and skills relevant to the performance of the position.

Minimum Salary

USD $23.41/Hr.

Maximum Salary

USD $31.00/Hr.