Senior Physicist

4 hours ago

Livermore, California, United States Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Full time
Job Title: Senior Design Physicist

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Design Physicist to join our team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. As a Senior Design Physicist, you will be responsible for assessing, designing, and analyzing complex physics interactions relevant to our programs.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement innovative methods for assessing and analyzing complex physics interactions.
  • Present and disseminate research results at scientific conferences and peer-reviewed publications.
  • Set broad research/project vision and strategy and influence technical direction for self and/or others.
  • Perform all assignments in accordance with ES&H, security, and business practice requirements and policies.
  • Serve as mentor to staff and other mentors across the organization.
  • Serve as organization spokesperson by Laboratory management and/or external advisor by sponsors including scientific or technical committees.
  • Recognize and support plans to promote and foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability within the workplace.
Qualifications:
  • Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
  • PhD in physics, engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent level of demonstrated knowledge.
  • Expert knowledge of state-of-the-art concepts to include experience and ability to lead independent work conducting applied physics research in one or more of the following fields: plasma physics, radiation transport, atomic physics, nuclear physics, and hydrodynamics.
  • Record of completing and/or leading outstanding research in relevant areas of physics and engineering.
  • Extensive experience working effectively independently and in a multi-disciplinary, team-research environment.
  • Expert problem-solving and decision-making skills necessary to independently address challenging problems.
  • Nationally recognized expert knowledge in above-mentioned fields.
  • Expert communicator to effectively present, explain, influence, and advise and represent the Program and Laboratory to senior management and external sponsors.
Desired Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated ability/commitment to promote and value inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability principles in the workplace.
  • Extensive expertise with computer-based design and analysis of experiments.
  • Extensive experience at the expert level in the development of principles, theories, concepts, and techniques relevant to applied physics research.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

  • Included in 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor
  • Flexible Benefits Package
  • 401(k)
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Education Reimbursement Program
  • Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity
  • Our core beliefs - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/our-values
  • Employee engagement - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/employee-engagement

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

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