Job Description:
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.
Salary Range:
$86300 - $166800 *Salary range is estimated and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidates experience and qualifications and application of any approved geographic salary differential.
What Your Job Will Be Like:
We are seeking a Computational Science/Engineering Researcher (R&D S&E Computer Science) with a background and interest in the broadly defined and interdisciplinary computational science domain to include uncertainty quantification machine learning and related areas. We are particularly interested in applicants excited by the prospect of advancing these techniques and applying them to scientific and engineering applications relevant to Sandias diverse missions which includes energy systems and power grid climate modeling computational epidemiology and many other national security domains.
On any given day you may be called on to:
- Perform computational research for a wide variety of domains including thermal fluid dynamics aero and/or reacting material. These analyses and simulations will support a variety of projects for internal and external customers (e.g. the Department of Energy).
- Develop and use tools to conduct computational simulation studies for verification and validation (VV) and/or UQ as applied to Sandias diverse mission space.
- Apply and develop uncertainty quantification methods and machine learning tools in your analysis.
- Work closely with teams of code developers analysts and experimentalists to perform analysis of complex and challenging problems.
- Collaborate and interact closely with scientists engineers and other researchers and analysts across the laboratory at both the California and New Mexico sites.
Qualifications We Require:
- PhD in a field of chemical/physical sciences applied mathematics or engineering
- Knowledge and expertise in machine learning and/or uncertainty quantification
- Knowledge and expertise in computational science and software development
Qualifications We Desire:
- The use of state-of-the-art machine learning tools (e.g. Tensorflow Pytorch) in the physical sciences and engineering applications
- Knowledge and expertise in C++ and Python
- Experience in performing collaborative research
- Excellent interpersonal skills
About Our Team:
The Quantitative Modeling and Analysis Department conducts research development and systems engineering in computer science and engineering to address important complex national security problems. Key research areas include uncertainty quantification optimization inference modeling data analysis and algorithm development. Much of our application development work focuses on verification validation and uncertainty quantification of complex problems. We provide trusted design and software development for large operations software as well as detailed scientific computing software. The work is focused on providing efficient validated information and technologies for use in predictive modeling and decision making.
About Sandia:
Sandia National Laboratories is the nations 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
- Extraordinary co-workers
- Some of the best tools equipment and research facilities in the world
- Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks part-time work and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
- Generous vacations strong medical and other benefits competitive 401k learning opportunities relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.
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.
Job ID: 685623
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