Job Description

DTRA is currently seeking US Citizen candidates for a postdoctoral scholar position. The job location is in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.

The DTRA Nuclear Survivability Postdoctoral Fellow will advance research and development (R&D) efforts to provide technologies, standards, historical data, and testing capabilities to ensure that U.S. nuclear and conventional forces survive and fight through adversary nuclear attacks. Post-Doctoral Fellows assist in the development of research topics and programs, monitoring and evaluating research efforts, analyzing components and systems, and transitioning promising technologies. Depending on expertise and mission alignment, candidates may be directly involved in applied research, modeling, and analysis efforts. This is not a lab research position. Depending on expertise and interest, the Nuclear Survivability Postdoctoral Fellow may be involved in a range of projects, including developing nuclear survivability standards and test methods, operational system vulnerability assessments and verification, and developing next-generation experimental facilities to test nuclear survivability.

Those with strong quantitative skills and excellent communication abilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should hold a PhD or be within 6 months of obtaining a PhD in a relevant engineering or physics discipline. Experience in engineering specialties such as antennas, radio frequency scintillation, aerospace, power/grid, and communications or physics specialties such as electromagnetics, magnetohydrodynamics, radio frequency scintillation, and geomagnetic disturbances, would be beneficial. Experimental, modeling and simulation, and theoretical specialists are welcome to apply, but candidates must be open to learning and applying concepts beyond their primary area of expertise.

The successful applicant must be a US citizen capable of obtaining a security clearance, and be willing to re-locate to the Washington DC metropolitan area. The appointment will be for a one-year period with a possibility of renewal. To apply, please submit a cover letter and CV or resume. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.