Junior Physicist - Top Secret Clearance | Research & Experiments

Prescient Edge; Patuxent Highland (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonus

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

Prescient Edge in Patuxent River, MD seeks a Junior Physicist to support a Federal Government client. The position requires TOP SECRET clearance and is contingent upon contract award.

You will engage in research across lasers, electro-optics, semiconductors, quantum, acoustics, and materials science. Ideal candidates have at least 1 year of relevant experience, a BS/BA in Physics or related field, and a drive to develop instrumentation, analyze data, and brief results to project teams.

Qualifications

• Has at least 1 year of experience performing work related to the labor category functional description.
• Conduct research in lasers, electro-optics, semiconductors, quantum, acoustics, and materials science.
• Physicists research, analyze and test physical properties and behaviors of materials and systems and apply results of experiments to the solution of problems.
• Construct experimental models, conduct experiments, devise instrumentation and techniques to record and collect test results, correlate data compiled in research, and analyze and brief results.
• Employ mathematical techniques including probability and statistics, simulation, optimization theories, and computer programs to analyze, depict, and display data and analysis results.
• BS/BA degree in Physics or derivate technical or scientific discipline relevant to the functional description.

Responsibilities

• Perform research across lasers, electro-optics, semiconductors, quantum, acoustics, and materials science.
• Research, analyze and test physical properties and behaviors of materials and systems and apply results to problems.
• Construct experimental models, devise instrumentation, and record and analyze results.
• Apply probability, statistics, simulations, optimization, and computing to data and results.

Skills

Physics

Laboratory Research

Data Analysis

Experimentation

Math/Statistics

Education

BS/BA in Physics

Tools

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Simulation

Job description

Prescient Edge in Patuxent River, MD seeks a Junior Physicist to support a Federal Government client. The position requires TOP SECRET clearance and is contingent upon contract award.

You will engage in research across lasers, electro-optics, semiconductors, quantum, acoustics, and materials science. Ideal candidates have at least 1 year of relevant experience, a BS/BA in Physics or related field, and a drive to develop instrumentation, analyze data, and brief results to project teams.