Physicist, Senior

Castalia Systems; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k matching

Generous PTO

Paid holidays

Professional training opportunities

Pet insurance

Job summary

Castalia Systems in Reston, VA, is seeking a senior Physicist to support DoD and US Government counter-WMD analysis, focusing on proliferation and procurement of WMD-relevant materials and knowledge.

The role involves research, modeling, and documentation, with collaboration across physics domains such as optics, acoustics, semiconductors, and lasers. Candidates must be US citizens with the ability to obtain CI poly.

Qualifications

• Meets mid-level qualifications; applies analytic methods.
• Ability to define new research approaches to address high-level tasks.
• Ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments and proper support

Responsibilities

• Supports defense analytic requirements with enhanced scientific research and capability analysis.
• Conducts independent research, modeling, and coordination with allied disciplines on optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, and related areas.
• Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.

Skills

Analytic thinking

Independent work

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in a physical science or related field

Job description

Job Type: Full-Time

Workplace Type: Onsite

Clearance: Minimum TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a CI Poly

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Job Summary

Castalia Systems is seeking a Physicist, Seniorto support to the government's all source intelligence analysis of foreign weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, to include the proliferation and procurement of WMD-applicable materials, technologies, and knowledge, and provides intelligence analysis support to the entire spectrum of DoD and USG counter-WMD efforts.

Roles and Responsibilities

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:

• Supports defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific research, capability / limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis / characterizations, facility and vulnerability assessments. This includes, but is not limited to, applied and interdisciplinary fields of physics such as astrophysics, biophysics, directed energy weapons, and / or geophysics.
• Conducts independent research, technical writing, modeling, and overseeing / consulting with allied engineering disciplines on, but not limited to, the areas of fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapons development and testing and / or identifying the characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets.
• Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.

Required Qualifications

• Meets all qualifications and skills required of a Mid, plus:
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
• Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.
• Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks.
• Demonstrates in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrates ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests analytic rigor of analytic products.

Desired Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• An additional 4 years of experience in the specific labor category, for a total of 12 years of experience in the specific labor category, may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Typical office environment.

Travel

• Not required.

Company Description

Castalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission-critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting-edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.

With our vast knowledge of our customers' needs and relevant technology, our team will bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with cutting-edge technology so it's so evident when you compare us with anyone.

Disclaimer

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.

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