Postdoctoral Appointee - Proliferation Detection Data Exploitation

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to join the Proliferation Detection Data Exploitation team. You will work across multidisciplinary teams to advance data science for nonproliferation applications, spanning data management, data science, applied mathematics, ML, and AI engineering with subject matter experts across proliferation detection and security applications.

Your daily duties may include identifying analytics solutions, applying data standards, and

Qualifications

• PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and provide data analytics and data science solutions for national security challenges.
• Interpret and apply data management standards and FAIR principles.
• Apply technical judgment to select efficient solutions and approaches.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex problems.
• Report results in team meetings, publications, and conferences.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Teamwork in multidisciplinary teams

Data science research

Independent research

Education

PhD in Statistics/Mathematics/Machine Learning

Job description

Job ID

699546

Location

Albuquerque, NM

Full-Time

Temporary

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's 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 vacation, 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.

What Your Job Will Be Like

Passionate about your work and dream of developing and implementing state-of-the-art solutions to pressing national and global security needs? Join our team!

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to join our Proliferation Detection Data Exploitation team. The selected applicant will work across multi-disciplinary teams to advance state-of-the-art data science for nonproliferation applications. This work could span multiple domains including data management, data science, applied mathematics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence engineering, with interactions with subject matter experts across multiple nuclear proliferation detection and national security applications. This is a great opportunity to make a mark in an exciting field with next‑generation technology.

On any given day, your duties may include the following, depending on the specific role:

• Identify, analyze, and provide data analytics and data science solutions and alternate approaches for national security challenges
• Interpret and apply industry standards to data management and FAIR (finable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data principles
• Apply technical judgment in determining efficient application of potential solutions
• Collaborate with your team to solve encountered problems
• Report results through team meetings, writing publications, and attending conferences
• Participate in teams proposing novel research and development to our US government sponsors to apply data science solutions to national and global security challenges

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Qualifications We Require

• PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or related field (PhD must have been conferred within the last 5 years and be conferred before starting in the position)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Strong verbal and written communication skills,
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and a passion to improve and expand technical skills.
• Research experience in data management, data analysis, and/or algorithm development
• Proven ability to conduct creative, independent research
• The ability to obtain and maintain an SCI security clearance

About Our Team

The Monitoring Systems & Technology Center (6700) has researched and developed new monitoring systems and technologies for over half a century. Building on that legacy, today we support national security missions involving nuclear proliferation detection, treaty monitoring, warhead monitoring, and various needs within the national security communities.

The Proliferation Detection Data Exploitation R&D Department (6753) advances global and national security missions through the development of innovative data science solutions. Data exploitation competencies resident in the department include data management, data fusion, computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

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), you 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.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug‑releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.