Senior Physicist

Arcfield; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 104,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Life insurance

Retirement savings

Job summary

Arcfield in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Level Physicist to support Navy DoD programs in research, development, testing, evaluation, and analysis at our Colorado Springs, CO office. The role emphasizes radiation environments, modeling, and validation across reentry systems and weapon systems, using radiation transport codes and object-oriented languages.

You will perform simulations, conduct verification and validation, assist in test planning, develop technical reports and briefings, and

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Physics or Nuclear Engineering.
• Ability to Obtain/Maintain a Top Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to studies of normal, hostile, and fratricide environments for reentry systems.
• Perform radiation transport calculations for Navy systems.
• Conduct intrinsic radiation studies for personnel safety.
• Verify & validate simulation models and results.
• Assist in test planning and execution at radiation and electrical/mechanical facilities.
• Develop technical reports, briefings, and presentations.
• Interface with the customer and support system planning and qualification.

Skills

C++

Python

Radiation transport

Education

PhD in Physics or Nuclear Engineering

MS in Physics or Nuclear Engineering

BS in Physics or Nuclear Engineering

Tools

MCNP

Attila

Job description

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior Level Physicist to support our Navy DoD customer in research, development, testing, evaluation, and analysis at our Colorado Springs, CO office.

For more than 65 years, Arcfield has supported our Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) customer by performing research, development, analysis, modeling and simulation, and testing to assess weapon system performance and qualify weapon systems for normal, hostile, and fratricide environments. We provide support in the areas of programmatic and systems engineering, technical engineering, scientific analysis, and operational systems support for Navy SSP's Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS). We utilize both COTS and in-house developed software to deliver results of nuclear weapons effects to Navy SSP.

The physicist will perform scientific analysis and computational modeling to evaluate intrinsic, normal, hostile, and fratricide radiation environments and their effect on the SWS, as well as on personnel. The successful candidate will perform a wide range of tasks spanning radiation transport calculations, Hardening and Vulnerability (H&V) calculations, Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) calculations, hostile nuclear environment definition, and planning and assessment of radiation/electrical/mechanical testing. Position will require the use scientific and engineering simulation software, in particular radiation transport codes (e.g., MCNP, Attila, etc.), as well as with object-oriented programming languages (e.g., C++, Python, etc.).

This position will be responsible for the following:

• Contribute to team efforts in the completion of normal, hostile, and fratricide environment studies of reentry systems.
• Perform radiation transport calculations of free-field and internal dose levels in Navy systems.
• Perform intrinsic radiation studies for personnel safety.
• Compare and correlate radiation modeling results with experimental data.
• Perform Verification & Validation of simulation models and results.
• Assist in test planning and execution at radiation, electrical, and mechanical above ground test facilities.
• Work with software engineers to implement physics-based analysis models into maintainable software programs.
• Assist the customer in system planning, requirement definition, assessment, and qualification of current and future Navy weapon systems.
• Develop technical documentation and briefings.
• Develop technical reports capturing assumptions, inputs, outputs, and results.
• Develop and deliver presentations.
• Interface directly with the customer.
• Travel for meetings and customer interactions as required.

Qualifications

• BS 8-10, MS 6-8, PhD 3-5 in Physics or Nuclear Engineering
• Ability to Obtain/Maintan a Top Secret Clearance

Equal Pay Act

This is the projected compensation range for this position. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, Arcfield invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Arcfield 's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.Min: $103,623.54Max: $180,181.23

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.