Senior Physicist, Defense & WMD Intelligence

Society of Exploration Geophysicists; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k matching

Generous PTO

Paid holidays

Professional training opportunities

Pet insurance

Job summary

Castalia Systems is seeking a Senior Physicist to support all-source intelligence analysis of foreign weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, including proliferation and procurement of WMD-related materials, technologies, and knowledge, for DoD and USG counter-WMD efforts.

The role involves independent research, technical writing, modeling, and collaboration with engineering disciplines on optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, and deeply buried targets, producing documentation of

Responsibilities

• Supports defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific research, capability / limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis / characterizations, facility and vulnerability assessments.
• 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.

Job description

Castalia Systems is seeking a Senior Physicist to support all-source intelligence analysis of foreign weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, including proliferation and procurement of WMD-related materials, technologies, and knowledge, for DoD and USG counter-WMD efforts.

The role involves independent research, technical writing, modeling, and collaboration with engineering disciplines on optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, and deeply buried targets, producing documentation of