Senior Scientist, High-Energy Diagnostics

Mission Support and Test Services; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off and holidays

Relocation assistance

Tuition assistance

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) seeks a Senior Scientist/Physicist for the High Energy Density Experiments (HEDE) Team at the Livermore Operations site to lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced diagnostics across IR, VIS, UV, X-ray, and neutron regimes.

You will take diagnostic instruments from concepts through benchtop calibration and field deployment in support of subcritical dynamic experiments and stockpile campaigns.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in calculus-based STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience; or
• Masters with 3+ years; or
• Ph.D. aligned with dynamic experimentation or optical/nuclear diagnostics; highly preferred.
• Familiarity with Chicago, COMSOL, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Python; general diagnostic instrumentation knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and fielding of diagnostics across multiple regimes (IR–neutron).
• Collaborate with principal investigators at user facilities (NNSS, NIF, Omega).
• Develop and calibrate detectors; produce SOPs and automated routines (LabVIEW).
• Field diagnostics during shot cycles; analyze data and quantify uncertainties.
• Prepare technical reports, SDRD proposals, and journal manuscripts.

Skills

Chicago

COMSOL

MATLAB

Python

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor's in STEM field

Master's in STEM discipline

Ph.D. in applicable STEM discipline

Ph.D. in Physics/Applied Physics/Optics/Nuclear Eng

Tools

LabVIEW

Microsoft Office

Job description

Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) seeks a Senior Scientist/Physicist for the High Energy Density Experiments (HEDE) Team at the Livermore Operations site to lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced diagnostics across IR, VIS, UV, X-ray, and neutron regimes.

You will take diagnostic instruments from concepts through benchtop calibration and field deployment in support of subcritical dynamic experiments and stockpile campaigns.