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Quantum Technologies Program - Research ScientistSelect Search Associates LLC • Bethesda, MD, USA
Quantum Technologies Program - Research Scientist

Quantum Technologies Program - Research Scientist

Select Search Associates LLC • Bethesda, MD, USA
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Overview:
We are seeking a Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance (SETA) Support Specialist to join our team in support of a government research organization dedicated to investing in high-risk, high-payoff research programs to tackle some of the most difficult challenges of national security.
The successful candidate will support the government program managers in the execution of the lifecycle of various research programs to include development of source selection materials, execution assistance, closeout, and transition. The SETA should be competent in Research and Development (R&D) programmatic reviews and procedures. The candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that project management best practices are followed by the individual programs to include performers, independent verification and validation (IV&V) entities, and within the government research organization itself.
Technical SETA shall have subject matter expertise in quantum sensing and quantum computing to support research programs focused on advancing these capabilities for national security missions.
Responsibilities
  • Support the program managers in coordination, monitoring, communication, and integration of all technical aspects of the Program lifecycle that includes:
    • Coordinate across government, academic, and industry research teams.
    • Review and assess technical deliverables, milestones, and evaluation results.
    • Track risks, dependencies, and integration issues across performers.
  • Prepare reports, technical summaries, and briefings for senior leadership.
  • Serve as a liaison between performers, Test & Evaluation contributors, government and transition partners;
  • Provide support for program related requirements for systems integration, design, development, modeling and simulation, data analytics and architecture design;
  • Stay current on advances in technologies relevant to the research programs and perform technical studies as requested on topics of interest to the program managers.
  • Provide technical support and expertise on new concepts relevant to the program managers.
  • Support the evaluation of Seedling concepts
Qualifications
Required:
  • Bachelors' degree in physics, applied physics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related technical field, with six plus (6+) years of work experience in one of these fields, or Masters' degree with two plus (2+) years of work experience.
  • Four (4) years of experience or equivalent education involving quantum information science, quantum device physics, quantum sensing, quantum system modeling, and/or quantum control techniques.
  • Two (2) years of experience or equivalent education with laboratory characterization or test platforms relevant to quantum systems, such as cryogenic test environments, optical/laser-based measurement systems, RF/microwave measurement tools, or qubit/device characterization setups.
  • One (1) year of experience managing a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team.
  • Two (2) years of experience creating program plans, work breakdown structures, and milestone schedules.
Desired:
  • Masters' degree or PhD in physics, applied physics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, quantum information science, or closely related fields, with four plus (4+) years of work experience.
  • Four (4) years of experience with scientific and experimental programming languages/tools such as Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or languages used in quantum research (e.g., Qiskit, Cirq, or Q#).
  • Two (2) years of experience with machine learning, optimization, signal processing, or statistical techniques relevant to quantum system characterization, noise mitigation, or control.
  • Two (2) years of experience in the Intelligence Community (IC), including experience with requirements, CONOPS, and transition.
  • Awareness of supply chain, security, and reliability considerations for quantum technologies and supporting hardware.
  • Four (4) years of experience managing a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team.
  • One (1) year of experience as a Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager.
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