JOB SUMMARY: This position is part of the National Energy Technology Laboratory. As an INTERDISCIPLINARY General Engineer/Physical Scientist, you will provide professional engineering or physical science expertise and support to DOE programs, projects or initiatives whose mission or responsibilities include a combination of engineering and physical science work that supports the DOE mission to maintain US preeminence in engineering and scientific technology research and applications. MAJOR DUTIES: As an Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist, at minimum you will perform one or more of the following: Use sound technical judgment and initiative to resolve the challenges of changing conditions and other problems relative to the assigned projects and programs. Use physics or mechanical, nuclear, electrical, chemical, civil, or industrial engineering theories, principles, and practices. Analyze situations, identify problems, probe causes, and recommends courses of action or solutions. Work closely with a team, perform assessments, clearly and concisely document assessment results, and present findings orally and in writing to the approval authority. Coordinate with related engineering and physical science fields adequate to effectively discuss technical points and to recommend acceptable engineering solutions to problems. Perform and interpret calculations, analyses, and computations for unknown factors or relationships primarily in the matters of factual nature of involving well understood mechanisms. Provide scientific advice and guidance to officials, managers, scientists, and engineer. Serve as an expert for a significant segment of a specific area in one or more of the following: advanced scientific computing research; basic energy sciences; biological and environmental research; fusion energy sciences; high energy physics; nuclear physics; and workforce development. Provide technical guidance on proposed research projects and programs of interest. Coordinate, implement, and evaluate segments of research programs in the assigned area of responsibility. Assemble essential information on topics of assigned segments of research through various source materials. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
