Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Requisition Id 16567 Overview: We are currently seeking qualified applicants for Cyber Portfolio Staff Consultant for Cyber Sensing and Analytics (CSA) Group in the Cyber Resilience and Intelligence Division. The Staff Consultant position affords the unique opportunity to work on critical national security missions with a group of dedicated R&D professionals and establish ORNL as a premier R&D organization. The CSA Group researches and develops technologies to address risks within the national critical infrastructure with emphasis on energy, manufacturing, vehicles, and buildings. This position will participate in innovative Research and Development (R&D) for the group that strategically advances science and technology (S&T) consistent with ORNL's aspiration to be the world's premier R&D institution and ORNL's science culture. The Staff Consultant reports to the Group Leader and works closely with the R&D Section Head to direct the scientific vision;...

Requisition Id 15604 Overview: The National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a postdoctoral research associate in High-Performance Computing (HPC) system architecture and intelligent storage design. The candidate will contribute to research and development efforts in scalable storage and memory architectures, telemetry-driven system optimization, and application-driven performance analysis for HPC, scientific Artificial Intelligence (AI), and scientific edge computing. We are a leader in computational and computer science, with signature strengths in high-performance computing, system architecture, and data analytics with applications in a large variety of science domains. NCCS is home to some of the fastest supercomputers and storage systems in the world. This position is in the Technology Integration group within NCCS. Specific areas of research interest include: Telemetry collection and analysis to inform...

Requisition Id 16569 Overview: The Grid Transients & Advanced Modeling Group in the Electrification and Energy Infrastructure Division (EEID) within the Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to perform R&D in the areas of electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation and software development as well as dynamic and transient inverter modeling and different applications of the simulation. Selection will be based on qualifications, relevant experience, skills, and education. You should be highly self-motivated and independent in conducting research under general guidance and are expected to prepare manuscripts for scientific publication and present the work to sponsors and at conferences. The group supports the energy reliability and prosperity mission of the Energy Department (DOE) through transformative science and technology solutions, including research supporting the Office...

Requisition Id 16565 Overview: Within the NND, the Incident Modeling and Computational Sciences (IMCS) group focuses on modeling, analytics, and software development for nuclear incidents, such as nuclear weapon fallout prediction for support of forensics and consequence management or facility accident modeling in support of response planning. The IMCS group seeks applicants for a senior research professional position with a background in novel signals acquisition and interpretation, research-to-deployment of new technologies for radiological and nuclear event response operations, and broad expertise in nuclear forensics, nonproliferation, and counterproliferation research. The successful candidate will develop and lead a research and development portfolio that leverages the capabilities of multiple ORNL directorates and teams with other national laboratories to deliver new, effective solutions to emerging national security needs. Major Duties/Responsibilities: The...

Requisition Id 16573 Overview: We are seeking a Technical Professional Staff member who will focus on manufacturing processes and testing for advanced polymer composites. The successful candidate will be expected to execute research and development tasks at ORNL's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility including, but not limited to: operating polymer composite manufacturing systems such as extrusion, compression molding, large area thermoplastic extrusion additive manufacturing systems, infusion and thermoforming processes designing test and demonstration articles, preparing and analyzing material samples; analyzing samples; and preparing reports of the results of such analyses. The staff will be expected to collaborate amongst groups focusing on basic and applied research in various fields related to the current projects. This position resides in the Composites Innovation Group in the Manufacturing Science Division (MSD), Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) at Oak...

Requisition Id 16575 Overview: The Field Intelligence Operations Division (FIOD) is seeking a Cybersecurity Specialist to provide day-to-day support for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Program (SAP) systems. Qualified applicants have Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) experience to support FIOD Operations for classified operations across a wide-breadth of information environments. The ISSO supports the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) in the certification and accreditation of systems/networks and implementation of cyber security requirements and procedures across the National Security Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This role ensures compliance with DOE and sponsor (e.g. DoW) security policies and procedures as outlined in System Security Plans (SSPs), with a focus on system operations, maintenance, and disposal. As part of our team, you will be joining a vibrant group of professionals eager to provide...

Requisition Id 16572 Overview: Applicants are requested for an early career R&D Staff position to execute research and development related to microelectronics and microelectronics systems design in support of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and industry missions. The candidate is expected to contribute to the growth and development of research programs focused on areas such as: 1) analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) design, 2) Radio frequency (RF) and high-speed digital integrated circuits, and 3) microelectronics systems design and integration (including embedded sensors, processors, power management, etc.). The candidate may also have opportunities to contribute research and development associated to wide bandgap semiconductors and circuits, radiation-hardened electronics and systems, and printed or additively manufactured electronics. These research areas align well with DOE, DOD, and industry priorities spanning...

Requisition Id 15603 Overview: The National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a postdoctoral research associate in the area of HPC Confidential Computing and Secure Multi-tenancy. The candidate will be able to make research contributions in areas of system software architectures to support secure computing enclaves on large scale HPC and supercomputing resources. The candidate will also contribute to the development of large-scale identity and key management solutions. We are a leader in computational and computer science, with signature strengths in high-performance computing and data analytics with applications in a large variety of science domains and NCCS is home to some of the fastest supercomputers and storage systems in the world. This position is in the Technology Integration group within NCCS. Specific areas of research interest include: Integration of memory encryption, confidential computing, and...

Requisition Id 16571 Overview: Applicants are requested for an early career R&D Staff position to execute research and development related to microelectronics and microelectronics systems design in support of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and industry missions. The candidate is expected to contribute to the growth and development of research programs focused on areas such as: 1) analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) design, 2) Radio frequency (RF) and high-speed digital integrated circuits, and 3) microelectronics systems design and integration (including embedded sensors, processors, power management, etc.). The candidate may also have opportunities to contribute research and development associated to wide bandgap semiconductors and circuits, radiation-hardened electronics and systems, and printed or additively manufactured electronics. These research areas align well with DOE, DOD, and industry priorities spanning...

Requisition Id 16570 Overview: The Grid Transients & Advanced Modeling Group in the Electrification and Energy Infrastructure Division (EEID) within the Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a Research Associate to perform R&D in the one or more of the following areas: development of EMT simulation software, bulk power systems electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulations, high-fidelity dynamic and transient power electronics resources modeling, explore different intelligence algorithms to enhance ease of usage of simulations, and different applications of EMT simulations. Selection will be based on qualifications, relevant experience, skills, and education. You should be highly self-motivated and independent in conducting research under general guidance and are expected to prepare manuscripts for scientific publication and present the work to sponsors and at conferences. The group supports the energy...

Requisition Id 16566 Overview: We are seeking a Research Software Engineer to join the Incident Modeling and Computational Sciences (IMCS) Group in the National Security Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). IMCS develops and maintains state-of-the-art modeling and simulation tools supporting nuclear forensics, nuclear weapon effects, radiological consequence management, and other needs for DOE, DOW, and DHS sponsors. In this role, you will design, develop, and operate enterprise AI and data infrastructure, helping to build, maintain, and scale Docker-based microservices, large language model (LLM) inference servers on GPU clusters, vector database and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, and observability stacks that advance AI capabilities across the laboratory. The successful candidate will work independently and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of scientists, data engineers, and system administrators to deliver reliable,...

Requisition Id 16568 Overview: We're hiring an AI Software Engineer who has AI/ML development and deployment skills! The position and its focus are to design, develop and move to production AI/ML tools and analytics that enhance and evolve business operations and scientific decision-making capability and related activities at ORNL. Qualified applicants will have a solid foundation of Generative AI and Machine Learning skills. This position resides in the AI Operations Program office within the Application Development Division of the Information Technology Services Directorate. Our AI/ML models are heavily centered on Microsoft Azure and related AI cloud technologies with High Performance Computing (HPC) for on premise AI environments and Azure, AWS, and GCP for off premise environments. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Development and support of models utilizing AI/ML and Microsoft Azure, Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock. Collaboration with business and classified business...

Requisition Id 16554 Overview: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a ceramist, ceramics engineer, or material scientist with strong technical writing skills and demonstrated laboratory skills in mechanical testing and characterization of multifaceted material powders. This Technical Professional position will directly support the Program Director, Deputy Director, and team of principal investigators with new and existing projects. In this role, the selected candidate will interact with, support, and collaborate with a diverse multi-disciplinary team of research professionals, assisting in the characterization of material mechanical responses of ceramic powders and similar material science research. As a very significant effort and as a way to familiarize the selected candidate with the breadth and depth of the team's research, the selected candidate will be responsible for writing technical reports from partial documentation and from archived material samples,...

Requisition Id 16562 Overview: The Analytics and AI Methods at Scale (AAIMS) group at the National Center of Computational Science (NCCS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking motivated and talented postdoctoral research associate(s) to join our dynamic team. This role lies at the exciting intersection of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at scale with a particular focus on AI for Science, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and AI for Operations. Our aim is to push the boundaries of computational science by integrating advanced AI methods with state-of-the-art high-performance computing. Key Research Areas: AI for Science : Research and development of large-scale AI models for science, focusing on pre-training, instruction-based fine-tuning, and integrating human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning approaches. Responsible AI : Exploration of privacy-preserving AI techniques, enhancing AI safety, and addressing...

Requisition Id 16556 Overview: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a research vapor phase synthetic material scientist who will focus on the chemical evaluation of vapor grown high temperature ceramic and ceramic composite systems and their relationship to microstructure and performance metrics. This position resides in the Ceramics and Ceramic Composites (CCC) Group, Materials Processing Science and Engineering (MPSE) Section of the Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD), Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD). The individual will also interact and coordinate with other team members in other ORNL Research Divisions. As part of our research team, you will collaborate with senior technical staff who are world leaders in ceramic science and engineering through sponsorship from the US Department of Energy Critical Materials Energy Infrastructure HEGO and AMMTO offices. Your role will be to elucidate synthetic approaches on materials properties using the...

Requisition Id 16552 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a leader within our world class radioisotope production program. Supporting the largest radioisotope production and research portfolio within the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science for Isotope R&D and Production, this position will grant you the opportunity to work with rare nuclear materials and ensure the safe and effective execution of nuclear materials processing within nuclear facilities in the Melton Valley area of the ORNL campus. This position resides within the Isotope Processing and Manufacturing Division (IPMD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). IPMD is focused on the reliable delivery of radioisotope products to exacting quality standards. This work is performed within the unique facilities at ORNL, including the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), the Radiochemical Engineering and Development Center (REDC), and additional radiological and nuclear facilities throughout...

Requisition Id 16549 Overview: We are hiring a HPC Software Engineer to design, operate and maintain clusters, servers, and workstations supporting services where science happens at ORNL! This position resides in the Emerging Technologies & Computing group in the Research Computing Division in the Information Technology Services Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The Emerging Technology Computational Group facilitates ORNL goals through HPC systems engineering, integration, and support for the research community at ORNL. By providing design, deployment, optimization, monitoring, and tooling support across multiple clustered infrastructures, we facilitate Lab-wide R&D projects. Our HPC clusters range in scope from just a handful of nodes to over fifty-thousand cores. We partner with ORNL research organizations to enable research excellence and delivery. We work with other clustered computing and HPC groups to help research programs identify the best...

Requisition Id 16543 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, with an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation's biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 7,000 people! Oak Ridge National Laboratory seeks a technical professional to serve in an exciting role that will help advance energy and water efficiency, cost reductions and energy security for federal government facilities worldwide. You will be working with a team that works closely for and with the U.S. Department of Energy to serve all federal agencies. ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice, enabling the execution of ORNL's broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment, and security solutions for the nation. Come join us as we solve the nation's biggest challenges! Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the largest science and energy laboratory...

Requisition Id 16540 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will develop and apply computational methods based on electronic structure theory and artificial intelligence approaches with emphasis on electronic properties of a range of quantum materials important to the DOE mission, including the materials classes described below. Research efforts will include application of Quantum Monte Carlo (QMCPACK, PYQMC) density functional theory (e.g. QE, VASP, PYSCF) and associated models to describe various properties of DOE-relevant quantum materials. The Materials Theory Group has a background in using the most advanced ab-initio methods to examine electronic, topological and magnetic properties of advanced materials, their defects and their interphases. The incumbent will have opportunities to develop research methodologies as well as collaborate with experimental groups at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This position resides in the Materials Theory...

Requisition Id 16529 Overview: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program's Data Center is seeking a Full Stack Developer who will focus on internal tools related to ARM triennial deliverables for a one-year term. This position resides in the Earth Science Database Engineering and Informatics Group in the Earth System Informatics Section, Environmental Science Division, Biological and Environmental Systems Sciences Directorate, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Major Duties/Responsibilities: Independently develop web-based software applications. Ability to understand and develop the required functionality provided by requirements and mocks. Deliver ORNL's mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace - in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success. Basic Qualifications: A minimum of 5 years...