Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
Requisition Id 16564 Overview: We are seeking a Senior Research Software Engineer to join the Incident Modeling and Computational Sciences (IMCS) Group in the National Security Sciences Directorate (NSSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). IMCS develops and maintains state-of-the-art modeling and simulation tools supporting nuclear forensics, nuclear weapon effects, and radiological consequence management for DOE, DOD, and DHS sponsors. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, development, and sustained operation of enterprise AI and data infrastructure, including 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 lead collaboratively, driving technical decisions, mentoring junior staff,...