17 engineering jobs found in Oak Ridge, TN

Requisition Id 16491 PDAA Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on the LEGEND program's search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Ge-76. This position resides in the Neutrino Research Group in the Fundemental Nuclear & Particle Physics Section, Physics Division, Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of our research team, you will play an active role in the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Ge-76 with the LEGEND-200 experiment, currently operating at LNGS, help lead the R&D, design, and implementation of the LEGEND-1000 experiment, and pursue R&D that extends the physics potential of low-background, rare-event searches. The successful candidate will work closely with a range of students, other postdoctoral fellows, scientific and engineering staff, visiting scholars, as well as a large network of international collaborators. Networking opportunities extend to the group's...

Requisition Id 16502 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. The Plasma Enrichment Process Management Group is seeking a Document Management and Records Coordinator who will serve as the Document Control Coordinator (DMC) and Records Management Officer (RMO) for the Plasma Enrichment Science Engineering Section within the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division (ESED) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This role will lead strategic efforts to improve document and records management practices and processes, as well as support day-to-day activities involving processing, maintaining, retrieving, and disseminating information in support of document control and records management activities. ESED serves the nation in two critical areas: advancing enrichment technologies and...

Requisition Id 16492 PDAA Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate with a strong background in organic synthesis to develop, characterize, and test new molecules for the chelation and separation of metal ions relevant to isotope production and energy. This position resides in the Chemical Separations Group in the Chemical Sciences Division, Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), under the mentorship of Dr. Nikki Thiele. As part of the Chemical Separations Group, you will have the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team comprising specialists in organic and inorganic synthesis, coordination chemistry, thermodynamics, laser spectroscopy, materials characterization, chemical separations, computational chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Our cold labs house state-of-the-art instruments including a triple-quad ICP mass spectrometer, single-crystal X-ray diffractometer, potentiometric titrators, and ultrafast laser...

Requisition Id 16440 Overview: We are seeking a Machine Control Account Manager (CAM) who will work with project staff to consistently deliver enrichment hardware of exceptional quality in support of national security and medical isotope missions by driving the development of advanced manufacturing capabilities required to deploy cutting-edge enrichment technologies at scale. This position requires strong understanding of manufacturing processes, configuration management principles, quality assurance, project management fundamentals, and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) related system modules and how they provide an industry-focused solution to organization requirements. This position resides in the Production Control in the Enrichment Systems Fabrication and Demonstration (ESFD) section within the Enrichment Science and Engineering (ESED) Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This position is located on-site at our facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Major...

Requisition Id 16474 Overview: The Laboratory Modernization Division (LMD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Mission Readiness Coordinator. This position manages the Mission Readiness program and supports long-range facilities and infrastructure planning to address critical capability gaps and align planned investments with ORNL's Lab Agenda, science initiatives, and campus strategy. The successful candidate will work closely with Directorate leadership, mission support organizations, Executive Leadership, Business Services, the Office of Institutional Planning and Performance Management, and LMD planning, space, design, and project management teams to develop prioritized infrastructure actions, campus strategy objectives, the Annual Lab Plan Section 6, and a 10-year facilities and infrastructure investment profile. This position resides within LMD in the Facilities & Operations (F&O) Directorate. Major...

Requisition Id 16413 Overview: The Analytics and AI methods at Scale (AAIMS) group in the National Center for Computational Science (NCCS) is hiring Senior Research Scientist to push the frontier of AI for science such as: scientific reasoning, federated & collaborative learning, and reinforcement learning (RL) for self-improving models on leadership-class supercomputers. You'll help design, train, and evaluate AI systems that plan, reason, and take actions to accelerate discovery across domains (materials, chemistry, climate, fusion, biology, and more). NCCS operates the Frontier exascale supercomputer and world-class data facilities. This role sits at the intersection of AI at scale and HPC, giving you unmatched resources to prototype new ideas, run large ablations, and translate methods into scientific impact. Examples of Focus Areas: Agentic AI for Science: Autonomous and tool-using agents for experiment design, simulation steering, data collection, and...

Requisition Id 16411 Overview: The Analytics and AI Methods at Scale (AAIMS) group in the National Center for Computational Science (NCCS) is hiring a Research Scientist to advance the frontier of AI for science, including scientific reasoning, federated & collaborative learning, and reinforcement learning (RL) for self-improving models on leadership-class supercomputers. You'll help design, train, and evaluate AI systems that plan, reason, and take actions to accelerate discovery across domains (materials, chemistry, climate, fusion, biology, and more). NCCS operates the Frontier exascale supercomputer and world-class data facilities. This role sits at the intersection of AI at scale and HPC, giving you access to unmatched resources to prototype new ideas, run experiments, and translate methods into scientific impact. Examples of Focus Areas: Agentic AI for Science: Autonomous and tool-using agents for experiment design, simulation steering, data collection, and...

Requisition Id 16389 Overview: We are seeking a Physical Metallurgist who will focus on processing structure property relationships in structural materials. This position resides in the Materials for Advanced Manufacturing GROUP in the Materials Structure and Processing Science Section, Materials Science & Technology Division, Physical Sciences Directorate, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Major Duties/Responsibilities: Understand phase transformation and physical metallurgy of various ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Metallography and characterization of parts as well as components manufactured via additive and conventional manufacturing techniques. Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary research environment consisting of computational scientists, experimentalists, and engineers conducting basic and applied research in support of the Laboratory's missions. Support senior staff in the development and execution of projects that provide valued and timely...

Requisition Id 16386 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct advanced research on the mechanical behavior and microstructure evolution of advanced structural alloys. This position resides in the Multiscale Modeling and Materials by Design (M2MD) Group within the Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD), Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The selected candidate will work in a highly collaborative environment, leveraging state-of-the-art neutron and X-ray characterization facilities to develop a mechanistic understanding of deformation, strengthening, and failure in advanced alloys. The research will focus on integrating microstructure characterization, in situ diffraction techniques, and mechanical testing to uncover processing-microstructure-property relationships. The candidate will have opportunities to interact with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to high-impact publications and...

Requisition Id 16381 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on understanding the longevity of precipitated amorphous materials, including those containing critical materials. This position resides in the Geochemistry and Interfacial Sciences (GIS) Group in the Chemical Science Division (CSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The selected candidate will work collaboratively with scientists in CSD to develop an understanding of stability of amorphous carbonate and other amorphous materials. In addition to working in GIS group laboratories, the research will also take advantage of DOE user facilities, e.g., the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at ORNL or at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will focus on scientific projects to advance our understanding of the lifetimes of amorphous materials, including those containing...

Requisition Id 16363 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the world's premier research institution, empowering leaders, and teams to pursue breakthroughs in an environment marked by operational excellence and engagement with the communities where we live and work. ORNL invites you to apply to its Distinguished Staff Fellowship (DSF) Program. This program recognizes outstanding early-career scientists and engineers who have excelled in their academic and professional subject areas and show promise as future science leaders. The program offers highly sought-after fellowships in various research fields, including biology and the environment, clean energy, fusion and fission, isotope science, materials science, national security, neutron science, and supercomputing. Applicants selected to become DSFs will be named to one of three fellowships based on their scientific background. The fellowships honor three prominent scientists who made a Big Science impact at ORNL....

Requisition Id 16329 Overview: We are seeking an R&D Group Leader for the Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials (FHN) Group within the Nanomaterials Synthesis and Nanofabrication Section at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS). The CNMS provides the national and international user communities access to expertise and equipment for a broad range of nanoscience research, including nanomaterials synthesis, nanofabrication, imaging/microscopy/characterization, and theory/modeling/simulation. The selected group leader will be part of the Nanomaterials Synthesis and Nanofabrication Section, which develops and applies state-of-the-art synthesis and diagnostics methods to understand growth mechanisms and function of complex materials in support of the CNMS user program and in-house theme science. As a Senior R&D Staff Member and Group Leader at the CNMS, your work will combine science with leadership. As a Group Leader, you will be instrumental in shaping and...

Requisition Id 16296 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to develop AI-driven automation workflows for aberration-correction scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) to accelerate the characterization of degradation mechanisms in catalysts and electrochemical devices. This position resides in the Applied Microanalysis and Thermophysics (AMAT) Group in the Materials Analysis & Interface Science Section of the Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD), Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of our research team, you will collaborate with world leaders in catalysis and electrochemistry through national laboratory consortia of the Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI). Your role will be to work with the new aberration-corrected Thermo Fisher Spectra Ultra STEM to help drive the development of automated routines for analyzing catalyst structure and...

Requisition Id 16262 Overview: We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work at the intersection of tensor networks, quantum algorithms, scientific computing, topological physics, and quantum hardware. As part of our team, you will perform research to develop new scalable quantum simulation algorithms, based on multi-linear representation theory, and apply them to real world applications spanning qubit engineering to quantum algorithmic analysis to applications across the physical sciences (condensed-matter or high energy physics, data science). You will Interpret, report, and present research concepts and results to national. This position resides within the Quantum Computational Science Group in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division (CSED) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). CSED performs transdisciplinary computational science and analytics at scale to produce advancements in physical sciences, engineering, and biomedicine and health. The Quantum...

Requisition Id 16254 Overview: Do you have a passion for applying AI methods for accelerating scientific discoveries and an ability to think outside of the box in a collaborative and open environment? If so, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Learning Systems Group within the Data and Artificial Intelligence Systems section invites you to apply to our new postdoctoral research associate position in AI for Science. We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence for scientific discovery within a national laboratory environment. The successful candidate will develop and apply advanced machine learning techniques-including multimodal AI, computer vision, and large language models-to complex scientific and engineering challenges. This role emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, scalable data systems, and impactful research aligned with mission-driven science. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will...

Requisition Id 16354 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on thermal energy storage and building equipment technologies. This position resides in the Thermal Energy Storage Group in the Building Technology Research, Building and Transportation Section, Energy Science and Technology Directorate, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Major Duties/Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting, coordinating, and reporting complex research assignments related to energy conversion systems including: Design and develop experimental setups; plan and execute experimental campaigns; perform thermofluid analyses; and analyze and interpret results. Conduct experimental and laboratory research on thermal energy storage technologies, sorption systems, compressors, heat exchangers, HVAC systems, and related technologies. Develop and apply system-level models to support research and design activities. Prepare...

Requisition Id 16307 Overview: We are seeking an Associate R&D Staff Member in Data Science for Advanced Manufacturing who will focus on the development of next-generation, data-driven manufacturing systems that integrate artificial intelligence, real-time sensing, and digital twins to transform how critical components are designed, produced, and qualified. The selected candidates will conduct research in data science and AI to develop scalable, deployable methodologies to assess and to improve manufacturing quality, efficiency, and certification readiness. This position resides in the Manufacturing Systems Analytics group in the Digital and Secure Manufacturing Section, Manufacturing Science Division, Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). You will work at the MDF to advance digital manufacturing technologies and to accelerate their deployment to industry and national scale applications. The MDF hosts a diverse set of...