53 jobs found in Oak Ridge, TN

Requisition Id 16823 Overview: The Strategic Business Development Manager for the Cyber Resilience and Intelligence Division provides strategic, programmatic, and business development leadership to strengthen and expand CRID's mission portfolio. This role drives long-term division strategy, identifies emerging mission needs, shapes new program opportunities, and cultivates sponsor relationships across the defense, homeland security, and intelligence communities. The Strategic Development Manager helps position CRID as a national leader in cyber resilience, cyber-physical systems security, analytics, and intelligence mission solutions. This position plays a critical role in guiding program growth, aligning research capabilities with sponsor priorities, and building partnerships that advance CRID's technical and mission impact. Major Duties and Responsibilities: Lead development and execution of division-level strategies that expand CRID's cyber and intelligence program...

Requisition Id 16816 Overview: The Geospatial Science and Human Security Division (GSHSD) is currently seeking world-class research and development professionals for the National Security Sciences Directorate within Oak Ridge National Lab. The geospatial data engineer will support the development of next generation data strategies that will support and deploy operational situational awareness products for sponsors across the Federal Government. We're looking for staff who bring fresh ideas from areas including information retrieval, distributed computing and storage, and data processing workflows. We need our staff to be flexible and be enthusiastic to take on problems across the organization as we continue to solve complex global scale problems in the areas associated with spatial computing. The Geospatial Data Engineer will focus on the implementation of scalable data storage and processing solutions for high-volume and high-velocity data applications. The proposed...

Requisition Id 16647 Overview: We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate who will focus on the physics of nonequilibrium dynamics in many-body systems. This position resides in the Quantum Heterostructures Group in the Foundational Materials Science Section, Materials Science and Technology Division, Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of our research team, you will closely collaborate with a team that includes condensed matter theorists, experts in neutron/X-ray scattering, and experts in thin film and single crystal materials growth and characterization. You will perform cutting-edge research on theory and modeling of dynamics in condensed matters. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Development of theoretical framework for driven and open quantum systems Phenomenological modeling of dynamics/transport behaviors in complex systems, including strongly correlated electron systems Experience in analyzing data from scattering...

Requisition Id 16741 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 complex 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...

Requisition Id 16798 Overview: The Data and AI Systems Research Section/Workflow systems Group within the Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in data management, workflow management, High Performance Computing (HPC), machine learning and Artificial Intelligence to enhance our capabilities in making AI-ready scientific data. As a postdoctoral fellow at ORNL, you will collaborate with a dynamic team of scientists and engineers, leveraging cutting-edge resources; most notably the Frontier supercomputer, the world's first exascale computing system. This is a unique opportunity to engage in transformational research that advances the development of AI-ready scientific data, optimized workflows, and distributed intelligence across the computing continuum. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to cutting-edge research aimed at transforming scientific data...

Requisition Id 16754 Overview: The Computational Sciences and Engineering Division (https://www.ornl.gov/division/csed) in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a senior scientist to lead a world-class research group in Applied Quantum Technologies (AQT) within the Quantum Information Science (QIS) Section. The QIS section includes more than 35 full-time scientists carrying out interdisciplinary, collaborative research in fundamental and applied quantum computing, communications, and sensing. With substantial institutional investments in equipment and facilities, as well as recent and expected increases in federal funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal agencies, the AQT group is positioned to experience rapid growth. Building on this solid foundation, the successful candidate will develop capabilities in the group to address key questions to advance the maturity of quantum technologies for...

Requisition Id 16817 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking driven, passionate individuals interested in a career as a Radiological Control Technician (RCT), and who are ready to make a meaningful impact on some of the most advanced nuclear and radiological missions in the world. As an RCT at ORNL, you will directly support critical programs across neutron sciences (SNS and HFIR), isotope research and production, nuclear facilities operations, laboratory modernization initiatives, and essential facility maintenance and outage activities. This position resides within the Radiological Protection Operations Group, part of the Nuclear & Radiological Protection Division in ORNL's Environment, Safety, Health, & Quality Directorate. Depending on your interests, experience, and strengths, you may be placed in any of these mission areas, providing exceptional opportunities for professional growth, technical development, and long-term career advancement. If you...

Requisition Id 16807 Overview: We are seeking an Accelerator Facility Safety Engineer who will focus on performing, documenting, and maintaining technical safety documentation for ORNL accelerator facilities. This position resides in the Accelerator Safety Program group in the Nuclear and Radiological Protection Division in the Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality Directorate, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of our team, you will become an expert on the Accelerator Safety Order, DOE O 420.2 and accelerator technology and operations. You will interact with engineers and accelerator system operators to understand and evaluate accelerator specific hazards associated with current operations and planned upgrades and modifications, identify and develop controls to mitigate hazards, and interface with the Department of Energy to document and implement the controls necessary to ensure safe operation of the accelerator. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Perform,...

Requisition Id 16335 Overview: We are seeking a Beam Instrumentation Systems Lead to support the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of beam instrumentation systems for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This role contributes to improving accelerator performance, reliability, and availability through advanced diagnostic and control system development. This position reports to the Beam Instrumentation Group Leader within the Accelerator Science & Technology Section, Research Accelerator Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The Spallation Neutron Source is a world-leading facility and the most powerful pulsed proton accelerator in the world, producing neutron beams for cutting-edge materials science research. ORNL is the U.S. Department of Energy's largest science and energy laboratory, delivering transformative solutions in energy, science, and national security. Within...

Requisition Id 16797 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the largest science and energy laboratory within the U.S. Department of Energy, conducts cutting-edge basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions that advance national energy and security priorities. The Biosciences Division (BSD) within the Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate (BESSD) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Microbial Engineering Group. In this role, you will develop next-generation genetic tools for non-model microorganisms, enabling precise genome engineering in microbial systems relevant to the emerging bioeconomy. These tools will accelerate our ability to interrogate genotype-phenotype relationships, expand fundamental understanding of microbial physiology, and support the development of design rules for engineering microbes for energy and environmental applications. ORNL's multidisciplinary research environment brings together...

Requisition Id 16802 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the development and application of advanced multiphysics simulations, and machine learning (ML) methods relevant to additive manufacturing (AM), virtual manufacturing, material characterization, topology optimization, and real-time sensing. This position resides in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division (CSED) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). CSED focuses on transdisciplinary computational science and analytics at scale to enable scientific discovery across the physical sciences, engineered systems, and biomedicine and health. It provides foundations and advances in quantum information sciences to enable quantum computers, devices, and networked systems. It develops community applications, data assets, and technologies and provides assurance to build knowledge and impact in novel, crosscut-science outcomes. The candidate will be a postdoctoral researcher within the...

Requisition Id 16774 Overview: We are seeking a US ITER Lead Schedule Analyst who will focus on all aspects of schedule development and analysis for the US ITER Project. This position is in the US ITER Project Controls group in the US ITER Project. As part of our team, you will provide leadership and support in all aspects of project management and controls to support successful planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closeout of the US ITER Project and associated subsystems. US ITER is a $6.5 Billion, Department of Energy multi-laboratory project that executes the United States (US) contributions to the ITER Project in France lead by the ITER International Organization (IO). The US is a non-host partner in the world's largest and unprecedented scientific partnership as part of a seven- member international collaboration which includes the partner Domestic Agencies (DA's) China, European Union, India, Japan, Korea, and Russia to design and construct a fusion...

Requisition Id 16771 Overview: The Advanced Technologies Section (ATS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Research Scientist to provide scientific and technical leadership in systems architecture for next-generation leadership-class high-performance computing. This position is embedded within the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) and serves as a strategic research leader at the intersection of advanced computing systems, storage architectures, and high-performance networking. The successful candidate will lead collaborations with other research staff and postdoctoral researchers in developing and evaluating transformative technologies for future leadership computing systems. This position is part of the Advanced Technologies Section within the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) Division. The ATS is an applied research and development organization that provides scientific, technical, and thought...

Requisition Id 16720 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory 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 Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a creative individual for a postdoctoral research associate position in ORNL's Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge (CRPK). The candidate will work with experts in computational radiation dosimetry and risk assessment. The candidate should be an independent thinker and able to participate creatively in defining and refining research directions. M a jo r Duties/Responsibilities: The successful candidate will interact with a team of scientists and engineers at ORNL in a variety of projects involving internal and external dosimetry and radiation risk analysis The CRPK provides technical assistance to U.S. federal agencies involved in...

Requisition Id 16764 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 Application-driven Composable Distributed Storage. The candidate will be able to make research contributions in understanding and efficient use of distributed data storage and I/O subsystems for High-Performance Computing (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 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: Flexible, composable storage service architectures that expose useful data container abstractions and interfaces...

Requisition Id 16746 Overview: We are currently seeking qualified applicants for a Distinguished Nondestructive Assay (NDA) Scientist in the Non-Destructive Measurement Science and Technology Group within the Safeguards and Treaty Verification Section in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division. The Safeguards and Treaty Verification Section focuses on enhancing scientific concepts, strategies, and technologies that will strengthen the capabilities of USG and international regimes (e.g., the IAEA and partner countries) to safeguard and secure nuclear material, commodities, and technologies from proliferation, improve nuclear safety systems, and enhance treaty verification. The Nondestructive Measurement Science and Technology Group focuses on research, development, and application of nondestructive assay systems, data acquisition technologies and analysis methods that support material control and accounting, operational safety for material processing, and nuclear material...

Requisition Id 16041 Level: RP04 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites applications for a senior scientific leadership position to advance the science and technology of materials for extreme environments, with an emphasis on the convergence of fusion and fission structural materials, reactor core materials innovation, and the expansion of nuclear materials research capabilities. This position resides in the Radiation Effects and Microstructural Analysis Group (REMAG) within the Materials in Extreme Environments Section of the Materials Science and Technology Division in ORNL's Physical Sciences Directorate. Working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), and Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), as well as industry, universities, and other external stakeholders, the selected candidate will leverage internationally recognized expertise in nuclear materials science to...

Requisition Id 16759 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a Research Scientist to advance distributed workflow orchestration and cross-facility integration in support of the Genesis Mission, the American Science Cloud, and the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF). Working within the Workflows and Ecosystem Services (WES) Group at the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS), you will design and deploy APIs, service meshes, and workflow orchestration systems that bridge leadership computing resources, instruments, and cloud platforms. You will collaborate with scientists, facility operators, and DOE laboratory partners to lower barriers to scalable, automated scientific computing. WES designs and implements workflow, data, and ecosystem technologies that enable reliable, automated execution of scientific applications across heterogeneous, geographically distributed computing environments, integrating compute, storage, networking, and...

Requisition Id 16779 Overview: We are accepting applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in Data Science for Advanced Manufacturing that 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...

Requisition Id 16505 Overview: The Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking an exceptional Postdoctoral Researcher to advance programming systems for extreme-scale, heterogeneous computing. This role sits at the intersection of compiler infrastructure, formal verification, runtime systems, and hardware/software co-design-expanding into emerging paradigms such as quantum and analog computational models. You will explore how compilers, runtimes, and AI-driven agents can co-optimize complex architectures, reasoning across conventional processors (CPUs/GPUs), custom accelerators, and next-generation quantum and analog devices . Your work will contribute to a vision of autonomous system engineering in which AI agents understand algorithmic intent, architectural constraints, and performance models-driving system co-design across the entire computing stack. Major Duties/Responsibilities: LLVM Compiler Innovation : Advance the...