Laser Vulnerability Assessment Scientist/Engineer

Job Overview

This job announcement will be accepting candidate submissions until 29 August 2024.The AFRL Directed Energy Directorate, Laser Division, Effects, Modeling & Simulation Branch, Laser Effects Section seeks to hire a Laser Vulnerability Assessment Engineer.  The incumbent will develop, plan, oversee and execute laser effects threat assessments to establish laser weapon lethality and target vulnerability for the future battle-space.  

Position duties include but are not limited to:

• Investigate laser induced failure modes and mechanisms (materials to surrogates to actual targets)
• Couple the failure mechanisms with 1v1 assessment modeling deriving viable aimpoints
• Advance increased confidence models of materials and target vulnerability
• Support initial assessment planning 
• Conduct threat research 
• Use or Oversee use of internally developed engineering level software tools and methods to evaluate threats of interest to the Air Force and DoD
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary S&E’s internal and external to include contractors
• Prepare, manage and present briefings, reports and papers
• Contract management

Telework

Yes, this position is eligible for telework opportunities; as determined by agency policy

Remote Work (CONUS)

No, this position is not approved for remote work.

Eligible for a Referral Bonus?

No

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
• A BS (+2yrs experience), MS or PhD in Engineering or Science
• A background in two or more of the following focus areas:  Aerodynamics, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and simulation, Experimental Methods and Design of Experiments, Statistics, Weapon Lethality Analysis, Optics/Optical Design, High Energy Laser Design/Operations/Diagnostics, Laser-Materials Interaction
   

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with high energy lasers and laser effects
• Experience with laser-material interaction
• Experience with thermal material physics
• Experience with threat assessment, vulnerability analysis including (but not limited to) fault analysis from changes in aerodynamics or control systems of aerial targets.
• Familiarity with any of the following numerical methods: Finite Element/Finite Difference (FE/FD), Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI), Magneto Hydro-Dynamics (MHD)/Arbitrary Lagrangian
• Eulerian (ALE), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Coding experience with Python, C++ or Matlab, and experience with uncertainty quantification analysis
• Excellent oral and written communications skills

(Req No. 47048)
 

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