Job Title
Sr. Research Chemist/Scientist
Requisition #
SRRECH_COMPANY_1
Job Type
Full-Time
Salary Range
$95,000 to $100,000
Exemption Type
Exempt
Location
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD - MD US (Primary)
Education
Professional
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)
Travel
10 - 20%
Date Needed By
6/30/2024
Job Description
Citizenship/Clearance requirement: Candidate must be a U.S. citizen, ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance and pass a background check and drug screening.
SciTech Services, Inc. (SciTech) is seeking a Senior Research Chemist/Scientist to support the Smoke and Target Defeat Branch within the Research and Technology (R&T) Directorate at DEVCOM CBC. The Senior Research Chemist/Scientist will apply their academic and practical knowledge, experience, and expertise to provide smoke/obscurant research support to the Smoke and Target Defeat Branch. Working under the guidance of a higher-grade professional employee will perform tasks which may encompass the gamut of research, development, production, test, and evaluation to study aerosol and smoke/obscurant materials, dispersion, obscuration techniques, systems, associated theoretical and predictive models, and dissemination, collection and sampling devices and operation.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with team members to develop chemical and engineering solutions.
• Perform research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) of obscurants and dissemination.
• Conduct research to improve the design, properties, manufacture, processing, packaging, operation, performance, and effectiveness of the aerosol/smoke/obscurant.
• Analyze commercially available and prepare samples or materials for use as smoke and obscurants.
• Operate test apparatus and instrumentation to collect optical data in the visible, IR and microwave regions.
• Become familiar with theoretical models (newly developed or existing) which can be used to support the investigation of new materials and techniques.
• Design, develop, fabricate, and evaluate improved or novel materials to improve current obscurants.
• Determine aerosol characteristics of obscurants produced after delivery from various platforms.
• Develop novel materials for obscuration in the millimeter wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Fabricate novel materials to be tested in collaboration with relevant universities.
• Perform XPS spectroscopy and data analysis in collaboration with other US Government organizations on metal organic framework (MOF) subunits adhered to silica supports to provide insights into how these materials break down chemical warfare agents (CWAs).
• Conduct synthetization of flame-retardant coating for obscuration material that obscures in the IR region.
• Collaborate with relevant Universities on testing obscure materials in extreme environments.
• Collaborate with internal and external research teams on synthesis and characterization of materials and meta materials for obscuration.
• Assist Smoke and Target Defeat Branch individual(s) in the operation of the Breeze Tunnel to conduct Breeze Tunnel vapor experiments involving drones.

Job Requirements

• Candidate must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security clearance.
• Ph.D. degree in chemistry or relevant engineering/scientific field of study with 1 year's experience working in a laboratory environment as a research chemist. Or a master's degree with 6 years' experience working in a laboratory and/or a field test environment as a research chemist. Or a bachelor's degree in chemistry with 8 years' experience working in a laboratory and/or a field test environment as a research chemist.
• Prior hands-on research chemist work experience of at least 1 year working in a laboratory environment.
• Microsoft Office experience required.
• Advanced communication skills interacting with government representatives as well as industry partners.
• Willingness to learn new things and take on new tasks.
• Must possess strong written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and a working knowledge of PC software packages typically associated with design of experiments and associated statistical analysis.
• Expertise with various analytical instrumentation techniques to include but not limited to the following: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (UV-VIS).

SciTech offers an excellent benefits package that includes: health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, a great 401(k) package, vacation, and sick leave.
Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability and Veterans.
# of Hires Needed
1