Senior Scientist
About The Position
Everforth ECS Federal is seeking a Senior Scientist candidate to provide onsite support to DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). MTO plays a key role in breakthroughs and innovative technologies, which requires a superior level of technical, analytical, financial, and general administrative support encompassing a broad range of expertise in technologies and disciplines for existing and future DARPA MTO efforts. The successful candidate will support a DARPA program manager by participating in or leading all activities in project management, technical and programmatic risk analysis, program-funded test coordination, and coordination with members of the Department of Defense for transition. The candidate will also be responsible for coordinating meetings, assessing performer technical progress, projecting performer outcomes, and ensuring that project management best practices are followed by performers, independent verification and validation (IV&V) entities funded by DARPA, and within DARPA itself. Duties range from developing point papers, slide decks, and other materials that convey the need, status, and importance of a program to researching unique problem set ideas to aid in National Security priorities.
Requirements
- Master's Degree
- Active DOD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one
- 15+ years of experience
- Senior-level experience in planning and developing technical projects of a research and development nature, concerned with unique or controversial problems which have an important effect on major Department of War (DOW) programs.
- Demonstrated skill in conceiving, planning, and conducting research in problem areas of considerable scope and complexity requiring unconventional or novel approaches and sophisticated research techniques.
- Successfully demonstrated the ability to independently conduct the appropriate analysis to offer recommendations, solutions, and alternatives to resolve complex R&D issues, concerns, problems, or methods in areas related to DARPA Technical Offices.
- Demonstrated experience in senior leadership roles within technical organizations and providing strategic scientific guidance on cutting-edge research initiatives.
- Recognized as an expert in their field of study or technology.
- Extensive published articles in Field of Expertise with demonstrated thought leadership and recognition within the broader scientific community.
Responsibilities
- Participating in or leading all activities in project management
- Technical and programmatic risk analysis
- Program-funded test coordination
- Coordination with members of the Department of Defense for transition
- Coordinating meetings
- Assessing performer technical progress
- Projecting performer outcomes
- Ensuring that project management best practices are followed by performers, independent verification and validation (IV&V) entities funded by DARPA, and within DARPA itself
- Developing point papers, slide decks, and other materials that convey the need, status, and importance of a program
- Researching unique problem set ideas to aid in National Security priorities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
