Image and Signal Processing Data Senior Scientist

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Do you want to be a part of a national security mission that conducts research and development? Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) is seeking a full-time Senior Scientist to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide diagnostic fielding and development support in a national laboratory environment. The Stockpile Experimentation & Operations (SEO) organization is looking for a highly motivated Senior Scientist to develop mathematical models for analyzing data from experiments in support of the Stockpile Stewardship mission. 

The Senior Data Scientist will play a lead scientific role in the development and analysis of data from complex measurement systems, with a focus on basic and applied research in stockpile stewardship. This position requires active participation in the field with the scientific, technical, and engineering teams, direct interaction with experimental partners from the National Weapons Laboratories, and independently driven model and algorithm development. The ideal candidate will build direct relationships with the laboratory partners and provide scientific guidance to experimental operations, also reporting on accomplishments to internal and external stakeholders.

In addition to supporting stockpile stewardship projects, the Senior Scientist will be expected to maintain an active research portfolio, participating in the Site-Directed Research and Development program, including research in support of current projects for characterizing diagnostic systems and image enhancement. This includes publishing scientific results and presenting research developments at professional meetings and conferences and to university partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the ability to implement emerging capabilities for image and signal processing, such as machine learning, Bayesian reconstruction techniques, and inverse problems.
• Apply mathematical solutions to diagnostics systems on high stake weapons physics experiments conducted at the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation (PULSE) Complex and other facilities located at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).
• Employ independent judgment and apply knowledge to ensure that requirements are completed using quality methods. 
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert and mentor to junior team members.
• Collaborate with peers and other disciplines to coordinate project execution compliance.
• Alone or as a member of a team, participate in researching, extracting, analyzing and compiling technical data.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are required. 
• Manage multiple tasks, changing priorities, and apply leadership concepts with an emphasis on continuous improvement and team building. 
• Establish and maintain strong and effective customer relations, anticipate change and adjust promptly and effectively. 

• Bachelor’s degree in calculus-based technical (STEM) field plus at least 5 years relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
• Preferred: a PhD in calculus-based Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics (STEM) field is required to be completed at the time of employment. 
• Possess knowledge of the science and mathematics of image and signal processing techniques and reconstruction methods