Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
An immediate opening is available with the Neutronics Team, within the Source Development and Engineering Analysis Group. We seek applications from creative and motivated individuals to participate in the development of concepts for high-performance moderator/neutron source systems tightly integrated with innovative neutron scattering instrumentation. This research is expected to be highly collaborative both with scientists within ORNL and external partners.
The Neutron Sciences Directorate (NScD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) operates the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), the United States’ highest flux reactor based neutron source, and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the world’s most intense pulsed accelerator based neutron source. Together these facilities operate 27 instruments for neutron scattering research, each year carrying out in excess of 1,000 experiments in the physical, chemical, materials, biological and medical sciences for more than 3,000 visiting scientists. HFIR also provides unique facilities for isotope production and neutron irradiation. To learn more about Neutron Sciences at ORNL go to: http://neutrons.ornl.gov.
Major Duties/Responsibilities
Works with the Neutronics Team, the Source Development and Engineering Analysis Group, and the Instrumentation Project and Development Group, as well as neutron scattering instrument teams and non-ORNL partners, to:
Qualifications Required
Requires A Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, physics, chemistry, or other related science fields and 0-2 years of relevant experience is required. Candidates must be willing to work in a team environment on technically and scientifically challenging problems.
Other requirements include:
Qualifications Desired:
Preference will be given to candidates with experience in neutron physics, neutron transport analysis, neutron scattering techniques, hydrogen-containing materials, and the coupling of neutron source design and neutron scattering instrumentation design.
This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.
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