Nuclear Weapons SME / NNSA SME

This position provides relocation support to the Germantown area.

This is a highly compensated, long-term, 100% on-site position at the Department of Energy facility in Germantown, Maryland. This position provides relocation support to the Germantown area.

The SME will be trained to conduct classification review and analysis of government material in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, DOE orders, and DOE Office of Classification procedures for Restricted Data (RD), Formerly Restricted Data (FRD), and National Security Information (NSI) technical areas such as:

• Nuclear weapon design, development, testing, production, and deployment
• Nuclear weapon science
• Inertial confinement fusion (ICF)
• Ballistic missile and/or reentry body/vehicle design, development, testing, production, and deployment
• Special nuclear material (SNM) production technologies such as, but not limited to, isotope separation technologies (atomic vapor laser isotope separation, gaseous diffusion, gas centrifuge, etc.) and nuclear material processing
• Counterintelligence and nuclear intelligence
• Military utilization of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon effects
• Nuclear nonproliferation (technology and/or safeguards programs)
• Radiological weapons and improvised nuclear devices
• Space nuclear reactors and naval nuclear propulsion

MUST possess an active DOE Q clearance or an active DoD Top Secret clearance

The SME shall ideally have five (5) years total field and/or program office experience in one or more of the following:

• Nuclear weapons design and improvised nuclear devices
• Nuclear material production, such as but not limited to isotope separation technologies (atomic vapor laser isotope separation, gaseous diffusion, gas centrifuge, etc.), and nuclear material processing
• Counterintelligence and nuclear intelligence
• Weapon science and inertial confinement fusion
• Military utilization of nuclear weapons

The candidate must be able to read and understand written English at or above academic grade 15, and score accordingly on the Nelson Denny reading assessment test.

This position requires a Bachelor's degree in one of the physical sciences (or a related area of engineering) from an accredited college or university. A Master’s degree is highly desirable.