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INTERDISCIPLINARY - Nuclear Engineer/Physical Scientist

Department of the Air Force - Agency Wide · Posted 3 days ago

HybridPatrick AFB, FL$133K – $173KApply by May 22, 2026Nuclear EngineeringISTJEngineering
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About the Role

Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for IMPORTANT additional information. The primary purpose of this position is: To serve as the scientific technical expert providing continuity, subject matter expertise, training, exercise support, process improvement, and feedback to the Alert Manager responsible for directing and managing all activities supporting the Alert Process, managing the Alert Team, and providing liaison with outside agencies.

What You'll Do

  • Duty 1 - Performs professional engineering and scientific work aimed at effectively and efficiently detecting and reporting on a potential nuclear event.
  • Duty 2 - Collates, analyses and evaluates, technical assessments made by nuclear engineers, seismologists, space scientists, nuclear materials scientists, and meteorologists.
  • Duty 3 - Representative to national-level interagency committee meetings focused on nuclear monitoring issues.
  • Maintains liaison with members of interagency committees comprised of representatives from USAF, DOD, DOE, national laboratories, and other national governmental agencies.
  • Duty 4 - Provides the 709 SAG senior staff with an overall assessment of the operational alert mission capability.
  • Provides decision makers with independent assessments of the relative values, strengths, and weaknesses of competing R&D systems or an assessment of the performance of a particular system compared to stated requirements in supports of efforts advancing the program's utility to support National Security customer needs.

Requirements

  • POSITIVE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: This position has a positive education requirement.
  • If transcripts are not provided, your resume MUST list the appropriate academic field (e.g. biology, mechanical engineering, economics, sociology, etc.) and all courses you have taken (including those failed), which appear to satisfy the qualification requirements of the position for which you are applying.
  • List graduate and undergraduate courses separately.
  • Include the descriptive title and course code, completion date, grade, number of semester, quarter or classroom hours (for education completed at business, secretarial, technical school or military schools) and graduate and undergraduate classes. **As of 1 Sep 2016, current internal AF employees must attach their transcripts.
  • Failure to do so will result in not being referred for the position.
  • IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application.
  • Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment.
  • An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
  • Department of Education must accredit education.
  • Click here to check accreditation.
  • FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.
  • You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program.
  • It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This position is a Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel Systems (DCIPS) position implemented under Section 504, Title V of Public Law 99-569, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987, as codified in Sec 1601, Chap 83 of Title 10 United States Code which sets forth Air Force policies and procedures for DCIPS.

Personality Fit

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Job ID: e57690bb-a534-4e7d-b88d-7fd0495c4c0b

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