The purpose of this notice is to inform you of a job opportunity for a Physical Scientist GS-1301-15 position in the Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences (CSGB) Division, Germantown, MD. The selected program manager will manage a portfolio of fundamental research projects in quantum information sciences. The recruitment will use CY-23-OCDH-1301-11824095-DH which is posted on USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/703639200.

This announcement will be used to collect applications from both internal and external candidates for this permanent position. You must submit your application, including a resume and any other required documents identified in the announcement, through USAJOBS to be considered for this position. Your application should describe how your experience demonstrates that you meet the requirements for a GS-15 position and should show that you possess the knowledge and abilities in quantum information sciences required to successfully perform the duties of this position. Management will request a list of applicants from the Oak Ridge Human Resources Shared Service Center on April 12, 2023.

Anyone applying to this position needs to be aware that, if selected, you will be placed on a new permanent appointment in the Civil Service. A DOE career status employee selected for this position may be required to serve a new one (1) year probationary period, pursuant to 5 CFR 315.802.

For more information, please contact Gail McLean, Office of Basic Energy Sciences at Gail.Mclean@science.doe.gov or (301) 903-7807.

Overview

The program manager will manage the portfolio of quantum information sciences (QIS) projects in the CSGB Division of BES. The program manager will determine scientific focus and direction of the research portfolio, prepare calls for proposals, organize independent peer reviews, recommend funding allocations, organize Principal Investigator meetings, serve as a liaison on committees, and assess scientific progress of the research portfolio. The program manager conceives, justifies, plans, initiates, manages, and coordinates all aspects of the program that includes a diverse range of fundamental research in QIS. In addition to providing oversight of QIS projects across the CSGB Division, the program manager may act as a subject matter expert in QIS across BES and SC.

The current CSGB portfolio of QIS research projects focuses on quantum computing and simulation relevant to domain science areas in the CSGB division and chemistry-based approaches leveraging quantum behavior, such as coherence and entanglement, in molecular systems to advance QIS. The CSGB Division supports basic experimental and theoretical chemical sciences research including research that addresses Priority Research Opportunities identified in the reports of the BES Roundtables on Opportunities for Basic Research in Quantum Computing in Chemical and Materials Sciences and Opportunities for Basic Research for Next-Generation Quantum Systems.

Other information
More information about BES can be found at: https://science.osti.gov/bes. Information on QIS research currently supported by BES can be found at: https://science.osti.gov/bes/Research/qis.