Position: Physicist GS-1310-14/15
Salary: $126,233 — $176,300 per year
Organization: Department of Energy, Office of Science, Headquarters
Duty Station: Germantown, MD, with the option for telework as determined by agency policy.

Where to Apply: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/635567100

Closing Date: 02/22/2022

Overview
This position is part of the Office of Science – Headquarters, Department of Energy. A successful candidate will serve as a Physicist in the Office of High Energy Physics (HEP), within the Office of Science and will manage, coordinate and communicate activities relating to Cosmic Frontier experimental discovery science for the HEP program.

Duties:

This position is part of the Office of Science – Headquarters, Department of Energy. The Office of High Energy Physics is sponsoring a broad portfolio of exploratory searches for Dark Matter and other new cosmic phenomena via dedicated experiments and is seeking an individual capable of providing oversight of these research projects at universities and DOE national labs. As a Physicist, you will serve as a recognized scientific authority and expert in dark matter research or closely related fields in the high energy physics program.

As a Physicist, you will:

• Serve as a Program Manager overseeing a portfolio of high energy physics research activities, organizing independent peer reviews, recommending funding allocations, organizing meetings, serving as a liaison on committees, and monitoring project performance.
• Develop, recommend, and implement strategies, milestones, policies, and short- and long-range plans for the development, fabrication, and operation of high energy physics instrumentation and facilities and assesses the capabilities and priorities of proposed new ones.

Qualifications:

Applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirement:

A. Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. Or
B. Combination of education and experience – courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic education requirements above, applicants must meet the specialized experience requirements detailed in the online job posting, see USAJobs link below.

How to Apply:

This announcement is posted on USAJOBS at:

22-SC-00677-11357167-DH, Physicist: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/635567100

Only qualified individuals who submit a resume by February 22, 2022, and any other required documents identified in the announcement, through the USAJOBS website will be considered.

For more information about this position please contact Glen Crawford, Director, Research and Technology Division, Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science, at Glen.Crawford@science.doe.gov.