Principal Scientist

Job Description

MSTS manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.

Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large‑scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air.

• MSTS offers full‑time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401(k); paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
• MSTS is a limited‑liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

• Collect, analyze, and interpret radiological data from airborne and ground‑based platforms during exercises, training, and real‑world incidents.
• Maintain the ability to present analytical results to a technical or non‑technical audience.
• Attain and maintain qualifications, programmatic training and medical fitness requirements to serve as an active emergency responder.
• Utilize specialized tools and applications to calculate potential impacts to the public, workers, and the environment to support radiological emergencies.
• Serve on at least one of the National‑level nuclear incident response teams for the NEST assets.
• Ability to deploy worldwide for exercises and responses, with as little as two‑hour notice when on call.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to scientific and technical staff.
• Provide scientific guidance on projects involving an interdisciplinary team of engineers, physicists, and technicians.
• Select and bring new scientific methods to bear.
• Maintain training and ensure job‑specific qualifications remain current; as well as attend onsite and off‑site training as necessary to maintain competency.
• Assist in the development of company and emergency response guidelines, manuals, procedures, etc.
• Develop and implement corrective actions and lessons learned.
• Develop training materials and deliver training to emergency responders across the DOE community and other partners.
• Prepare technical reports, recommendations, documentation, publications, and proposals.
• Organize, evaluate, and interpret data by comparison against standards and guidelines.
• Plan and conduct work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application, adaptation, and modification of standard techniques, guidelines, procedures, and criteria.
• Conduct test and evaluation of radiation detection equipment and acquisition/analysis software.
• Provide expertise, feedback, and input into the development of improved radiation detection systems and analysis algorithms.
• Provide scientific guidance on projects involving an interdisciplinary team of engineers, software developers, scientists, and technicians.
• Operate radiation detection equipment in field operations.
• Maintain subject‑matter expertise and proficiency on detection equipment to instruct during courses or offer troubleshooting during operations or events.
• Develop and design scientific and technical content for training exercises.
• Coordinate assigned work with other personnel as directed.
• Provide direction for specific activities as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor/Manager.
• In addition to fulfilling basic ESH&Q obligations:
• Must address all aspects of safety in design and execution of work.
• Work may affect public health and safety.

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Physics, Nuclear Engineering or a similar calculus‑based (STEM) field, plus 9 years’ relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross‑disciplinary knowledge. Ph.D. is preferred.
• Experience with one or more of the following is highly…