Python Specialist; Scientist

Position: Python Specialist (Scientist 2/3)

What You Will Do

This position will be filled at the Scientist 2 or 3 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Weapon Stockpile Modernization Division (Q Division) provides systems engineering and program management to develop and field qualified engineering solutions to improve the safety, reliability, and security of our Nation's nuclear stockpile throughout the weapon life cycle. Q Division is responsible for leadership of activities in new LANL weapons programs as well as life extension and alteration projects.

The Advanced System Development Group (Q-18) is responsible for Systems and Design Engineering of Future Weapons Systems up to phase 3/6.3 with emphasis on improved performance, safety, producibility, and agility of the future stockpile, Interagency Peer Reviews (IPRs) of LLNL Systems, and Future System and System Agnostic Design and System Engineering support to a wide range of experiments from internally fielded technology tests to hydrodynamic and subcritical experiments to system flight tests.

This Scientist 2/3 position will support python development and maintenance as a member of the small and fast paced Q-18 weapon system effectiveness team, and will be involved in the following responsibilities:

Technical Knowledge

The syntax, structure, and features of Python. Programming and development standards and procedures as well as object-oriented programing architectures and design pattern knowledge. Experience applying existing theories, principles, and concepts of computer science practices to lead development by investigating, designing, refactoring, optimizing, documenting, testing, evaluating, parallelizing, and implementing code to be maintainable and efficient.

Project Facilitation & Integration

Proven ability to satisfy customer requirements as demonstrated by the ability to resolve a wide range of issues while directly contributing to the completion of milestones on multiple concurrent projects. Ability to meet schedule and deliverables for multiple assigned projects. Ability to develop and foster successful cross-organizational teams to solve complex problems.

Collaboration

Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimum supervision, as well as the ability to be an effective member of a multidisciplinary team. Experience providing technical direction, mentoring, coordinating/monitoring the work of others, and serving as a role model for effective and creative technical leadership.

Communication

Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are essential in this position for building and maintaining effective business relationships within the organization, in partnership with internal or external support organizations, and with customers.

What You Need Minimum

Job Requirements Scientist 2 ($104,100 - $172,200)

• Effectively lead python development by investigating, designing, refactoring, optimizing, documenting, testing, evaluating, parallelizing, and implementing code to be maintainable and efficient.
• Apply algorithms to a wide range of problems including but not limited to optimization, clustering, and other machine learning techniques.
• Build interfaces to legacy codes in other languages (FORTRAN) and parallelize computation across HPC platforms.

Scientist 3 ($125,200 - $211,300)

In addition to the outlined responsibilities at the Scientist 2 level, the Scientist 3 candidate will be expected to lead smaller projects and teams; mentor other junior developers; be expected to find solutions to complex technical issues; and be regarded as an advanced developer. We will also expect the candidate to evaluate and recommend new tools and technology stacks to ensure that the organization is utilizing the best tools and methodologies in the market.

Additional minimum requirements for this level are:

• Architect an Artificial Intelligence (AI) pipeline that employs each step of a custom codebase into a single configurable process.
• Experience developing Artificial Intelligence agents.

Education and Experience required for the lower level

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