PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

Summary This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Responsibilities As a PHYSICAL SCIENTIST at the GS-1301-13 some of your typical work assignments may include: Directs the formulation, development, implementation, and dissemination of a significant component of DTRA's research and development efforts involving Nuclear Weapons Effects (NWE) and to provide technical expertise on these research matters. Technical expert in nuclear phenomenology and able to perform a wide range of functions either individually or through the coordinated efforts of other technical and managerial staff at DTRA, contractor organizations, government laboratories, and universities. Provides expert advice and consultation on legacy NWE modeling and simulation (M&S) test data. Work emphasizes NWE test data and M&S tools that are of direct application to enhancing the effectiveness of the warfighter, and that can serve as initial or exploratory work for future d...