Job Overview

This job announcement will be accepting candidate submissions until 29 August 2024.The AFRL Directed Energy Directorate, Laser Division, Effects, Modeling & Simulation Branch, Laser Effects Section seeks to hire a Laser Vulnerability Assessment Engineer. The incumbent will develop, plan, oversee and execute laser effects threat assessments to establish laser weapon lethality and target vulnerability for the future battle-space.

Position duties include but are not limited to:

• Investigate laser induced failure modes and mechanisms (materials to surrogates to actual targets)
• Couple the failure mechanisms with 1v1 assessment modeling deriving viable aimpoints
• Advance increased confidence models of materials and target vulnerability
• Support initial assessment planning
• Conduct threat research
• Use or Oversee use of internally developed engineering level software tools and methods to evaluate threats of interest to the Air Force and DoD
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary S&E’s internal and external to include contractors
• Prepare, manage and present briefings, reports and papers
• Contract management

Telework

Yes, this position is eligible for telework opportunities; as determined by agency policy

Remote Work (CONUS)

No, this position is not approved for remote work.

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
• A BS (+2yrs experience), MS or PhD in Engineering or Science
• A background in two or more of the following focus areas: Aerodynamics, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and simulation, Experimental Methods and Design of Experiments, Statistics, Weapon Lethality Analysis, Optics/Optical Design, High Energy Laser Design/Operations/Diagnostics, Laser-Materials Interaction

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with high energy lasers and laser effects
• Experience with laser-material interaction
• Experience with thermal material physics
• Experience with threat assessment, vulnerability analysis including (but not limited to) fault analysis from changes in aerodynamics or control systems of aerial targets.
• Familiarity with any of the following numerical methods: Finite Element/Finite Difference (FE/FD), Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI), Magneto Hydro-Dynamics (MHD)/Arbitrary Lagrangian
• Eulerian (ALE), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Coding experience with Python, C++ or Matlab, and experience with uncertainty quantification analysis
• Excellent oral and written communications skills

(Req No. 47048)

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Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) employs approximately 11,500 military, civilian and contractor personnel, and manages a $7 billion portfolio of investments. The lab supports external customers and partners with industry while investing in basic research, applied research and advanced technology development. As one integrated lab, AFRL seamlessly supports the Science & Technology needs of two services: the Air Force and the Space Force.