Day: August 10, 2026

PREP0005000 Research Associate: Human-Centered AI Research and Evaluation

NIST ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005000). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005000: Human-Centered AI Research and Evaluation
  • OU: ITL – 77
  • Div: 774
  • Group: Human-Centered Technologies Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post Bachelor’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: part time
  • Total Hours per week: 20
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD),Telework,Remote
  • Requested Start Date: 2027-01-01
  • End Date: 2027-12-31

PREP0005093 Research Associate: Robotics Programmer

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005093). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005093: Robotics Programmer
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Cognition and Collaboration Systems Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post Bachelor’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-12-06
  • End Date: 2027-12-06

PREP0005092 Research Associate: Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Researcher

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005092). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005092: Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Researcher
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Cognition and Collaboration Systems Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post Master’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-12-06
  • End Date: 2027-12-06

PREP0005086 Research Associate: Physical AI Researcher

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005086). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005086: Physical AI Researcher
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Cognition and Collaboration Systems Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post Master’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-12-06
  • End Date: 2027-12-06

PREP0005091 Research Associate: Machine Vision and AI/ML Engineer – PCB

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005091). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005091: Machine Vision and AI/ML Engineer – PCB
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Sensing and Perception Systems Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post Master’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-12-07
  • End Date: 2027-12-06

PREP0004957 Research Associate: Trapped-Ion Optical Clocks Postdoc

NIST PML – 68 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004957). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004957: 688.10Trapped -Ion Optical Clocks Postdoc
  • OU: PML – 68
  • Div: 688
  • Group: Ion Storage Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
  • Requested Start Date: 2027-01-01
  • End Date: 2027-12-31

PREP0005063 Research Associate: Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Advanced Calibration Methods for Critical Minerals and Materials (U.S. Citizens Only)

NIST MML – 63 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005063). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005063: Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Advanced Calibration Methods for Critical Minerals and Materials (U.S. Citizens Only)
  • OU: MML – 63
  • Div: 646
  • Group: Inorganic Chemical Metrology Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Charleston, SC)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-12-04
  • End Date: 2027-12-03