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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

PREP0005036 Research Associate: Undergraduate research assistant (CHIPS Funded)

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005036). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005036: Undergraduate research assistant (CHIPS Funded)
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Production Systems Group
  • Level of Appointment: Undergraduate Student
  • Schedule of Appointment: part time
  • Total Hours per week: 16
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-11-27
  • End Date: 2027-03-27

PREP0004903 Research Associate: Atomic Devics & Instrumentation Post-Baccalaureate Researcher

NIST PML – 68 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004903). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004903: Atomic Devics & Instrumentation Post-Baccalaureate Researcher
  • OU: PML – 68
  • Div: 688
  • Group: Atomic Devices & Instrumentation Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post Bachelor’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-10-29
  • End Date: 2027-10-31

PREP0004937 Research Associate: Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist

NIST ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004937). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004937: Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist
  • OU: ITL – 77
  • Div: 775
  • Group: AI Research, Measurement, and Standards – HQ
  • Level of Appointment: Post Bachelor’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Telework,Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-11-01
  • End Date: 2027-11-02

PREP0004936 Research Associate: Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist for Manufacturing

NIST ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004936). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004936: Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist for Manufacturing
  • OU: ITL – 77
  • Div: 775
  • Group: AI Research, Measurement, and Standards – HQ
  • Level of Appointment: Post Bachelor’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD),Telework
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-11-08
  • End Date: 2027-11-07

PREP0004997 Research Associate: Analysis and Modeling of Wireless Channels for Wearables and Implants

NIST ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004997). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004997: Analysis and Modeling of Wireless Channels for Wearables and Implants
  • OU: ITL – 77
  • Div: 771
  • Group: Applied and Computational Mathematics – HQ
  • Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-09-08
  • End Date: 2027-09-07

PREP0004938 Research Associate: Structural Engineering & Data Integration

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004938). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004938: Structural Engineering & Data Integration
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 731
  • Group: Earthquake Engineering Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD),Remote
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-11-01
  • End Date: 2027-10-31

PREP0004926 Research Associate: Community Resilience System Model IN-CORE Modeling

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004926). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004926: Community Resilience System Model IN-CORE Modeling
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 731
  • Group: Community Resilience Group
  • Level of Appointment: Graduate Student
  • Schedule of Appointment: part time
  • Total Hours per week: 10
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD),Telework
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-11-05
  • End Date: 2027-09-30