Category: Gaithersburg

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PREP0004828 Research Associate: Research Engineer (CHIPS Funded)

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004828). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004828: Research Engineer (CHIPS Funded)
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Production 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: 2026-10-17
  • End Date: 2027-10-16

PREP0004827 Research Engineering Technician (CHIPS Project: Nondestructive defect detection metrology for advanced semiconductor packaging) (CHIPS Funded)

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004827). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004827: Research Engineering Technician (CHIPS Project: Nondestructive defect detection metrology for advanced semiconductor packaging) (CHIPS Funded)
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Production 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: 2026-10-17
  • End Date: 2027-10-16

PREP0004814 Research Associate: Emergency Communications and Community Resilience Measurement Research Associate

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004814). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004814: Emergency Communications and Community Resilience Measurement Research Associate
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 731
  • Group: Community Resilience Group
  • Level of Appointment: Senior Research Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD),Telework
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-10-01
  • End Date: 2027-09-30

PREP0004763 Research Associate: Characterization for Rechargeable Battery Fires

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004763). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004763: Characterization for Rechargeable Battery Fires
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 733
  • Group: Fire Fighting Technology Group
  • 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: 2026-10-05
  • End Date: 2027-10-04

PREP0004687 Research Associate: Metrology for Integration of New Magnetic Materials (CHIPS Funded)

NIST ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004687). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004687: Metrology for Integration of New Magnetic Materials (CHIPS Funded)
  • OU: ITL – 77
  • Div: 771
  • Group: Mathematical Software Group
  • 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: 2026-09-22
  • End Date: 2027-09-22

PREP0004606: Indoor Air Quality Modeling – Artificial Intelligence to Support CONTAM Model Development

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004606). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004606: Indoor Air Quality Modeling – Artificial Intelligence to Support CONTAM Model Development
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 732
  • Group: Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group
  • 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: 2026-11-02
  • End Date: 2027-11-02

PREP0004609: Research Associate: Hurricane Maria and Community Resilience Program

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004609). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004609: Hurricane Maria and Community Resilience Program
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 731
  • Group: Community Resilience 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),Telework
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-09-11
  • End Date: 2027-09-10

PREP0004568 Research Associate: Metrology for Steel Corrosion in Innovative Cement Materials

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004568). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004568: Metrology for Steel Corrosion in Innovative Cement Materials
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 731
  • Group: Infrastructure Materials Group
  • 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: 2026-09-01
  • End Date: 2027-08-31

PREP0004534 Research Associate: Low-Damage Rocking Structures

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004534). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004534: Low-Damage Rocking Structures
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 731
  • Group: Earthquake Engineering Group
  • Level of Appointment: Academic Affiliate
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-08-27
  • End Date: 2027-05-28

PREP0004514 Research Associate: Interpretable DNA/RNA Ensemble Quantification

NIST PML – 68 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004514). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004514: Interpretable DNA/RNA Ensemble Quantification
  • OU: PML – 68
  • Div: 681
  • Group: Biophysical and Biomedical Measurement Group
  • 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: 2026-08-21
  • End Date: 2027-09-30