Category: Gaithersburg

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PREP0005052 Research Associate: Independent evaluation for AI-decision making for Automated Vehicles

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0005052). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0005052: Independent evaluation for AI-decision making for Automated Vehicles
  • OU: EL – 73
  • Div: 735
  • Group: Cognition and Collaboration Systems 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: 2026-10-01
  • End Date: 2027-09-30

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

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

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