Solar Research and Development Engineer

Currently, ManTech is seeking an experienced Solar Research and Development Engineer to serve as a technical advisor for solar energy technology. This position offers a hybrid schedule with 4 on-site days a month in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Interface with government staff and research and development organizations, including government labs, industry, and academia.
• Identify transformative scientific concepts and unproven technologies that represent high-risk/high-payoff investments to advance concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP).
• Assess current and emerging CSP technologies and identify benefits/challenges of applying them to integrated commercial energy systems.
• Serve as a technical advisor in the development of user requirements, evaluation of proposed technical designs/applications, technical progress evaluations, and risk assessments/mitigation planning.
• Prepare scientific/technical material for and participate in stakeholder engagement forums such as conferences, symposiums, and technical interchange meetings that may include government representatives, academia, and industry partners.
• Assist in reviews of application materials and concept papers and complete pre-screening of related documents on behalf of the government customer to support current and future competitive solicitations.
• Assist the government team with the synthesis of information flow from Federal Contract Managers and Industry Partnerships, support decision-making, and ensure execution of directives at Federal offices, National Laboratories, and industry partnership organizations.
• Conduct research and prepare technical briefings, white papers, or related deliverables as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience with high-temperature materials science and high-temperature particle handling.
• Knowledge of advanced power cycles.
• Comprehensive and advanced knowledge of laws, regulations, principles, procedures, and practices on thermal system development, renewable energy analysis, and/or storage distributions.
• Contributing to developing new concepts, techniques, and technology scale-up as a subject matter expert for hybrid energy systems and thermal energy storage.
• A Bachelor’s in engineering or physical sciences and 7 years’ experience, a Master’s in engineering or physical sciences and 3 years’ experience, or a PhD in engineering or physical sciences is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Research focused on CSP or solar process heat development technologies in the areas of solar thermal energy, commercial thermal energy storage development, non-imaging optical systems, mechatronics, and robotics.
• Prior experience working with the Department of Energy is desired.
• 4 or more years of direct relevant research/work experience is preferred.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen and be willing to obtain and maintain a DOE Public Trust.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

Additional Requirements:

• Must successfully pass a drug screening.

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.

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