Mantech

Currently, ManTech is seeking an experienced Solar Research and Development Engineer to serve as a technical advisor 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 to include government labs, industry, and academia.
• Identify transformation scientific concepts and unproven technologies that 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 advance 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 develop 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 three years’ experience, or a PHD 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