NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Physicist to join our team! This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

- Develop and validate novel channel sounding instrumentation and perform radio frequency propagation measurements to support applications of interest to the government and industry in areas including integrated communications and sensing. - Work with a multi-disciplinary NIST team to develop measurement scenarios and assist in disseminating measurement results. - Research will focus on high-level channel sounding system design, including hardware integration, antenna control, high-precision timing, GHz waveform design, transmission, and digitization, as well as signal processing techniques. - Ensure that measurement methodology and results are communicated to team members, NIST collaborators, and external stakeholders, and results are presented and published as appropriate.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. Or B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In either A or B above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound. And In addition to the basic requirements listed above, applicants must possess one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 (ZP-III at NIST) level. Specialized experience is defined as: - Development, design, construction, and successful use of GHz channel sounding systems. -Digital and analog signal processing including waveform design, Fourier-based analysis, signal predistortion, demodulation, and mixing. - Demonstrated expertise in radio-frequency hardware and propagation, including coaxial and waveguide systems and phased array antenna principles and operation. - Demonstrated ability in instrument control, scientific analysis, and signals processing using MATLAB and LabVIEW. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address RF Technology Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Evelyn Carter-Hopkins
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]