NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Research Chemist 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 lead multi-disciplinary, collaborative teams to carry out research focused on the analysis, detection, and identification of known and emerging drugs of abuse from samples relevant to the public health and forensic chemistry communities. Utilize data from a range of analytical tools, including traditional chromatographic mass spectrometry, ambient ionization mass spectrometry, and spectroscopy, to address research questions. Drive the development and implementation of new technologies, analytical methods, algorithms, or data processing approaches to enable rapid, comprehensive identification and quantitation of known and novel drugs of abuse. Author peer-reviewed manuscripts that discuss research findings and present research findings at national and international conferences. Actively engage with internal and external partners to identify needs within the public health and forensic chemistry communities.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. Degree in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education. IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-12 level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is described as experience elucidating the presence and structure of unknown, small molecules, e.g., drugs of abuse, through activities such as: Collection and interpretation of high-resolution mass spectral data. Development of analytical or data processing methods for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of small molecules, e.g., drugs of abuse Development or implementation of statistical approaches or algorithms to analyze and interpret mass spectral data and demonstrated experience with authoring manuscripts for peer-review publication, presentations of results, and participation in multi-agency collaborative research projects. 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 Materials Measurement Science Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Evelyn Carter-Hopkins
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]