Senior Radiological/Nuclear Subject Matter Expert

Summary

Join BryceTech as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) supporting the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). You will leverage your expertise in chemical, radiological/nuclear, burn/blast, or biological threats to advise on medical countermeasures. Responsibilities include providing expert assessments, reviewing documents, developing work products, and advising federal staff. The ideal candidate possesses a PhD and 15+ years of experience in intelligence analysis and medical countermeasure development. This role offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, and is likely 100% remote.

Requirements

• PhD in nuclear engineering, physics, or closely related subject area
• 15+ years of experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefings
• Experience in development of medical countermeasures, including diagnostics and devices, and vaccines and therapeutics
• Deliverables would include work products related to the development and management of programs within current and planned BARDA radiological/nuclear medical countermeasure advanced development and acquisition contracts
• Demonstrated knowledge of state nuclear programs, trends, and technologies, strategic weapons developments, WMD, and/or counterproliferation
• Practical understanding of the technical requirements – both established and improvised – necessary to weaponize nuclear and/or radiological materials
• A working familiarity with global nuclear energy-related programs, technologies, and initiatives
• Understanding of global technology control, arms-control, and nonproliferation efforts associated with nuclear and strategic weapons (CTBT, FMCT, New START). Experience characterizing and assessing consequence management variables associated with nuclear weapons use and radiologically contaminated environments
• Ability to communicate complex analyses at a level comprehensible to laymen and senior-level government representatives
• Ability to clearly express in writing technical analysis results and program characterizations

Responsibilities

• Support BARDA Program Office(s) as a subject matter expert in the fields of Chemical Threats, Radiological/Nuclear Threats, Burn and Blast Injuries, or Biological Threats (including viral and bacterial threats), Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division (IEIDD) as well as the research, development, manufacture, and regulatory approval/licensure/clearance of medical countermeasures against these threats including but not limited to diagnostics and other medical devices/infrastructure vaccines and other preventives, and therapeutics
• Provide guidance and recommendations on key issues related to the area(s) identified above
• Serve as advisor(s) on Technical Evaluation Panels (TEPs) to include white papers/market research abstracts, technical proposals, and budget proposals
• Participate as subject matter experts on Program Coordination Teams (PCTs)
• Provide expert assessments, recommendations, and guidance as well as educational material to PCT and COR as needed
• Provide subject matter expertise and advisory support to federal staff for development of cost estimates for notional programs/proposed work
• Review and comment on study protocols, study reports, regulatory documents, presentations, proposals, and related documents
• Develop work products (including but not limited to expert summary reports, expert opinion assessment reports, analysis reports, manuscript writing/contribution, and review and technical assessments on a wide variety of documents related to BARDA’s mission, including solicitations, white papers, proposals, and post-award contract documents and deliverables), as requested in their SME area and at their required level of expertise
• Advise federal staff on the appropriateness and the probability of success of Contractor proposed statements of work Make suggestions on ways to improve those statements of work
• Experience distilling complex information into informative and concise summaries, including providing risk/benefit analyses and balanced recommendations
• Participate and aid in strategic discussions, working with USG, in building new program areas in alignment with BARDA’s mission space
• Provide recommendations for project development level portfolio management and oversight as required
• Provide recommendations or advise on development, implement, and consciously improve Total Life Cycle Cost (TLCC) efforts; Participate in Market Research efforts
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff, reviews the work of others, authoritatively contributes to multi-functional analytic teams, and maintains currency in understanding relevant nuclear technologies, trends, and procedures
• Devise, evaluate, and recommend new methodologies and analytical tools that are under development
• Develops and manages programs within current and planned BARDA radiological/nuclear medical countermeasure advanced development and acquisition contracts
• Coordinate with program managers, scientists, and other subject matter experts as required
• Routinely provide defense planners and operators with timely and accurate characterizations of adversary nuclear and strategic threats, WMD programs, and weapons-related S&T developments
• Generate recommendations in the form of technical briefings, reports, and other analytic documents
• Collaborate with the Intelligence Community, Defense Department, national labs, and academia to address nuclear- and radiological-related threat issues

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates with experience in the following areas are desired: medicinal chemistry; preclinical development (animal models, pharmacology, toxicology); advanced clinical development (medical officers, immunologists, clinical operations); analytical product testing and testing development; quality control; clinical and/or regulatory policy; and/or manufacturing (chemistry, manufacturing, and controls); process development, process scale-up and process optimization; device development and manufacturing, reliability engineering, Software, Assay chemistry, microbiology, virology, immunology. Plastic consumable design and manufacturing. Experience in manufacturing scalability and capacity expansion and sterile/aseptic technic, sterile manufacturing/filling and sterile facilities (sterile gowning)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• A comprehensive health plan including dental and vision coverage
• Company-paid life & disability insurance policies
• 401(k) plan with company match
• An educational reimbursement program
• This position will most likely be 100% remote