Assistant Research Scientist (PREP0004132)

General Description

PREP Research Associate

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

Research Title:

Dimensional Calibration Development/Dimensional Calibration Traceability

The work will entail:

The candidate will use their expertise to support gage block and other dimensional calibration services at NIST. This will require the candidate to maintain NIST dimensional reference masters, and when appropriate perform measurements for internal research efforts.

US Citizen preferred

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Opening, cleaning and distributing customer gages to NIST technical professionals for calibration.
• Performing measurements of NIST reference gage blocks masters and comparing them to historical measurements, under supervision.
• Acquire, calibrate and place into service, with supervision, reference gage block masters.
• Learn and perform gage block measurements using optical interferometry.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's of Science in Science or Engineering
• 11 months of relevant experience
• Familiarity with NIST's gage block calibrations methods and procedures
• Familiarity with NIST's quality system requirements

Application Instructions

Please upload the following with your application:

• CV/Resume

*Please limit C.V to 3 pages only and ONLY include a valid email address for your contact info. *Your resume will not be considered if the following information is included on your CV/resume.***

• Self portraits
• Phone number
• Home address/Country
• Citizenship status
• Languages spoken
• Sex/Gender

Salary Range

55,000.00 - 75,000.00

Posted: 20-Mar-26

Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland

Type: Full-time

Categories:

Academic/Faculty

Biological/Biomedical Sciences

Engineering

Medical - Research

Internal Number: A-183553-26