Jobs at Idaho National Laboratory

Develop and deploy AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, data engineering, and RPA solutions across a national laboratory. Responsibilities may include building statistical models, agentic AI workflows, automation bots, enterprise data pipelines, data quality controls, proofs of concept, production monitoring, requirements gathering, and identifying high-value use cases. The role supports responsible AI governance and collaborates with research, operations, and business stakeholders in a regulated federal contractor environment.

Develops and administers infrastructure subcontracts from acquisition planning through closeout. Responsibilities include preparing solicitations, evaluating proposals, negotiating pricing and contract provisions, selecting vendors, managing modifications, ensuring compliance, documenting decisions, advising internal customers, and coordinating with Legal, Export Control, research, and other departments. The role also supports process improvements, system development, customer relationship management, and peer mentorship.

Supports irradiation experiments at the Advanced Test Reactor by evaluating, designing, installing, testing, maintaining, and configuring experiment systems. Develops operational paperwork, performs core load verifications, interprets engineering and safety requirements, coordinates with operations and maintenance teams, and conducts experiment safety analyses. Ensures experiment-specific nuclear safety requirements are implemented in procedures and work-control documents. The role is fully onsite and requires eligibility for a Department of Energy L clearance.

Leads an integrated leadership development journey spanning individual contributors, managers, and leaders. Oversees assessments, coaching, mentoring, peer networks, stretch assignments, events, competency architecture, and cross-program integration. Manages three Program Design Leads, balances staffing and priorities, monitors program health and progression metrics, resolves gaps or redundancies, and reports on the overall effectiveness and consistency of development programs.

Leads computational science and AI strategy across a national laboratory division focused on nuclear energy and national missions. Develops AI models, agentic workflows, scientific software, and computational tools using high-performance computing infrastructure. Secures research funding through competitive proposals, guides responsible AI development, mentors multidisciplinary staff, advances partnerships, and communicates organizational capabilities to government, academic, industry, and laboratory stakeholders.

Evaluates technology, technical data, and software under U.S. export control regulations; identifies and mitigates compliance risks; reviews restricted parties, information releases, permits, licenses, and international activities. The role interprets regulations, advises laboratory programs, trains employees, audits junior staff, monitors regulatory changes, coordinates with DOE and external agencies, and improves export compliance workflows and program plans.

Maintains cybersecurity compliance and operational security for classified and unclassified information systems. Leads RMF accreditation packages, audits, risk assessments, security control evaluations, configuration and change management, incident coordination, PKI support, user security clearance documentation, and cybersecurity training. Advises system owners and security managers, interprets DOE and federal requirements, develops policies, and recommends cybersecurity control improvements.

Coordinates project baselines, logistics, procurement, assets, customer support, documentation, onboarding, access tracking, process improvements, and audits. Develops project plans, standard operating procedures, and standardized service approaches while supporting equipment and staffing needs. The role also assists with compliance assessments, reporting, task administration, and mentoring staff or subcontractors. A bachelor’s degree in construction management, project management, or a related field is required.

Leads conduct-of-operations standards, strategic planning, readiness programs, safety-basis implementation, event response, and operational communications across nuclear, radiological, and non-nuclear facilities. Advises senior leadership on operational performance and nuclear safety, represents the organization to DOE and external agencies, mentors operational staff, manages supervisory watch programs, and leads readiness assessments and operational reviews.

Designs, scales, and optimizes chemical processes for nuclear energy, national security, and advanced energy research. Responsibilities include process modeling, simulations, hazards analysis, process controls, flow diagrams, material balances, plant performance monitoring, system testing, laboratory research, design verification, and technical documentation. The engineer will lead cross-disciplinary scale-up efforts from bench to pilot scale, identify research opportunities, support funding proposals, and ensure compliance with applicable standards.

Conduct high-throughput battery data analysis and failure-mode research within an interdisciplinary team. Analyze time- and frequency-domain datasets to identify degradation and performance-loss signatures, connect findings to electrochemical, thermal, electrical, and mechanical mechanisms, and develop scalable workflows for battery test data. Communicate results through project updates, peer-reviewed publications, and scientific presentations.

Leads INL’s Tours, Hosting & Protocol organization, overseeing protocol, executive hosting, laboratory tours, and institutional events. Establishes service standards, manages staff, budgets, priorities, and resources, and coordinates high-profile visits involving government, industry, academic, Tribal Nation, and international stakeholders. Ensures visitor experiences meet safety, security, communications, and protocol requirements while driving continuous improvement, contingency planning, and cross-laboratory collaboration. Supports emergency response activities and evaluates AI-enabled tools and data-informed processes to improve operations.

Conduct cloud and application security assessments, identify and remediate misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, and develop DevSecOps standards. Review cloud-native architectures for secure design, implement cyber defense controls, perform risk and compliance assessments, coordinate threat intelligence activities, and support RMF and security authorization requirements. The role requires AWS/Azure expertise, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for a DOE L or Q clearance.

Acquire, process, manage, analyze, and visualize geospatial and spatial-temporal data using ArcGIS Enterprise and related GIS tools. Maintain spatial databases, develop web-based mapping and visualization applications, create 2D and 3D maps, perform QA/QC, support data governance, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams. The role also provides technical support, documentation, demonstrations, and professional growth in 3D, browser-based, and extended-reality visualization technologies.

Leads integrated subsurface assessment of enhanced geothermal and other energy systems. Develops three-dimensional earth and conceptual models, performs reservoir simulation and uncertainty analysis, evaluates resource performance and risk, leads multidisciplinary research projects, secures external funding, publishes findings, presents technical results, and collaborates with industry partners to support commercial geothermal deployment. The role is based at Idaho Falls National Laboratory and includes fieldwork in remote and radioactive boundary areas.

Conduct laboratory research and development on electrochemical systems and processes for molten salt and pyrometallurgical applications. Develop and optimize metallic deposition, redox stripping, separations, leaching, and electrochemical processing methods. Perform electrochemical and surface characterization, work safely in inert-atmosphere environments, collaborate across projects, maintain scientific knowledge, and communicate findings through publications, reports, proposals, presentations, and conferences.

Develops AI-enabled machine learning workflows for catalyst performance prediction and inverse catalyst design. Integrates experimental, kinetic, characterization, and reactor data into FAIR data pipelines and graph-based ontologies. Builds preprocessing, feature engineering, uncertainty quantification, validation, and candidate-ranking workflows for autonomous catalyst optimization. Collaborates with multidisciplinary experimental teams, validates models across development scales, and produces reproducible software, documentation, publications, and technical reports.

Evaluates technology, technical data, and software under U.S. export control regulations; identifies and mitigates compliance risks; reviews restricted parties, information releases, permits, licenses, and international activities; interprets regulatory changes; trains employees; audits junior staff; coordinates with DOE and external agencies; and supports continuous improvement of the laboratory’s export compliance program.

Owns end-to-end delivery of test and prototype microreactor programs, managing technical performance, schedules, budgets, risks, safety, quality, regulatory compliance, procurement, fabrication, integration, testing, and decommissioning. Leads cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, licensing, and test teams while coordinating with DOE, DOD, customers, executives, and funding agencies. Requires experience with regulated hardware programs, $10M+ budgets, integrated schedules, earned value management, nuclear quality programs, and reactor technology.

Leads two centers of excellence focused on intelligent automation, data insights, and advanced analytics. Develops enterprise AI, automation, data governance, infrastructure, privacy, security, and responsible AI strategies. Oversees platform and product delivery, data quality, regulatory compliance, AI ethics, records management, and information lifecycle controls. Partners with senior technology leaders, mentors staff, and coordinates with Cybersecurity. Requires extensive leadership experience, enterprise AI governance expertise, and eligibility for a DOE Q security clearance.