ANSER - Arlington, VA
posted 16 days ago
About the position
ANSER is seeking a semiconductor industry technical specialist to support our work with the CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO). In this role you will provide industry subject matter expertise to support the research, ideation, and development of new programs, program concepts and technologies to support the developing strategic and technical promotion of the CRDO mission. You will identify and scope research program topics, identify goals, objectives, and metrics for new research programs. You will work across various federal agency alignments including the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program, the Manufacturing USA Institute(s) focused on semiconductors, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Metrology Program.
Responsibilities
- Provide recommendations to mitigate technical risk and potential program impact of failure.
- Provide support to advance program directives with reviews and in-depth, expert feedback regarding strengths and weaknesses of research and development proposals including objectives and methodologies.
- Provide technical expertise to research, analyze, and summarize findings of emerging technologies and associated policy issues.
- Review, assess, define, and provide recommendations to mitigate technical and programmatic risk.
- Provide technical feedback to risk reduction activities as to their benefit and cost.
- Provide support with independent assessments of results of program projects conducted by the funded research performers to help determine risk or risk mitigation strategies.
- Support with preparing presentation material to accurately and clearly convey technical and non-technical industry concepts including the development of the annual office strategic plan and preparation of the strategy briefing.
- Conduct quantitative analyses of technology/system mission requirements as they pertain to the potential insertion of advanced technologies; evaluate alternatives and trade-offs; costs and benefits; investigate compatibility, interoperability, and integration; and study reliability issues.
- Assemble and manage senior advisory panels consisting of highly skilled individuals to provide studies and assessments on a wide variety of systems and technologies.
- Analyze industry trends, gaps, and investment opportunities, with the purpose of informing senior leaders on grand technology challenges and investment strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in electronics, engineering, materials science, applied physics or similarly related discipline.
- 10 or more years relevant experience in the semiconductor or microelectronics industry.
- Demonstrated experience in communicating technical information to non-technical audiences as well as developing papers, reports, and briefings targeted to decision makers.
- Experience with analysis of alternatives (AOA), research and data analysis.
- Experience synthesizing information, data and technical information into a detailed and digestible stories and actionable recommendations.
- Ability to present finding, technical information and data to non-technical, senior leaders and broad groups of stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience to solving complex problems across the Government, industry, and/or academia.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
Nice-to-haves
- Masters degree.
- Experience/knowledge of supporting the planning and management of projects within a federal context.
- Experience/knowledge of in budgeting, contracting, and financial management.
- Experience/knowledge of supporting policy and process improvement activities.
