ECS is seeking a Senior Scientist/Engineer with a mix of expertise in agricultural chemistry and plant toxicology to serve as a Scientific Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) to support an ARPA-H Program Manager and work in our Remote office.
Are you a passionate scientist with expertise in plant toxicology, agricultural chemistry, analytical chemical methods, spectroscopy techniques, and molecular biology methods? Are you ready to support the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) in their mission to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone by supporting complex and leading-edge research and development (R&D) projects designed to arrive at high-impact solutions to society''s most challenging health problems?
In this role, you will collaborate with the ARPA-H Program Manager and team to effectuate bold ARPA-H research initiatives, support the development, funding, and management of new and existing R&D programs to meet ARPA-H's mission to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. This role will support the management of programs and projects in topics pertaining to molecular discovery of next generation herbicides and related treatments to maintain high crop productivity while minimizing the impact on human health. This is a remote position.
More detailed requirements below.
These SETA duties include but are not limited to:
Contribute to a multidisciplinary team developing breakthrough technologies for:
molecular discovery of next generation herbicides and related treatments to maintain high crop productivity while minimizing the impact on human health,
monitoring agricultural chemicals in and around farms,
novel, economically sustainable weed control methods, and
next generation, non-contact chemical analysis tools for medical products.
Provide subject matter expertise on plant toxicology, with emphasis on herbicide mechanisms of action, phytotoxicity, molecular markers of effectiveness, and the fate of agrochemicals ecological systems, soil, and water.
Evaluate technical proposals for scientific merit and innovation. Provide feedback, organize reviewer comments, draft recommendations and project summaries, and presentation materials.
Perform market and regulatory analyses, technical due diligence, literature reviews and generate briefing documents summarizing technical topics related to
the interplay between farming practices, agricultural chemicals, soil health, worker safety, and consumer health, and
various types of spectrometry and other non-contact chemical analysis of drugs and other medical products for quality and safety.
Develop technical and administrative programmatic documentation on short timelines to communicate technical approach, progress, cost, schedule and risk for advanced technology development efforts.
Assist, support, and provide advice to the Program Manager to further the development and progress of new and existing programs.
Conduct thorough technical scientific evaluation of the current R&D landscape to identify gaps in research portfolios and address critical needs that are aligned with the ARPA-H mission.
Monitor and track performers progress toward established metrics.
Read and digest complex information and develop team and executive level briefings for technical and non-technical audiences.
Integrate into an existing team to support current ARPA-H efforts and operate independently and in a group environment in support of technical R&D efforts.
Perform basic administrative tasks such as collecting, sorting, analyzing, and writing Internal programmatic reports/briefings on relevant topics in a health-related field.
Some CONUS travel is expected (~10-20%) as needed to fully support the Program Manager and Program.
Salary Range: $110,000 - $185,000
General Description of Benefits
ECS gained market share in 2011 in the Department of Defense and Federal spaces through both organic and acquisition growth. In May, ECS completed its first strategic acquisition with the purchase of OAK Management, Inc., a leading provider of marine environmental services, ship systems engineering, maritime consulting and platform acquisition management. The OAK acquisition kicked off ECS’ intention to add tactical acquisitions as a part of its long term strategy to supplement and expand upon organic growth and to build enterprise value. ECS closed out 2011 with the acquisition of Paradigm Technologies, Inc. The Paradigm transaction added approximately 200 employees to ECS’ existing 900+ employees. Paradigm also added new Defense clients for ECS, including the Missile Defense Agency, the Navy’s Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, the United States Marine Corps, and the U.S. Marshals Service.
In 2012, ECS completed the acquisition of iLuMinA Solutions, Inc. iLuMinA brings large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software implementation and infrastructure design and development to ECS’ expanding capabilities.
ECS will continue to invest in corporate infrastructure and quality processes as we grow and enhance our ability to offer professional excellence to both our customers and our employees.