Jobs at Argonne National Laboratory

Deploys AI and automation solutions across operational workflows. Identifies opportunities, defines AI strategy, builds agent-based workflows, coordinates delivery and rollout, trains users, measures adoption, and provides technical support. The role partners with functional leads, IT, and cross-functional stakeholders to improve productivity, reduce manual work, assess AI risks, and develop reusable automation patterns using LLMs, Microsoft tools, APIs, databases, and low-code platforms.

Leads the laboratory’s accounts payable and total disbursement function, overseeing invoice payments, travel reimbursements, controls, compliance, audits, metrics, and process improvement. Manages and develops a remote team of ten professionals while partnering with Procurement, Accounting, Business Systems, Travel, and laboratory divisions. Establishes standardized workflows, resolves escalated issues, improves systems and service delivery, and ensures compliance with DOE requirements, CAS, GAAP, OMB Circular A-123, contractual obligations, and Argonne policies.

Leads battery engineering and technical project delivery for the EcoCAR Innovation Challenge. Coordinates sponsors, university teams, research partners, schedules, deliverables, risks, and battery module validation. Supports high-voltage battery architecture, structural integration, pack safety, thermal management, student training, and workforce programming. Applies software engineering and AI/ML to engineering workflows and program operations, while representing STEP through publications, presentations, workshops, and external partnerships.

Supports commercial and non-commercial subcontract procurement from pre-award planning through closeout. Responsibilities include coordinating acquisition activities, maintaining procurement trackers, performing price and cost analyses, negotiating orders, evaluating vendors, determining pricing, ensuring regulatory compliance, and providing proactive service to internal scientific and operational customers.

Modernize physical access-control systems by migrating DSX data to Lenel OnGuard, configuring PACS hardware and workflows, developing SQL queries and ETL pipelines, and building Power BI dashboards. The role integrates security data from multiple sources, automates data-quality checks, supports audit-ready reporting, and applies AI and software engineering to physical-security analytics. Applicants need a computer science background, physical-security systems experience, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.

Owns product backlogs and prioritization for software development projects. Collaborates with stakeholders, Product Managers, Business Application Owners, and Scrum teams to define user stories, acceptance criteria, roadmaps, milestones, and release plans. Leads Agile planning and Scrum events, coordinates user acceptance testing, accepts completed stories, gathers feedback, and drives process improvements. Requires strong leadership, analytical, communication, relationship management, and remote collaboration skills.

Conduct research on critical materials recovery using selective heating and continuous hydrometallurgical processing. Design and perform experiments, develop slurry-based methodologies, operate bench-scale systems, analyze transport and reaction behavior, and use spectroscopy and microscopy tools. Collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams and external partners while contributing to reports, publications, and proposals. The role is fully on-site at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois.

Conduct independent and collaborative research on continuous hydrometallurgical processes for recovering critical materials from unconventional sources. Design experiments, develop slurry-based processing methods, operate recovery systems, analyze material transport and reaction behavior, collect and interpret data, and contribute to technical reports, publications, presentations, and proposals. The role requires on-site laboratory work, multidisciplinary collaboration, strong documentation, communication, and adherence to safety standards.

Administer and optimize onsite Linux/HPC infrastructure, including clusters, GPU nodes, IBM Storage Scale, InfiniBand networks, PBS Pro scheduling, Globus transfer nodes, monitoring systems, and beamline computing environments. Provide advanced user support, troubleshoot hardware and networking, maintain documentation, implement security practices, and collaborate with researchers to ensure reliable, scalable computational and experimental systems.

Plans and leads protocol visits, conferences, meetings, workshops, seminars, tours, and other events. Advises laboratory leadership, coordinates guests, speakers, vendors, and attendees, manages logistics and event details, ensures compliance with Department of Energy policies, and drives successful outcomes. The role requires strong organization, communication, discretion, teamwork, writing, problem-solving, and proficiency with Microsoft Office tools. It also requires flexibility to work irregular hours and proof of U.S. citizenship.

Supports Argonne’s electrical safety program as a subject matter expert. Responsibilities include managing LOTO and Qualified Electrical Worker programs, maintaining policies and training materials, interpreting electrical codes and regulations, conducting hazard assessments and inspections, delivering safety training, investigating incidents, tracking performance metrics, and recommending corrective improvements. The role collaborates with laboratory, research, facilities, and operational stakeholders to ensure compliance with NFPA, OSHA, DOE, and related electrical safety requirements.

Conduct research in terahertz cavity antiferromagnonics by designing, simulating, fabricating, and characterizing terahertz resonators; performing optical and terahertz experiments; growing antiferromagnetic oxide thin films using magnetron sputtering; and measuring cavity coupling in cryogenic superconducting electromagnets.

Conduct experimental research on superconducting single-photon devices for quantum information science. Design, fabricate, and characterize superconducting nanowire detectors, microwave resonators, and multiplexed readout systems. Perform low-noise cryogenic measurements, refine fabrication and circuit designs using simulation results, and develop integrated photon characterization instruments. The role involves nanofabrication, quantum optics, cryogenic instrumentation, data analysis, and collaboration across physics, materials science, and engineering teams.

Develop and operate scalable AI inference solutions for scientific workflows on HPC systems and AI accelerators. Build Python REST services, integrate AI models, optimize inference performance, and support distributed workloads involving batching, scheduling, memory management, and observability. Collaborate with scientific application teams, academic and industry partners, national laboratories, and agencies to advance AI-enabled scientific computing.

Leads a high-profile catalysis research group, setting scientific goals, directing fundamental and applied research, mentoring researchers, securing funding, managing major programs, collaborating with industry and academic partners, and publishing influential findings. Conducts research on homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, catalytic materials, reaction mechanisms, and novel processes while contributing to scientific conferences and programmatic growth.

Supports daily payroll transactions, including bi-weekly and monthly processing, timecard review, rate verification, data validation, employee inquiries, service requests, reporting, and records maintenance. Ensures compliance with DOE regulations, federal and state laws, and organizational policies while safeguarding confidential payroll data. Collaborates with Payroll, Human Resources, Legal, and Accounting teams.

Develop and enhance Argonne’s Python-based GREET life cycle assessment software, including architecture, data schemas, calculation engines, APIs, databases, web interfaces, and AI capabilities using LLMs. Conduct energy and environmental LCA studies, build validated data pipelines, collaborate with external researchers and sponsors, publish findings, present results, and lead projects while directing junior staff.

Provides field-based environmental, health, and safety guidance to infrastructure and security directorates across a national laboratory campus. Responsibilities include hazard identification and mitigation, safety planning, OSHA and DOE compliance, inspections, audits, incident investigations, event response, and daily work observations. The role advises line management, collaborates with subject matter experts, supports electrical, chemical, mechanical, construction, and emergency safety, and drives continuous improvement in frontline workplace safety.

Supports the design, development, integration, and advancement of high-performance computing environments. Manages Linux clusters, software stacks, dependencies, programming environments, containers, compilers, build systems, and job resource managers. Develops automation and Spack package definitions, maintains CI pipelines, troubleshoots dependency conflicts, and collaborates with researchers to refine requirements and support scientific computing workflows. U.S. citizenship is required, and the role may require obtaining government access authorization.

Supports systems modeling, simulation, controls analysis, software verification and validation, and vehicle data analysis for advanced vehicle technology competitions. Develops MIL, SIL, and HIL workflows; evaluates hybrid and electric vehicle systems; processes automotive test data; and contributes to analysis tools, reporting frameworks, and technical guidance. Collaborates with industry, government, university, and supplier partners while mentoring student teams and delivering training on modeling, controls, software development, and engineering analysis.