Apply for the Future Leaders Program (FLP) Class of 2012, only here at the NNSA can you find challenging work assignments and practical experiences that help support national security.

 

The NNSA has entry level opportunities that will help students transition from the classroom to the workforce.  The FLP is a structured two-year entry-level developmental program used as a succession planning tool to generate talent pipelines to fill mission critical positions.  Through an aggressive internal training program, a variety of development activities, on the job training, and a state of the art dual mentoring program, participants develop their leadership and technical competencies to successfully execute NNSA’s nuclear security mission.

 

The selection process for Future Leaders is extremely competitive.  Candidates are carefully selected for specific mission critical positions by NNSA hiring managers throughout the complex. 

 

Program requirements and the positions we are currently recruiting for are summarized below.  The FLP vacancy announcement is now open, and will close on November 13, 2011.

The Qualifications for FLP are:

• U.S. citizenship at time of application;

• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the “Q” level and pass pre-employment and random drug testing while employed;

• A
 bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in an engineering or scientific discipline;

• Graduation from an accredited university within the past two years;

• A 3.0 GPA or higher (candidates with at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA who have shown leadership qualities though excellence in extracurricular activities or work experience may also be considered);

• Ability to perform challenging assignments nation-wide for two years; and

·         A requirement to commit to the Federal Government for a minimum of 24 months after successful graduation from the program.

 

To review job descriptions, our recruitment calendar, and find information on how to apply please visit our website: www.nnsa.doe.gov/futureleaders.

General Engineer

General Engineer/Physical Scientist

Computer Engineer

Nuclear Engineer

Safety Engineer

The NNSA will be holding four Virtual Information Sessions to provide students with more information about our agency and the Future Leaders Program. Virtual Information Sessions provide NNSA with the opportunity to talk to students across the country about our program through the use of the internet.

 

Listed below please find the dates and times of the virtual information sessions:

 

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 11:00am-1:00pm EST

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 3:00pm-5:00pm EST

 

To gain access to the Virtual Information Session, click on the following link the day of the event: http://www.ragileearthstudios.com/rockcreek.html.

MALARIA FACTS

• Of the 300-500 million clinical cases of malaria that occur globally each year, 90 percent of them are in Africa. 
    
• Malaria is endemic in more than 90 countries. 
    
• Forty percent of the world population is at risk for malaria. 
    
• Ten percent of world population gets sick each year with malaria.

DEATH BY MALARIA

• Number of fatal cases of malaria each year: over 1 million
    
• Most common age at death: 4 years 
    
• Every 30 seconds, a child dies of malaria
    
• Five percent of African children are killed by malaria, almost 3,000 each day, or the equivalent of seven jumbo jets full of children crashing every day. 
    
• Up to 23 percent of African infants are born with the malaria parasite.

DARPA has announce another research-relevant competition: the $50,000 Shredder Challenge which invites teams to try to reconstruct virtual shredded documents.

"Today’s troops often confiscate the remnants of destroyed documents in war zones, but reconstructing them is a daunting task. DARPA’s Shredder Challenge calls upon computer scientists, puzzle enthusiasts and anyone else who likes solving complex problems to compete for up to $50,000 by piecing together a series of shredded documents.

The goal is to identify and assess potential capabilities that could be used by our warfighters operating in war zones, but might also create vulnerabilities to sensitive information that is protected through our own shredding practices throughout the U.S. national security community. …

The Shredder Challenge is comprised of five separate puzzles in which the number of documents, the document subject matter and the method of shredding will be varied to present challenges of increasing difficulty. To complete each problem, participants must provide the answer to a puzzle embedded in the content of the reconstructed document."

You can download the puzzles, register a team and submit solutions online as well as view the current top teams. The prizewinner and prize awarded will depend on the number and difficulty of the problems solved. DARPA will a winner in the week of December 5, 2011 once final results are calculated.