Unconventional Computing Technical SETA, TS/SCI

00 FTE Education Level: At least a Master’s degree in an Engineering or Science discipline relevant to this solicitation’s areas of interest Urgency: Immediate Description: Candidates sought to provide support for one or more new programs in the area of “unconventional computing” with the overall aim to achieve orders of magnitude improvement in computation speed while expending orders of magnitude less energy in space-constrained environments. The efforts will focus on analog and hybrid analog-digital approaches to achieve such computing capabilities. The underlying computation modalities are expected to draw from diverse disciplines, covering, but not limited to, computer science, electrical engineering, materials engineering, quantum physics, and biology.

Approaches will consider a wide gamut of technologies, constrained mainly by the imaginations of the DARPA team and proposers, and include but are not limited to photonic and organic nonlinear materials and devices, coupled oscillatory states, quantum-inspired devices, synthetic biology, as well as suitable interfaces between such technologies and conventional electronic transport methods. The candidate must also possess a strong background in nonlinear problem solving, optimization, generative AI, and other types of large-scale processing algorithms to support the nonconventional computing approaches of interest and their end users.

Requirements

of systems employing unconventional computing, transitioning such systems to impactful applications. Such a candidate will also identify potential performers with viable approaches to unconventional computing and their uses.

Responsibilities

: Lead periodic performer assessments to analyze program, technical and schedule risks; develop risk mitigation strategies; communicate findings to program manager Take charge in supporting the program manager in program definition and pitch preparations Support research solicitation and special notices Play and active role in proposal evaluations, including formation and management of proposal evaluation teams Technical evaluations and guidance on reports, briefings, and other performer communications Internal presentations and report preparation for DARPA and other government agencies Program administration, including development of technical analyses, identification of technology gaps, technical risk management, project cost estimation, t