Agency-wide Requirements
All applicants must be:
- U.S. citizens (dual U.S. citizens also eligible)
- At least 18 years of age
- Willing to move to the Washington, DC area
- Able to complete security and medical evaluations
- Registered for the Selective Service
About the Job
As a Project Management Engineer within CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T) serving at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), you will apply your engineering or scientific expertise to design, acquire, and deliver new and innovative satellite systems in support of CIA’s mission to collect foreign intelligence.
DS&T Project Management Engineers combine their project management, systems engineering, and/or contract management skills with their engineering or scientific expertise to design, develop, and integrate technology solutions to meet the Nation’s most challenging overhead collection requirements. Project Management Engineers’ focus areas include acquiring and delivering satellite systems, developing unique ground data processing solutions, operation of satellites, and working with customers and stakeholders throughout the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. Project Management Engineers lead teams to find new and innovative solutions to help CIA accomplish a mission that most think was impossible!
Who You’ll Work With
At the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), we recognize our Nation’s strength comes from the diversity of its people. People from a broad range of backgrounds and viewpoints work at CIA, and our diverse teams are the reason we can keep our country safe.
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What You’ll Get
Our benefits support every aspect of a working professional’s life, including health and wellness, time off, family, finances, and continuing education. Our programs include highly sought-after government health benefits, flexible schedules, sick leave, and childcare. In some cases, we also offer sign-on incentives and cover moving expenses if you relocate.
As a CIA employee, you’ll also get the satisfaction of knowing your work is part of something bigger than yourself. Our work is driven by one mission: to keep our Nation safe. Every day is an opportunity to enhance U.S. national security.
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Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields or related studies (or comparable work experience):
- Aerospace engineering
- Application development
- Chemical engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical engineering
- Imagery science
- Mathematics
- Mechanical engineering
- Optical engineering
- Optical science
- Physical sciences
- Physics
- Remote sensing/GIS
- Systems engineering
- At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
- Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree is strongly desired
- Interest in applying technology to solve challenging problems
- Foreign language capability
- Strong verbal presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to write clear, concise text
- Willingness to travel domestically
- Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Battery and power technology
- Data engineering
- Data science
- Digital signal processing design and programming
- Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)
- High performance computing
- Imagery science
- Machine learning
- Mission assurance
- Power systems
- Programming
- Project/program management
- Radiation hardening
- RF communications
- RF waveform design
- Satellite bus and payload – power, structures, electronics, command/control. Etc.
- Space systems operations
- Satellite communications
- Signal processing and analysis
- Systems architecting