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Principal Engineering Advisor (Secret #26-113)
Job Code:26-113
Location:Arlington, VA - Hybrid
FT/PT Status:Full Time
Required Clearance:Secret
Salary Range:$170k-$220k
  

Strategic Analysis, Inc. is seeking a skilled Principal Engineering Advisor to support the Biological Technologies Office (BTO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). 


Requirements:
1. The ideal candidate combines broad technical fluency with the disciplined reasoning of a systems engineer or industrial engineer: someone who naturally decomposes complexity, evaluates assumptions, identifies dependencies and failure modes, compares alternatives, and brings structure to ambiguous technical decisions. 
2. At least 8 years of similar experience. 

Responsibilities:
1. Help the Front Office assess technical efforts not only for scientific novelty, but also for engineering coherence, feasibility, scalability, integration risk, transition realism, and strategic value. 
2. Senior individual contributor who can provide high-value technical evaluation, strategic analysis, and decision support directly to the Office Director (OD), using a strong engineering mindset to assess complex technical concepts, portfolios, performers, and opportunities. 
3. Serve as a Principal Engineering Advisor supporting the BTO Front Office. 
5. Other duties as assigned. 

Degree: Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Mgmt., Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Research, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field. 
Clearance: Secret required, ability to obtain TS/SCI 

Work Location: Full time on-site at Arlington VA headquarters, DARPA. Partial telework determined by client. 

 

 
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