Job Details
**Description**
The Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking an energetic **Technical Expert / Road Mapping Support** to support program oversight of and advocacy for leading-edge Science & Technology for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). This position will provide Reliance 21 Roadmap support and requires a candidate with experience articulating the capabilities, accomplishments, and investment of S&T from a global perspective and ecosystem. In addition, they must be able to identify and bridge technology gaps and provide recommendations and options, considering the entire S&T development life cycle. The goal of Reliance 21 is to ensure that the DoD S&T community provides solutions and advice to DoDs senior-level decision makers, warfighters, Congress, and other stakeholders in the most effective and efficient manner possible to meet joint warfighting needs.
There are 16 active Communities of Interest (COIs) covering the following cross-cutting technical areas: 1) Advanced Electronics; 2) Air Platforms; 3) Armed Services Biomedical Research Evaluation and Management (ASBREM); 4) Autonomy; 5) Biotechnology 6) Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I); 7) Cyber; 8) Directed Energy; 9) Electronic Warfare (EW); 10) Energy and Power (E&P); 11) Ground and Sea Platforms (G&SP); 12) Human Systems; 13) Kinetic Weapons Technologies; 14) Materials and Manufacturing Processes (M&MP); 15) Sensors and Processing; and 16) Space.
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and 10-12 years of recent and relevant experience in program/project management.
+ 10+ years recent and relevant work experience in supporting S&T program management in DoD and knowledge of Defense S&T activities, organizations, and planning processes
+ TS clearance with SCI eligibility
+ Must be a US Citizen
+ Broad knowledge and expertise in support of science and technology (S&T) roadmap maintenance, update and evaluation.
+ Experience in program/project management or DoD S&T oversight and roadmap development, at the Headquarters level or equivalent.
+ Subject matter expert in COI technical areas (see above).
+ Knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process.
+ Experience positions requiring proficient oral and written communication skills
+ Experience in the conception and execution of new projects
**Desired Qualifications:**
+ PhD. or equivalent doctorate degree is preferred from an accredited college or university in a relevant Reliance 21 COI technical area (e.g. for Cyber: computer science, computer engineering, software engineering; for EW: physics, electrical engineering; Quantum: Physics, quantum science, mathematics).
+ 15+ years of relevant experience
+ SME Expertise Directed Energy, Kinetic Weapons, Ground and Sea Platforms, or Air Platforms
+ Mission experience in a COI technical area
This position is contingent upon award of a contract (one base year + four option years) expected in mid-March 2023 supporting the Department of Defense. The work location is at the Pentagon or Mark Center (with the potential for remote work with prior authorization).
**COMPANY INFORMATION:**
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership generates greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the companys success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com .
Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the **Technical Expert/Road Mapping Support** position.
**Qualifications**
**Education**
**Required**
+ Bachelors or better
**Experience**
**Required**
+ 10-12 years: Relevant work experience
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)