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Principal Engineering Advisor

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Strategic Analysis, Inc.

Remote

$195,000 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 5 days ago (Updated 3 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 8/4/2026

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Job Description

Job Requirements Arlington, VA Secret Polygraph Unspecified Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience) $170,000 - $220,000 Job Description Strategic Analysis, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Principal Engineering Advisor (Secret #26-113)
Job Code:
26-113
Location:
Arlington, VA -
Hybrid FT/PT Status:
Full Time Required Clearance:
Secret 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).
Salary Range:
$170-220
K 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. Strategic Analysis, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to non-discrimination in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, disability (physical or mental), age (40 or older), protected veteran status, genetic information (including family medical history) or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy includes but is not limited to the following employment actions: recruitment, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, compensation, fringe benefits, training, mentoring and sponsorship programs.
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