Summary
Project Manager Engineers apply their engineering or scientific expertise to deliver new and innovative solutions in support of CIA's mission to collect foreign intelligence.
This job is open to
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.
Duties
As a Project Management Engineer within CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T), you will apply your technical expertise to deliver mission critical, cutting-edge technologies and enable CIA to drive decision advantage for policymakers' hardest challenges.
DS&T Project Management Engineers oversee the development and systems integration of technology solutions that meet the nation's most challenging requirements. As a DS&T Project Management Engineer, you will apply program management principles and your technical expertise to deliver mission relevant solutions on time, within budget, and with the highest quality imaginable. As a DS&T Project Management Engineer, you can lead the team that finds that new and innovative solution to help CIA accomplish a mission that most would think was impossible!
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- You must be physically in the United States or one of its territories when you submit your resume via MyLINK.
- You must be registered for the Selective Service, if applicable.
- You must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years of age (dual-national US citizens are eligible).
- You must be willing to move to the Washington, DC area.
- You must successfully complete a thorough medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview, and a comprehensive background investigation.
- For further requirements information, please visit: https://www.cia.gov/careers/how-we-hire/requirements/
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Interested candidates should be passionate about the ideals of our American republic, committed to upholding the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution, and committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government. Hiring decisions will not be based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree or comparable work experience is strongly desired
- Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Additive manufacturing/rapid prototyping
- Advanced data recovery from damaged storage media
- Advanced digital data recovery
- Analog design and circuits
- Artificial intelligence
- Battery and power technology
- CAD/CADD drafting and design technology
- Central bank digital currencies
- Data engineering
- Data science
- Digital signal processing design and programming
- Embedded systems
- Energy storage technologies
- Extended reality
- Fabrication skills in a prototype environment
- Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)
- Fiber optics and cable communications
- Graphic design and visual communication
- High performance computing
- Human DNA technology or forensics
- Industrial design and fabrication
- Machine learning
- Network engineering
- Network security
- Power systems
- Programming
- Project/program management
- Quantum computing
- Quantum sensors
- RF communications
- RF waveform design
- Satellite communications
- Signal processing and analysis
- Software reverse engineering
- Systems architecting
- Systems engineering
- Prototype design and fabrication
- Audio design and circuits
- Voice/data communications (satellite, RF, wireless and telecommunications networks)
- Interest in applying technology to solve challenging problems
- Foreign language capability
- Strong verbal presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to write clear, concise text
Education
- A bachelor's degree in one of the following fields or related studies (or comparable work experience):
- Bioengineering/biomedical engineering
- Biotechnology and microbiology
- At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
Additional information
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
For more information, please visit: https://www.cia.gov/careers.
Required Documents
For further information, please visit: https://www.cia.gov/careers/.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
This post is for viewing purposes only. To get started, please visit https://www.cia.gov/careers/, where you can read more about this position and express your interest in up to four jobs. Upon expressing your interest, you will be taken to MyLINK, which allows you to submit your resume and job rankings and provide basic information about yourself.
Next steps
After you express interest for up to four positions on cia.gov/careers, a CIA recruiter may contact you for further discussion if your qualifications meet our needs. See the MyLINK FAQs on our website for more information.