About the role
Job Family: Aerospace Engineering (AEE), Communications Engineering (COE), Development Operations (ESA), Electrical Engineering (ELE), IT Architecture/Cloud (ESA), Mathemeticians (MAT), Mechanical Engineering (MCE), Modeling & Simulation Engineering (MSE), Production, Industrial, Material Engineering (MAE), Production, Industrial, Material Engineering (PIE), Research Physicists (PHY), Research Scientists (SCI), Software Architecture (SYA), Software Engineering (STE), Software Engineering (SWE), Specialized Engineering (BEE), Specialized Engineering (CHE), Specialized Engineering (ENE), Specialized Engineering (NUC), Statisticians (STA), Subject Matter Experts - Professional (SMP), Subject Matter Experts - Technical (SMT), Systems Engineering (SYE), Technical Project Management (TPR), Test Engineering (TSE) Travel Required: Up to 25% Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Secret What You Will Do: Guidehouse is seeking experts with experimental and/or theoretical experience developing new technologies or capabilities to provide Scientific Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to program managers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in one or more of the following areas: Quantum technology for computation, sensing, networking, or algorithms Photonic systems for imaging, sensing, or computation Physics including high-energy physics, accelerator physics, and device physics Chemistry including electrochemistry, biochemistry, and specialty chemicals Biology including biotechnology and bioengineering Advanced manufacturing/fabrication Materials science for manufacturing new structural or functional materials Complex systems and adaptive systems Novel sensing paradigms/architectures Nonconventional and alternative computing Generative AI, machine learning, or language model deployment Applications of AI/ML to any topic above As a part of our team, you’ll serve as a strategic technical advisor advising on advanced government-funded research and development programs. You’ll work with world-class scientists and engineers to provide strategic assessments of emerging technologies. You will maintain responsibility for producing and presenting findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs, assisting with the management of current programs, and facilitating the transition of program deliverables to DoD stakeholders. These roles require 5 days on client site in Arlington, VA. What You Will Need: Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "SECRET" security clearance; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of clearance prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE "SECRET" or higher-level clearance are preferred Master’s degree in a STEM field THREE (3) or more years of active research or product development experience FIVE (5) or more years' experience in project management and/or as a technical liaison. Experience should include, but not be limited to: Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar areas needed to broadly support the PM’s portfolio Excellent communication skills - both written (to include PowerPoint) and oral Self-starter who is willing to both take the lead and provide support in a team role in a complex, fast-paced, cross-disciplinary work environment Strong organization skills with the ability to multi-task and respond to quick turn-around requests Flexible and readily adaptable to change Doctorate degree may be used in lieu of FIVE (5) of the required years' experience What Would be