The Engineering Science Division (ESD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking a Principal Program Manager 2 to manage the conduction of RDT&E projects focused on providing solutions to identified airbase technology capability gaps in the areas identified.This position is located onsite at Tyndall AFB, FL.
As a Principal Program Manager 2, you will be responsible for planning, designing, executing, analyzing, and reporting RDT&E and technical activities focused on innovative protective designs and concepts using state-of-the-art materials; and to recommend potential solutions crucial to ensuring the survivability of personnel, infrastructure, and high-value assets against a variety of threats.
Required Experience and Skills:

• Must have experience in preparing and reviewing research proposals, research plans and test plans.
• Must have experience in writing and reviewing complex scientific and/or engineering technical papers.
• Must have experience with blast and infrastructure protection research.
• Must have experience working with/on DoD installations.

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited university with a PhD in a field of science or engineering relevant to CE M&P or airbase technologies and at least 10 years of RDT&E experience since graduation; or
• An MS degree in a field of science or engineering relevant to civil engineering or airbase technologies with at least 15 years of RDT&E experience and a proven record of the specific experiences described are acceptable.
• Secret Security Clearance.

For this position, travel is required ~20% of the time.
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 1200 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 spawns 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 company's 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 Principal Program Manager 2 position.
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 contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)