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Project Manager Engineer

Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 1/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/6/2026

*Higher starting salary possible depending on experience level

Requisition Type: Standard Hire

Requisition Overview:

Project Manager Engineer apply their engineering or scientific expertise to deliver new and innovative solutions in support of CIA’s mission to collect foreign intelligence.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • A bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields or related studies (or comparable work experience):
  • Aerospace engineering
  • Application development
  • Bioengineering/biomedical engineering
  • Biological sciences
  • Biotechnology and microbiology
  • Chemical engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Computer engineering
  • Computer science
  • Electrical engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Nuclear engineering
  • Physical sciences
  • Physics
  • Remote sensing/GIS
  • Space systems operations
  • Systems engineering
  • Telecommunications
  • At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
  • Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

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

Requisition Details:

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!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $69,923.00 - $185,234.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Salary : $69,923 - $185,234

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