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Micro-Circuit Engineer/Scientist

pae
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/17/2026
Job Description Amentum is seeking a Micro-Circuit Engineer/Scientist who has working knowledge and experience with the design, development, test, and manufacture, and ntegration of micro-sized photonic, quantum, and/or orgranic circuits. Candidates must have experience with one or more of the following circuit types and/or manufacturing ecosystem: Photonic Circuits: Exploration of power of light at the chip-scale and use of photonic interconnects, examining new materials, wavelengths, and new architectures. Quantum Circuits: Exploration of near-to-long term instantiations of quantum technology to reduce the possibility of commercial surprise, drive the discovery of new hardware metrics, and invent scalable devices. Organic Circuits: Exploration of methods to enable integration of bio-molecules and micro-technologies, viability of molecular integrated circuits, and exploration of hybrid bio-sensing and bio-compute microsystems. Manufacturing Ecosystem: Exploration of new additive, subtractive, and combination fabrication tools and technologies to enable sustainable manufacturing, technologies to speed up the time to market, and foundational ecosystem enhancements with far-reaching impact beyond the new circuits of tomorrow All candidates must have the following experience: • The ability to distil complex technical and scientific concepts into accessible language for a broad range of audiences in written and presentation formats • Excellent writing and editing skills • Strong organizational skills • Ability to work independently and also in dynamic, fast-paced team environments • Ability to interface with a wide-range of audiences including internal and external Government and Military leadership and stakeholders across all Services Required: Minimum of a BS in engineering, physics, mathematics, or biology Minimum of 3 years' experience in a operations research and working in a R&D environment Background in areas such as engineering, scientific research, or program management Must have an Active Top Secret US Government Clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Top Secret Clearance. Strong written and verbal communication skills Experience in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, and Adobe PDF Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters. Welcome back! We encourage you to check on the status of your current job applications with us. You can also search for a list of our current job openings and see if there are any new positions that might be a good fit for you. Thank you for continued interest in employment with Amentum. For more than 100 years, Amentum has tackled the world’s toughest challenges to deliver agile and steadfast solutions to the U.S. government and its allies. With more than 50,000 employees on all seven continents and in more than 60 countries, Amentum delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet the critical needs of our clients. Our headquarters are in Chantilly, VA. Find us online at https://www.amentum.com/ If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at TAOps@amentum.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 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If you are contacted by anyone offering employment with Amentum, you should never be asked to pay a fee for recruiting. Amentum personnel will always send email from an identifiable corporate account (ending in @amentum.com) and never from a public email account like Yahoo!, Google, Gmail, or Hotmail. If you are contacted regarding a fraudulent employment proposal, we encourage you to alert your local law enforcement agency/police authority. To read more about Amentum’s commitment to ethics, please click here.

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