Jobs at Energetics Technology Center

Leads execution of multiple defense research and engineering programs, translating customer objectives into technical plans and coordinating multidisciplinary teams. Manages scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, deliverables, reviews, and customer communications. Reviews technical products, supports testing and corrective actions, prepares proposals and reports, and ensures quality, configuration management, safety, and security practices. The role is onsite in Indian Head, Maryland, with occasional travel and possible work outside normal hours.

Develops physics-based warhead and weapon-performance simulations involving shock physics, energetic materials, fragmentation, blast, penetration, and terminal effects. Calibrates and validates models against experimental data, quantifies uncertainty, supports gas-gun and ballistics testing, and translates analysis into design recommendations. Collaborates with test, materials, warhead, and government teams while preparing technical reports, visualizations, documentation, and briefings. The role is hybrid in Indian Head, Maryland, with occasional travel and potential work outside normal hours.

Leads system safety planning and qualification support for warheads, fuzing, and energetic subsystems. Develops safety plans, hazard analyses, risk assessments, verification strategies, safety cases, test plans, and government review packages. Coordinates engineering, test, design, suppliers, and qualification teams; integrates safety evidence; investigates anomalies; resolves findings; and advises government safety leadership on risks and review readiness. The role also mentors safety engineers and supports onsite laboratory and field-test activities.

Leads warhead, fuzing, and energetic subsystem development from requirements and design through prototype integration, testing, qualification, and transition. Directs multidisciplinary engineering, suppliers, test planning, technical reviews, anomaly investigations, risk mitigation, and design decisions. Integrates modeling, simulation, and test data; prepares technical documentation and customer presentations; coordinates ordnance safety and qualification activities; mentors engineers; and supports proposals and research efforts.

Designs and prototypes analog, digital, power, and mixed-signal fuze electronics and PCB assemblies for defense systems. Responsibilities include schematic and PCB design, component selection, prototype fabrication, board bring-up, troubleshooting, bench testing, documentation, configuration management, and design iteration. The engineer translates safety and interface requirements into electrical architectures, supports manufacturability and test activities, and provides technical analyses and test evidence to fuzing integration teams.

Supports warhead, fuzing, and energetic subsystem design, integration, testing, and evaluation. Develops engineering drawings, specifications, test plans, and technical data packages; analyzes modeling and test results; coordinates with multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, materials, instrumentation, and safety teams; and documents risks, findings, and design recommendations. The role also supports prototype development, ordnance qualification, customer reviews, vendor coordination, research, and technical proposals.

Designs and maintains wired, wireless, tactical, and 5G networks supporting robotics and autonomous systems research. Administers Linux servers and robotic platforms, configures network equipment, implements monitoring, troubleshoots infrastructure, and supports field experiments. The role also develops documentation, gathers requirements, recommends solutions, and collaborates with researchers. It is hybrid, requires occasional outdoor work and travel, and supports Department of Defense research at ARL.

Administer and support Linux servers, research systems, HPC environments, robotics platforms, and virtual test-range infrastructure for Army robotics and autonomous-systems research. Responsibilities include system configuration, patching, monitoring, troubleshooting, user access, storage, networking, security hardening, documentation, and integration support. The role collaborates with researchers and network engineers during architecture reviews, experiments, demonstrations, and field events. Hybrid work requires three onsite days weekly, occasional outdoor work, and travel two to three times annually.