Applied physics jobs in dc

Research Resident, AI Bio Threats and Mitigations

Hybrid in Washington, District of Columbia

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Job Type: Term (Fixed Term) About the Team The RAND Center on AI, Security, and Technology's mission is to understand and address emerging threats to global security, in particular biosecurity and AI security. We believe that biotechnology and frontier AI will be among the most powerful and transformative technologies of the coming decades, and that addressing the risks that accompany them is one of today's most pressing challenges. Our work focuses on understanding these threats and developi

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USD 90,400.00 per year

Flight Navigation Systems Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Do you enjoy developing and deploying novel digital engineering (DE) capabilities for flight systems, including complex analytical tools? Do you have model-based systems engineering (MBSE) experience and want to have an impact on critically important defense programs? Do you love working in teams with a well-rounded group of technical specialists? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL. The System Modeling, Evaluation, and Planning Group within the For

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USD 100,000.00 per year

Combat System Analyst

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Do you enjoy developing expertise in combat systems and analyzing ground test, flight test, and real-world data? Are you ready to join a collaborative team in shaping the development and analysis of command and control systems influencing the future of homeland and theater missile defense? If so, someone like you would be a great addition to our team at APL! The Engagement Optimization Group (A3I) is a team of software and systems engineers, systems analysts, mathematicians, and

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USD 100,000.00 per year

Senior Downstream Bioprocess Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Do you enjoy developing downstream purification processes for microbial production of small molecules and metabolites? Do you want to apply your expertise in in downstream bioprocess engineering to pressing national security challenges? Do you enjoy working as part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists to solve complex biotechnology challenges? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team in the Biological Sciences Group, here at the Johns Hopkins University Appli

Full-time

USD 105,000.00 per year

2026 Graduate - Weapon Systems Analyst

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you eager to join a team tackling some of our Nation's most compelling security challenges? Do you have a passion for weapon-system concepts and a drive to apply analytical thinking to strategic deterrence and national defense? Would you like to grow your expertise while helping shape the future of America's most advanced strategic systems? Do you enjoy working on tough technical problems, learning from seasoned experts, and making a tangible impact? If so, we have the perfec

Full-time

USD 85,000.00 per year

Radiation Hardened (RADHARD) Electronics Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you passionate about applying your analytical skill to questions in strategic deterrence and defense? Are you searching for important physics/engineering-based analysis work, where you can contribute to some of our country's most fascinating security challenges? Are you interested in research that will make the next generation of U.S. Strategic Systems more survivable, reliable, and credible? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL. The System Model

Full-time

USD 100,000.00 per year

Electrical/Computer Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you searching for an opportunity to apply your engineering skills in a creative and collaborative laboratory environment? Would you love to engage in meaningful, hands-on work in the exciting field of electronics and acoustics with an employer that prioritizes impact, innovation, and personal development? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL)! We are seeking a creative Electrical Engineer to joi

Full-time

USD 100,000.00 per year

GNSS Data Science and Navigation Analyst

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Ready to make impactful contributions in GNSS-based navigation to improve the reliability, accuracy, and effectiveness of our nation's strategic deterrent weapon systems? Interested in modeling the effects of missile kinematics on GPS signal propagation and reception in large-scale test flights, and characterizing the performance of deployed flight hardware? Eager to develop and evaluate forward-thinking GNSS and alternative navigation solutions together with a dedicated, collabor

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USD 100,000.00 per year

Senior Metabolic & Biomanufacturing Process Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Do you marvel at the complexity of metabolism and seek to leverage natural metabolisms in creative ways to develop new technologies? Do you want to apply your expertise in biomanufacturing process engineering to pressing National Security challenges? Do you love contributing your microbial metabolic engineering and downstream processing subject matter expertise to an interdisciplinary team of scientists, focused on developing novel applications? If you answered yes to these question

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USD 105,000.00 per year

Analog Electronics Design Engineer for Space Instruments

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you an analog electronics engineer who wants to see your designs operate on spacecraft exploring our solar system? Do you enjoy solving complex challenges in analog and mixed-signal electronics, from custom sensor and low-noise design to flight qualification and testing? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL! The Space Science Electronics Group at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory builds instruments and electronics systems that generate

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USD 100,000.00 per year

Senior Nuclear Surety Systems Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you interested in applying technical leadership, innovation, system engineering skills, and specialty nuclear surety expertise toward the difficult critical challenges of ensuring the safety and security of this nation's most critical defense systems? Are you eager to apply strategy and innovative engineering approaches to transform how the DoD evaluates and analyzes modern nuclear surety design? Would you like to help strategic weapon system programs ensure compliance with the

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USD 100,000.00 per year

Senior Microelectronics Engineer

Washington, District of Columbia

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As a Micro-Electronics Engineer you will provide technical and programmatic advice and support services on a suite of advanced weapon system, sensor, and computer processing related technologies and programs. Interact daily with Air Force program managers and aerospace industry subject matter experts to assist the government with technical assessments, strategic planning, and engineering evaluations. Support the design, development, test, fielding, and sustainment of advanced weapon system archi

Full-time

USD 180,000.00 - 240,000.00 per year

Principal Integration Engineer

Chantilly, Virginia

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Job ID: 2614461 Location: Chantilly, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-07-10 Category: Engineering and Sciences Subcategory: Sys Integration Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: Yes - 10% of the time Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE Description Position Summary: The Principal Integration Engineer - Payload leads end-to-end integration of advanced radar and ISR payloads into spacecraft bus ar

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USD 160,001.00 - 200,000.00 per year

Radar System Design Engineer

Chantilly, Virginia

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Job ID: 2614459 Location: Chantilly, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-07-10 Category: Engineering and Sciences Subcategory: Systems Engineer Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: Yes - 10% of the time Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE Description Position Summary: The Radar System Design Engineer will support advanced space-based ISR and ground radar mission systems by performing radar archit

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USD 160,001.00 - 200,000.00 per year

Strategic System Program Protection Analyst

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you searching for meaningful work in technical efforts that enable U.S. strategic deterrence objectives to shape and prevail against threats? Do you enjoy shaping and nurturing a varied portfolio of threat intelligence application and program protection activities that are critical to Navy and Air Force strategic deterrent systems? Are you passionate about using innovation, emerging technology and insights to solve challenges involving the defense of the U.S. and/or allies? I

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USD 100,000.00 per year

2027 PhD Graduate - Advanced Kinetic Weapons Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you a dedicated problem-solver who is curious about algorithms for guided air vehicles? Are you interested in simulating highly complex physics problems and applying advanced data science to understand the results? Would you like to learn about the newest and most innovative missile defense technologies? If so, we want you to join our team and help us evaluate and advance new technologies that protect our nation! The Weapon Systems Engineering group is seeking a technical profe

Full-time

USD 105,000.00 per year

Lead Photonics System Engineer

Washington, District of Columbia

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Job Posting Title: Lead Photonics System Engineer Jabil is seeking a LeadPhotonicsSystem Engineer focused on enabling design and manufacturing services for cutting edge Co-Packaged-Optics (CPO) systems, which present new challenges with the integration density of photonic elements at the box and rack level at the EMS environment.This position engages with leading edge technology companies. You will help transformphotonicsas an industry, while contributing to the rapid transformative growth with

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2027 PhD Graduate - Reliability Engineer System Realization and Resilience Group

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you passionate about applying reliability and system engineering principles to analyze and assess the resilience of future strategic weapon systems? Do you have a strong technical background and interest in reliability engineering, safety engineering, or related experience in leading and evaluating the reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM) and resilience of weapon systems for national defense? Are you motivated by working on multidisciplinary teams solving some of t

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USD 105,000.00 per year

Senior Aerospace Engineer

Laurel, Maryland

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Description Are you passionate about ground breaking aero- and aerothermodynamics-studying rockets, missiles, drones, and hypersonic systems? Do you thrive in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with experts with an array of backgrounds? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL! We are looking for an experienced engineer to drive aerodynamic analysis across multiple flight regimes and navigate the toughest challenges in missile-defense technology. In this rol

Full-time

USD 100,000.00 per year

Applied physics jobs in Washington, DC, USA