Project Manager Engineer

Summary

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

This job is open to

• Federal employees - Competitive service
  
  Current or former competitive service federal employees.
• Federal employees - Excepted service
  
  Current excepted service federal employees.
• The public
  
  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

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Duties

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!

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be physically in the United States or one of its territories when you submit your resume via MyLINK.
• You must be registered for the Selective Service, if applicable.
• You must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years of age (dual-national US citizens are eligible).
• You must be willing to move to the Washington, DC area.
• You must successfully complete a thorough medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview, and a comprehensive background investigation.
• For further requirements information, please visit: https://www.cia.gov/careers/how-we-hire/requirements/

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

Education

• 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

• Benefits
  
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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

For more information, please visit: https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/project-manager-engineer/.

• Benefits
  
  A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
  
  Review our benefits
  
  Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
• Required Documents
  
  As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
  
  For further information, please visit: https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/project-manager-engineer/.
  
  
  If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
  
  Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
  schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
  
  Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
• How to Apply
  
  This post is for viewing purposes only. To get started, please visit https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/project-manager-engineer/, where you can read more about this position and express your interest in up to four jobs. Upon expressing your interest, you will be taken to MyLINK, which allows you to submit your resume and job rankings and provide basic information about yourself.
  
  Agency contact information
  
  Central Intelligence Agency
  
  Website
  
  https://cia.gov/careers
  
  Next steps
  
  After you express interest for up to four positions on cia.gov/careers, a CIA recruiter may contact you for further discussion if your qualifications meet our needs. See the MyLINK FAQs on our website for more information.
• Fair and Transparent
  
  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
  
  
  • Criminal history inquiries
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Financial suitability
  • New employee probationary period
  • Privacy Act
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Selective Service
  • Signature and false statements
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

For further information, please visit: https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/project-manager-engineer/.


If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

This post is for viewing purposes only. To get started, please visit https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/project-manager-engineer/, where you can read more about this position and express your interest in up to four jobs. Upon expressing your interest, you will be taken to MyLINK, which allows you to submit your resume and job rankings and provide basic information about yourself.

Agency contact information

Central Intelligence Agency

Website

https://cia.gov/careers

Next steps

After you express interest for up to four positions on cia.gov/careers, a CIA recruiter may contact you for further discussion if your qualifications meet our needs. See the MyLINK FAQs on our website for more information.

Fair & Transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

• Criminal history inquiries
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
• Financial suitability
• New employee probationary period
• Privacy Act
• Reasonable accommodation policy
• Selective Service
• Signature and false statements
• Social security number request