Industrial Engineer - Applied Research Associates, Inc

The Capabilities, Analysis and Development (CAD) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an opportunity for an outstanding Industrial Engineer with experience identifying, characterizing, and assessing the structure and operation of civil, military, and industrial facilities, some of which are clandestine.  This position supports defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific / engineering research, capability / limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis / characterizations, facility and vulnerability assessments. This position collaboratively integrates analytic results findings of production with other related analytic efforts and assessments. Analyzes and estimates designs, specifications, technical requirements, and structural elements for control systems and infrastructure for nuclear, chemical, and biological facilities/infrastructure. Estimate and analyze power monitoring and control, energy management monitoring and control, the transport network and various required hardware, components, software and applications to ensure an industrial production or refinement of target materials/capabilities. Analyze Foreign Defense Critical Infrastructure to evaluate the requirement and capability of control systems, identify vulnerabilities and threats.

This position is contingent upon customer funding with an anticipated start date in January 2025.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree with 8+ years of experience OR a Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience
• Demonstrate current familiarity – experience within the last two years – augmenting defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific / engineering research and analysis, characterizations, facility, and vulnerability assessments
• Practical experience in industrial engineering with familiarity in one or more sub-disciplines of environmental, power system, pipeline, petroleum, structural, manufacturing, geotechnical, transportation, highway, material science, seismic / earthquake, construction, hydrology, and water resource engineering
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Experience solving DoD or Industry industrial engineering problems
• Ability to communicate complex technical analyses at a level comprehensible to diverse military audiences and senior-level government representatives
• Must be a US Citizen
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take and pass polygraph examination

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree with 10+ years of experience OR a Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience
• Familiarity with state nuclear, biological, and/or chemical (NBC) programs, strategic weapons developments, and WMD-related proliferation and procurement
• Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers
• Experience effectively devising, utilizing, and communicating methodological approaches to complex problem sets
• Military or defense-related experience and an understanding of operational planning and functional defeat of hard targets and underground facilities
• Familiarity working with S&T analytic centers within the DOD, IC and/or Interagency

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Industrial Engineer position.

Experience

Required

• 8 - 10 years: Relevant work experience

Education

Preferred

• Bachelors or better
• Masters or better

Behaviors

Required

• Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Required

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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