Subject Matter Expert III (Communications, Engineering, Physics)

Location: Onsite in Arlington, Virginia, United States

Salary: $180,000–$210,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Federal delivers advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation for defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

What you will do

• Provide authoritative technical judgment across communications, applied physics, RF, photonics, devices, components, and systems.
• Assess complex research performer approaches, integration challenges, tests, failures, and recovery strategies.
• Advise DARPA program managers on concepts, milestones, evaluation criteria, technical execution, risk, cost, schedule, and transition.
• Evaluate progress through technical reviews, laboratory results, demonstrations, site visits, and program events.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary work among program managers, research performers, government partners, test organizations, and transition stakeholders.
• Prepare technical assessments, decision materials, review briefings, trip reports, and program documentation.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required for security-clearance eligibility.
• Master’s degree and 20 or more years of relevant experience.
• Expert credentials or broad recognition in communications, engineering, physics, or a closely related discipline.
• Extensive experience advising senior government or research leaders on complex technical matters.
• Advanced command of the techniques, theories, and practices in the relevant discipline.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary R&D work independently.

Nice to have

• Experience with basic and applied research, including prior service as a DARPA program manager or senior SETA advisor.
• Experience managing R&D programs from inception through closeout.
• 15 or more years of experience with one or more DARPA programs.
• Five or more years working with DARPA program managers.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work supporting DARPA MXO research and U.S. technology capabilities.
• Collaboration with scientific, engineering, program support, government, and research organizations.
• Travel within and outside the continental United States, including occasional international travel, may be required.
• Commitment to innovation, accountable delivery, professional development, and high-performing teams.