**Check out this NEW Opportunity with Axient!** **Axient** is seeking a **Technical R&D Site Lead** in support of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) for a joint initiative chartered with the Services to analyze the hardest military challenges facing the U.S. and our Allies; and to develop experiments to provide future warfighting architectures to address these challenges through: • Change the current warfighting paradigm of reliance on a Service-specific and platform centric force into one that operates as a disaggregated kill web that is able to execute rapidly composable, joint, and all domain kill chains. • Exploit both existing and emerging technologies across the Services, to address known capability gaps, opportunities, and threats. • Conducting mission-centric, multi-Service and multi-domain analyses, modeling and simulation (M&S), and experimentation to inform research and development (R&D), and program of record recommendations. **A current TS/SCI clearance is required.** **What you will do...** The successful candidates will: • Recognize, identify, explore, and ensure the development, integration, and funding of new technology and capabilities to maintain U.S. technological superiority. • Takes a unified, missions-level view across the entire Department of Defense (DoD) enterprise to analyze joint missions and identify crosscutting technology gaps critical to military readiness. • Maintain a focus on the innovative application of technology • Work with a robust network of transition partners within and external to the DoD to mitigate gaps through accelerated prototyping, demonstration, and fielding technologies • Transition relevant programs, processes and technologies from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). **Skills you will need...** **Required Qualifications:** + Required: BS in any discipline with management training courses + Preferred: MS in any discipline with management training courses + Clearance: TS/SCI + A minimum of 15 years of experience in a supervisory capacity in planning, developing, and executing major research, engineering, and development efforts for defense organizations. + A minimum of 15 years of experience in establishing strong working relationships within environments substantially similar to OUSD(R&E); within the federal government; with multifaceted research and engineering PMs, staff, and organization leadership. + Location: National Capital Region \#CJ APPLY HERE (https://careers-axient.icims.com/jobs/5809/technical-r%26d-site-lead/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in\_iframe=1&hashed=-336025105) Applicants for positions which require a US government security clearance or access must meet eligibility requirements that most often include US citizenship. This company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer as defined by the EEOC. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or are a disabled veteran, and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application as a result of your disability, you have the right to receive assistance by calling us directly at 256-650-6263 orclick here (help@axientcorp.com?subject=Application%20Help) to reach us by email. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other federal, state, or locally protected class. Axient LLC is a federal government contractor and must adhere to applicable safety and legal requirements, protocols, and compliance regulations as required by federal laws and governing agencies. **Job ID** _2024-5809_ **\# of Openings** _1_ **Location : Location** _US-VA-Arlington-Pentagon_ **Type** _Regular, Full-Time_ **Minimum Education Requirement** _Bachelor's_ **Minimum Experience Requirement, Years** _15+_ **Clearance Requirement** _TS-SCI_