The Missile Defense Agency Jobs and Profile

At the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) we’re looking for talents like yours to help with our mission – the development and deployment of a ballistic missile defense system to defend our country, its deployed military forces, allies and friends. Our team requires the best and the brightest, those with a keen intellect bolstered by real world experience. If you are ready for a career in which your work will have maximum impact, check out the range of career fields available to you.

• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Physical Sciences
• Business Administration
• Operations Research
• Information Technology

The MDA Environment

Imagine a challenge that stretches everything you know to the utmost. Every day you work at the Missile Defense Agency will call on the full range of your capabilities, whether they’re in science, technology or business. In this fast-paced environment, driven by an ongoing need to protect freedom, there’s no time to be bored.

You’ll be in the midst of cutting-edge technologies from advanced sensors and communications to missile interceptor systems, propulsion and lasers. Because of our capabilities-based acquisition process – based on the urgent need to field effective missile defense systems against missile threats of all ranges, during any phase of their flight – you’ll have a chance to evolve these technologies through rigorous real-time testing and evaluation. And you’ll be able to take programs from the drawing board to deployment in a fraction of the time you’d expect.

You’ll be working side by side with a team of world class professionals who complement your skills and share your aspirations. Together, at the forefront of national security in this stimulating environment, you’ll find unprecedented solutions for a significant cause.