TacitEdge knows that people are not interchangeable, and that an organization is only as good as its people. In order to attract and retain the best, we take an approach that few companies do: we conduct ourselves with loyalty to our team and treat them with uncommon respect. Some examples of how we do things differently include:
TacitEdge also knows there are numerous experts who are interested, willing, and able to participate in our clients’ projects on a part-time consulting basis. Our goal is to be the preferred vehicle for such consultants, making the business side of things flexible and easy for them, allowing them to focus on the enjoyable parts rather than unwanted overhead. Our fee structures are simple, equitable, and transparent. Moreover, where feasible, we seek to provide opportunities for experienced consultants to work on teams together with our full-time staff to promote an environment of mutual support.
This position would involve supporting our U.S. Government customers. There is some overlap in responsibilities with the "Programmatic & Communications" role.
You would be a part of the core support team for one or more Government Program Managers, principally overseeing the financial and business functions. Depending on program needs, you may also provide programmatic support.
The position requires you be local to the Greater Washington, DC area. You will work both off-site, and on-site at the customer location in Arlington, VA. COVID-19 precautions are in effect, and on-site work will be reduced during the pandemic.
This position would involve supporting our U.S. Government customers. There is some overlap in responsibilities with the "Business/Financial Management" role.
You would be a part of the core support team for one or more Government program managers, principally performing program support functions. This would entail keeping tasks and teams organized, communicating extensively with both internal and external stakeholders, and creating and editing various kinds of documents related to program activities. You would be aided by a robust technical team, but would need to feel comfortable initiating activities as per program needs and asking for help and collaboration from teammates where needed. Our customer has high standards – you must as well. The ability to communicate well using PowerPoint, including graphical elements, is essential to this role. Excellent written language skills and the ability to hone language for concision is a strong plus. Competence working with budgets and supporting financial actions desirable.
The position requires you be local to the Greater Washington, DC area. You will work both off-site, and on-site at the customer location in Arlington, VA. COVID-19 precautions are in effect, and on-site work will be reduced during the pandemic.
This position would involve supporting our U.S. Government customers.
We are seeking engineers with entry-level (0-2 years), intermediate (2-12 years), and expert-level (12+ years) experience to work on the development of advanced defense systems in the Air, Space, Maritime, and Ground arenas. Both full-time and part-time consulting roles are possible.
You will use your technical background to help formulate and oversee various advanced technology programs. You may perform some independent analyses or hand calculations, but the bulk of your work will involve using your technical acumen to help review and steer technology development efforts. Day-to-day roles will include providing technical and programmatic consulting to DoD program managers and supporting programs at varying stages in their lifecycles from concept development to design, manufacturing, and testing.
You should be a self-starter and able to find creative ways to solve problems to deliver high-end products with minimal supervision. You will need to be highly capable in assisting and leading teams to develop new systems that exercise or advance state of the art technologies. Communication skills are critical in this role. To be successful, you will have to communicate clearly and effectively, target work products to the intended audience, help assemble/recommend/coordinate teams to develop and review systems, and be knowledgeable in potential sources of additional expertise within the U.S. Government, commercial, and academic sectors. Advanced degrees in Engineering, Science, or Mathematics are preferred; degrees from accredited institutions are required.
Full-time positions will require you be local to the Greater Washington, DC area. If you join us in a full-time role, you will work both off-site, and on-site at the customer location in Arlington, VA. COVID-19 precautions are in effect, and on-site work will be reduced during the pandemic. Part-time consultant positions have more geographic flexibility.
This position would involve supporting our U.S. Government customers.
You possess 8+ years of experience relevant to distributed wireless electrical power transfer for both near-and far-field applications. You have a detailed understanding of the state-of-the-art technologies that underlie potential wireless power transfer mechanisms as they could be applied to military systems. Mechanisms of interest include RF/microwave/laser for near or far-field applications, and inductive transfers for near-field applications. Topics in which you should be fluent or capable of getting rapidly up-to-speed with current research include the elements of: transmission and reception, beamforming, distributed transmit/receive, and conversion and control elements. You should be able to compose your expertise with other discipline experts at lower and higher levels in the technology "stack" such as micro-technology components, network theory, and vehicle systems.
You will use your technical background to help formulate and oversee various advanced technology programs. You may perform some independent analyses or hand calculations, but the bulk of your work will involve using your technical acumen to help review and steer technology development efforts. Day-to-day roles will include providing technical and programmatic consulting to DoD program managers and supporting programs at varying stages in their lifecycles from concept development to design, manufacturing, and testing.
You should be a self-starter and able to find creative ways to solve problems to deliver high-end products with minimal supervision. You will need to be highly capable in assisting and leading teams to develop new systems that exercise or advance state of the art technologies. Communication skills are critical in this role. To be successful, you will have to communicate clearly and effectively, target work products to the intended audience, help assemble/recommend/coordinate teams to develop and review systems, and be knowledgeable in potential sources of additional expertise within the U.S. Government, commercial, and academic sectors. Advanced degrees in Engineering, Science, or Mathematics are preferred; degrees from accredited institutions are required.
The position requires you be local to the Greater Washington, DC area. You will work both off-site, and on-site at the customer location in Arlington, VA. COVID-19 precautions are in effect, and on-site work will be reduced during the pandemic. Relocation assistance is available for those outside the Greater Washington, DC area.
This position would involve supporting our U.S. Government customers.
We are seeking space systems domain experts with 5+ years of experience to work on advanced civil, defense, and intelligence programs. One or more positions may be available, each with its own specific emphasis on a subset of these customer types. Currently, part-time roles are possible, but full-time roles may be available in the mid-term.
In the civil arena, you must have a background in space system operations from launch, to on-orbit activities, to re-entry. A good understanding of air and space traffic management is essential. You must also understand system safety and integrity, as well as required communications between operators and traffic managers. You will ideally have worked with both regulators and commercial space operators.
In the defense and intelligence arenas, you will use your technical background to help formulate and oversee various advanced technology programs. The bulk of your work will involve using your technical acumen to help review and steer technology development efforts. Day-to-day roles will include providing technical and programmatic consulting to government program managers and supporting programs at varying stages in their lifecycles from concept development to design, manufacturing, and testing. Specific technical backgrounds of interest include sensing and communications across the electromagnetic spectrum.
You should be a self-starter and able to find creative ways to solve problems to deliver high-end products with minimal supervision. You will need to be highly capable in assisting and leading teams to develop new systems that exercise or advance state of the art technologies. Communication skills are critical in this role. To be successful, you will have to communicate clearly and effectively, target work products to the intended audience, help assemble/recommend/coordinate teams to develop and review systems, and be knowledgeable in potential sources of additional expertise within the U.S. Government, commercial, and academic sectors. Advanced degrees in Engineering, Science, or Mathematics are preferred; degrees from accredited institutions are required.
Customers for these projects will be in the Greater Washington, DC area. Unclassified work may be possible remotely, but roles for cleared professionals will require you be local to the Greater Washington, DC area. Remote workers will need to be sensitive to the customer’s time zone. COVID-19 precautions are in effect, and on-site work will be reduced during the pandemic.