Applied Research Associates

Staff Engineer / Scientist 1

Applied Research Associates

Littleton, CO, USAFull timePosted Aug 3, 2026

Job description

Looking for a career in an industry focused on designing, developing, and rapidly deploying solutions to problems of national importance? Applied Research Associates (ARA) is seeking excellent scientists and engineers and has opportunities available immediately. ARA’s Littleton, Colorado facility supports research in the following areas: • Acoustics – Human hearing/injury, ultrasound, signal processing, • Physics – Sensors development, blast-structure interaction, modeling and simulation • Impact dynamics – Terminal ballistics modeling and experimentation • Design & Prototyping—software, electronics, mechanical systems • Optical System R&D – remote sensing, laser analysis, spectroscopy, system design