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Reston, VA30+ days ago

Full-time

This role sits at the intersection of advanced modeling, system architecture, and real-world network performance , with MATLAB as a core tool in shaping next-generation solutions. At TeleWorld Solutions , we design, optimize, and deliver high-performance wireless networks for leading operators and technology partners.

Colonial Heights, VA12 days ago

The Principal Electrical Engineer is responsible for troubleshooting and improving electrical and instrumentation systems using reliability-centered maintenance and process control technologies while serving as the primary point of contact for E&I issues, leading diagnostics, maintenance activities, and cross-functional collaboration to support plant operations. Provide short-term and long-term improvements in process control using PLC, HMI Programming, AC/DC Inverter Drives, Motor Controls, Experion DCS, and electrical power distribution.

Falls Church, VA12 days ago

We are looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer who will be responsible for developing and maintaining our flagship product assets. • Secure our software by addressing any vulnerabilities and by writing high-performing, scalable, and secure software to meet customer demands.

Newport News, VA12 days ago

The Assistant High School Principal supports the High School Principal in managing the daily operations of the school and ensuring a safe, orderly, and effective learning environment. This role includes supervising staff and students, assisting with curriculum development, and participating in the evaluation of instructional programs to promote continuous improvement.

Manassas, VA30+ days ago

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McLean, VA30+ days ago

$91,200–$136,800 Per Year

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with 8 years in Contracts, Subcontracts, or Procurement Administration, or related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 6 years in Contracts, Subcontracts, or Procurement Administration, or related professional experience: In lieu of degree High school diploma or equivalent with 12 years of relevant experience required. + Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with 5 years in Contracts, Subcontracts, or Procurement Administration, or related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 3 years in Contracts, Subcontracts, or Procurement Administration, or related professional experience: In lieu of degree High school diploma or equivalent with 9 years of relevant experience required.

Richmond, VA30+ days ago

$125,000–$143,000 Per Year

Mission Lane has cumulatively raised over $600 million of equity from leading investors, including Invus Opportunities, QED Investors, LL Funds, funds affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, and other leading investors. The Credit Team is responsible for matching prospective customers with the right product terms, owning the underwriting process throughout the lifetime of the customer, understanding lifetime value, and creating pathways to customer graduation all while staying true to our mission.

Arlington, VA12 days ago

$220,000–$250,000 Per Year

VT-ARC is seeking a Principal Enterprise Network Engineer to serve as a senior technical authority for enterprise network architecture, implementation, sustainment, and modernization supporting mission-critical programs within TS/SCI environments. The position is not limited to a single vendor stack or a narrow WAN/SD-WAN scope; it includes holistic network engineering across LAN, WAN, campus, data center, classified, air-gapped, multi-enclave, and mission communications environments.

Manassas, VA30+ days ago

Electra.aero is seeking a Principal Flight Controls Engineer to serve as a senior technical authority and flight controls certification subject‑matter expert for the EL9 Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft. At Electra, we're pioneering sustainable aviation by developing hybrid-electric Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft designed to transform regional air mobility by making air travel more efficient, quieter, and environmentally friendly.

Manassas, VA16 days ago

Our Ultra Short technology unlocks thousands of new operating locations and enables what we call Direct Aviation: quiet, point-to-point regional travel that gets people from where they are to where they want to go, without the congestion of major airports or the noise of conventional aviation. As our Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Primary Structures, you'll take on one of the most consequential roles in the EL9 build: owning manufacturability and integration for major load-bearing structures - fuselage, wing, empennage, and primary structural assemblies.

Manassas, VA30+ days ago

At Electra, we're pioneering sustainable aviation by developing hybrid-electric Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft designed to transform regional air mobility, by making air travel more efficient, quieter, and environmentally friendly. The Principal Systems Test Engineer will serve as a technical authority for test setup, execution, and data analysis, while driving Electra's test capability development and guiding teams across all test lab environments.

Manassas, VA30+ days ago

$160,000–$200,000 Per Year

At Electra, we're pioneering sustainable aviation by developing hybrid-electric Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft designed to transform regional air mobility, by making air travel more efficient, quieter, and environmentally friendly. Able to operate from soccer field-sized spaces, our Ultra Short unlocks a new era of aviation through what we call Direct Aviation - the next level of connectivity bringing air travel closer to where we live, work, and play.

Manassas, VA30+ days ago

This role will be responsible for the aircraftelectrical systems - including power distribution, energy storage, conversion, and system safety protections - ensuring reliable, certifiable, and high-performance operation across the full aircraft lifecycle. At Electra, we're pioneering sustainable aviation by developing hybrid-electric Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft designed to transform regional air mobility, by making air travel more efficient, quieter, and environmentally friendly.

Manassas, VA16 days ago

Embedded in our Integrated Product Development Team (IPDT), your focus will be on electrical and avionics systems installation, applying DFM and DFA principles to enable efficient, scalable final assembly operations - and ensuring production test processes are built in from day one. Our Ultra Short technology unlocks thousands of new operating locations and enables what we call Direct Aviation: quiet, point-to-point regional travel that gets people from where they are to where they want to go, without the congestion of major airports or the noise of conventional aviation.

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Reston, VA4 days ago

$200,000–$275,000 Per Year

We are partnering with our client, Galaxia Technologies, to hire a Principal Data Engineer – Mission Data Pipelines (Reston, VA) to play a key role in advancing the Department of the Air Force’s Integrated Fires Command and Control (DIFC2) Program. Galaxia Technologies is seeking a Principal Data Engineer – Mission Data Pipelines to design, implement, and sustain robust mission data pipelines supporting the Department of the Air Force’s DIFC2 program and the Horizon initiative.

Manassas, VA16 days ago

Our Ultra Short technology unlocks thousands of new operating locations and enables what we call Direct Aviation: quiet, point-to-point regional travel that gets people from where they are to where they want to go, without the congestion of major airports or the noise of conventional aviation. This is a hands-on leadership role - you'll mentor junior engineers, own the architecture of our simulation labs, and build the data management and automated test processes that engineering depends on to move the EL9 toward certification.

Norfolk, VA30+ days ago

$55–$60 Per Hour

In this position, you will be responsible for preparing and coordinating schedules for new and existing programs, determining manpower requirements, and analyzing the impact of projects across operations, program management, facilities, and craft labor. HEPCO Inc. is seeking an experienced Scheduler Principal for our client to support planning and scheduling activities within the ship maintenance industry.

Miller Park, VA13 days ago

$112,000–$152,000 Per Year

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. Including architectural vision, technology choices, and best practices to create scalable, reliable solutions designed to simplify and streamline core business functions.

Fairfax, VA30+ days ago

This individual will provide systems engineering leadership across R&D and product development programs, play a key role in shaping technology and product roadmaps, and contribute to high-impact strategic business opportunities. We are seeking a talented, self-driven, and technically exceptional Principal Systems Engineer to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams in the development of complex electronic systems for space applications.

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Lynchburg, VA1 day ago

Eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship; ability to pass drug screening; must have a valid driver’s license in good standing with a minimum of 3 years’ licensed driving experience. Experience directing fieldwork for CRM projects; Mid-Atlantic experience preferred.

Herndon, VA30+ days ago

A Bachelor's degree and 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement . o Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (ex: stage/unstage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks).

Herndon, VA30+ days ago

For Senior Principal level: A Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of relevant experience; OR a Master's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience; OR a PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree requirement. For Staff level: A Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of relevant experience; OR a Master's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience; OR a PhD with 9+ years of relevant experience an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree requirement.

Herndon, VA30+ days ago

Candidate will perform test-driven software engineering and development activities associated with designing, developing, maintaining, and enhancing analytic systems using an Agile DevSecOps model. Experienced front-end software engineer to develop services using modern techniques such as REST, JSON, Python, JavaScript Web UI frameworks (e.g., JQuery, Angular, React), and Docker.

Herndon, VA30+ days ago

Herndon, Virginia23 days ago

$146,108–$200,000 Per Year

Monitor and translate emerging AI interoperability protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A, OpenInference, OpenTelemetry, GenAI semantic conventions) into enterprise-wide architecture guidelines and governance guardrails. EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law.

Chantilly, Virginia30+ days ago

ECS is currently ranked #60 in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms (April 2026), #148 in Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2025) and #50 in Zweig Group’s Hot Firm List (May 2025). Bachelor and/or Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or other Engineering degree applicable to Environmental Consulting, Natural or Environmental Science, Geology, or other degree relevant to the practice of Environmental Consulting.

McLean, VA30+ days ago

Leveraging your lessons learned from being in the trenches, you'll shape how software applications and data platforms are researched, architected, built, and deployed at scale—while providing expertise on design patterns, tooling choices, and AI/ML strategy across multiple teams. 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a proven track record of leading engineering teams to production at enterprise scale, including work supporting Intelligence Community missions in classified environments .

McLean, VA30+ days ago

Remote

Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional defense tech company dedicated to empowering U.S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions. With headquarters in McLean, VA, our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem.

Arlington, VA30+ days ago

Full-time

Extensive experience developing, debugging, and scripting in C/C++ and Python within Linux command-line environments, with a strong emphasis on low-level programming, memory management, and system interaction for reverse engineering and vulnerability research. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and the specific salary offered is determined by various factors, including, but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Reston, Virginia30+ days ago

Provide key support on other insurance programs, including aviation and cyber risk underwriting submission preparation, international placements, and cost allocations; Administer General Dynamics’ Risk Management Information System (RMIS), by recommending, developing and deploying program enhancements, maintaining and updating data and creating reports; Coordinate various business unit activities including responding to inquiries, contract reviews/compliance, certificate of insurance requests, and training/webinar efforts; and, Other duties as assigned. This is an exciting opportunity for any student pursuing a career in Risk Management & Insurance to apply their knowledge to real-world corporate risk programs, meet with various insurance professionals, and work with our international risk management team.

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Herndon, VA1 day ago

$153,000–$284,000 Per Year

For California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Seattle, Washington D.C., Maryland Greater Washington D.C. area, the city of Denver, Washington State and New York City, the salary range for this role is $153-$284K. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

McLean, VA30+ days ago

If you have the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges, then you will experience a unique working environment where innovative teams blend different perspectives, disciplines, and technologies to discover new ways of solving complex problems. Technical Resource and Knowledge Bridge: + Serve as the internal technical authority on ISR systems, providing guidance to program management and engineering teams lacking specialized intelligence collection and surveillance knowledge.

Ashburn, Virginia30+ days ago

Working in close partnership with senior account executives supporting the NSP vertical, this role leads end-to-end architecture strategy, drives the joint technical strategy on partnership opportunities, and serves as a trusted advisor and technical presence with senior and C-level stakeholder customers. Under the direction of Americas Solutions Engineering leadership,the Principal Solutions Architect is a senior field technical resource on the Global Technical Sales Team, responsible for the most complex, multi-region, and strategic engagements with our critical network service provider (NSP) customers and partners.

Reston, Virginia30+ days ago

$176,000–$282,000 Per Year

Responsibilities: Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer, Principal to join our national intelligence program in Northern Virginia as the primary technical authority responsible for the strategic design, implementation, and 24/7 operational excellence of the IT Enterprise Infrastructure client’s technology stack. • Oversee cloud migrations, data center modernization, global networking, and cybersecurity integration with the mission is to transform "legacy" into "leading-edge" while maintaining the 99.99% uptime our global operations demand.

Reston, Virginia30+ days ago

$146,000–$234,000 Per Year

Responsibilities: Peraton is seeking a Systems Architect Principal to join our national intelligence program in Northern Virginia as the primary visionary and strategist to transition the client’s Enterprise IT Infrastructure to a cutting edge resilient, scalable and self-healing Infrastructure environment. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies.

Alexandria, Virginia8 days ago

In addition to training end-users within the facility, they will also train additional trainers within the organization, maintain policy/procedure documentation, provide training for new hires, and coordinate training for new software releases and updates. Incumbents must have the ability to understand and translate the functionality of Epic system configuration and workflow validations into a training environment development, easy to understand classroom presentations, and prepare and manage requirements for training sessions in collaboration with the project team.

Chantilly, Virginia30+ days ago

$170,000–$190,000 Per Year

The ideal professional will have extensive experience supporting, developing, presenting, and defending highly-secure mobile application systems and play a critcial role in shaping the direction and success of the mission. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Fairfax, VA30+ days ago

Full-time

The ideal candidate will bring a deep expertise in federal healthcare operations, particularly within VHA, and a strong track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver strategic solutions. This candidate will work closely with internal teams and federal healthcare clients to develop integrated program solutions and oversee project execution across multiple capability areas.

Petersburg, VA7 days ago

CivicaScript works with trusted manufacturing partners to develop quality generic medicines and has forged partnerships with like-minded payors, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies to enable significant cost savings to be passed along to their customers. SME with a deep technical expertise in all systems under his/her responsibility (GMP HVAC, GMP Utilities and ancillary systems associated within their facilities), understanding their applications in pharmaceutical manufacturing, well versed with flow charts and process parameters, and awareness of industry trends.

Roanoke, VA30+ days ago

$130,000–$155,000 Per Year

The Prin Geotechnical Engineer has typically acquired eight (8) or more years of related engineering experience along with a Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET*, or six (6) years of related engineering experience along with a Master’s degree or PhD in engineering from a program accredited by ABET*. Qualified candidates shall possess knowledge of geotechnical engineering principles through education and/or demonstrated project experience related to the following core areas: + Earthwork, retaining wall, slope stability and landslide mitigation design.

Richmond, VA30+ days ago

$103,000–$123,000 Per Year

In partnership with our sponsor banks, we offer credit cards under the Mission Lane brand name, with better, clearer terms, and a more refined customer experience than the alternatives available to people working hard to improve their credit. Mission Lane has cumulatively raised over $600 million of equity from leading investors, including Invus Opportunities, QED Investors, LL Funds, funds affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, and other leading investors.

Richmond, VA30+ days ago

$114,000–$133,000 Per Year

You'll drive forward our mission of empowering people to unlock financial progress by leading day-to-day financial modeling, executing rolling forecasts to ensure our growth is sustainable, and providing the deep-dive analytics that fuel executive reporting. In partnership with our sponsor banks, we offer credit cards under the Mission Lane brand name, with better, clearer terms, and a more refined customer experience than the alternatives available to people working hard to improve their credit.

Richmond, VA30+ days ago

$183,000–$224,000 Per Year

In partnership with our sponsor banks, we offer credit cards under the Mission Lane brand name, with better, clearer terms, and a more refined customer experience than the alternatives available to people working hard to improve their credit. You share best practices for software engineering and can help smart, experienced data scientists with complex technical problems - especially operationalizing and evaluating models for real-world applications.

Reston, Virginia30+ days ago

What You’ll Do: Contribute to the Technical Roadmap and support the design, implement, and operate the Ground Resource Manager (GRM) and Flight Management System (FMS) software components required to meet the SDA PWSA (Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture) mission objectives. As a Product Owner on the Ground System Development team, you’ll be responsible for managing multiple activities and projects, including those with cross-functional teams, to deliver customer-driven Ground System Management Systems.

Richmond, VA30+ days ago

Remote

You will work on a diverse technology stack that spans low-level embedded systems and high-level server-side platforms, designing solutions to enable continuous self-testing, autonomous software updates, real-time data reporting, and seamless integration between factory systems and vehicle platforms. The Digital Manufacturing Systems team is seeking a highly motivated Principal Diagnostics Engineer to play a key role in imagining, inventing, and implementing cutting-edge technology that manufactures the next generation of Ford vehicles.

Tysons, VA30+ days ago

We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting criminal background checks as permitted by law, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies. The categories of Personal Information that we may collect include your name, government-issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, criminal record, and demographic information.

Tysons, VA30+ days ago

Strategic account ownership and influence – Retains long-term commercial ownership of global strategic accounts while setting the bar for enterprise sales execution through influence on vertical sales strategy, value frameworks, and executive messaging without people management or formal authority. Global strategic outbound and pipeline ownership – Owns outbound pipeline creation for top-tier global strategic accounts, with heavy reliance on direct AE-led prospecting and partnership with SDR and Marketing to engage senior executives across business units and geographies.

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Reston, VA5 days ago

$200,300–$293,810 Per Year

Its charter is to identify high-value opportunities where AI can materially improve service delivery efficiency, analyst productivity, consistency, quality, scalability, and customer outcomes, then drive those opportunities from problem discovery through prototype validation, operational adoption, and transition into durable capabilities or differentiated offerings. The Services organization is creating a Principal Product Manager, Applied AI & Agentic Solutions role to lead the identification, incubation, and scaling of AI-enabled capabilities across how Proofpoint delivers services and how Services teams operate internally.

Richmond, VA30+ days ago

$96,800–$223,400 Per Year

We’re embarking on ambitious new initiatives such as building new innovative platforms, high performance primitives, frameworks to support OCI developers, and new container runtime that will allow us to run the full variety of OCI services, including our most demanding, high-performance, high-availability services. Your work will focus on building a centralized platform for OCI teams to manage Software BOM, tracking security/vulnerability updates, EOL-detection, building automated guardrails to prevent security exposure and ensure governance and compliance across all of OCI.

Arlington, VA14 days ago

Experience coordinating with senior government stakeholders and operational leadership, paired with demonstrated expertise in advanced analytics and modeling (statistical analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning, and AI) applied to large-scale financial or tax datasets. The ideal candidate combines strong program leadership experience with advanced analytics expertise and the ability to coordinate across technical teams and government stakeholders in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

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Principal Jobs in Virginia

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Principal Engineer - System Design & SimulationTeleWorld Solutions

Principal Electrical EngineerSystem One

Principal Software EngineerKastle Systems

High School Assistant PrincipalDouglas School District

Preschool PrincipalLearning Care Group

Principal Contract Administrator / Sr Prncpl Contract AdministratorNorthrop Grumman

Business Analysis, Acquisitions - Principal Analyst / ManagerMission Lane

Principal Enterprise Network EngineerVirginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

Principal Flight Controls System EngineerElectra

Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Primary StructuresElectra

Principal Systems Test Engineer (Aerospace)Electra

Principal Mechanical Systems Engineer (Aerospace)Electra

Principal Electrical Engineer (Aviation)Electra

Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Systems InstallationElectra

Principal Data Engineer – Mission Data PipelinesBOOST LLC

Principal Systems Test EngineerElectra

Scheduler Principal (On-site)HEPCO, Inc.

Principal Software EngineerProtingent

Principal Systems EngineerIntrepidus Talent Solutions

Archaeological Principal InvestigatorHurt & Proffitt

Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (DevOps Engineer) TS/SCI with CI PolySHLD, Inc.

Senior Principal/Staff Cyber Software Engineer CI PolySHLD, Inc.

Principal Cyber Software Engineer (Front End/UI-Focused) CI PolySHLD, Inc.

Senior Principal/Staff Cyber Software Engineer (TS/SCI)SHLD, Inc.

Principal Wireless Standards EngineerEchoStar

Environmental Senior Project Manager - PrincipalECS Ltd

Principal Engineering LeadRaft Company Website

Principal DevSecOps EngineerRaft Company Website

Principal Cybersecurity ResearcherTwo Six Technologies

Principal, Risk ManagementGeneral Dynamics

Principal, Program Management Excellence- Acoustic SystemsL3Harris Technologies

Principal Systems Engineer - ISR SMEQinetiQ US

Principal Solutions ArchitectEquinix

Systems Engineer, PrincipalPeraton

Systems Architect, PrincipalPeraton

Epic Principal Trainer, BeaconVHC Health

Principal Cyber Software Engineer (Mobile)Markon

Principal (Federal Health)Prometheus Federal Services

Principal Engineer: Clean Utilities and HVAC (920)Civica Rx

Principal Geotechnical EngineerAmerican Electric Power

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Principal Financial AnalystMission Lane

Principal Data ScientistMission Lane

Principal Ground Systems Development Engineer, Product OwnerIridium Satellite, LLC

Principal Diagnostics EngineerFord Motor Company

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