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Engineering jobs in District of Columbia, United States
1,003 open roles read nightly from companies’ own hiring pages. Each one links to the original ad.
Engineering jobs in District of Columbia at a glance
- Open roles
- 1,003
- Remote
- 16%
- Posted in the last 30 days
- 259
- Advertised pay, middle half
- $170K – $255Kmedian $210K
From the 854 engineering jobs here that state yearly pay in USD: the top of each advertised range. Updated nightly.
Hiring most here
- Shield AI 227
- Accenture Federal Services 107
- Anduril Industries 72
- Databricks 30
- Okta 23
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381–400 of 1,003 jobs
Ground System Integration Engineer - Senior
6 weeks agoQuindar · Arvada, Colorado, United States +2
HybridFull-timeSenior$110K – $170K a yearEngineeringYou will be responsible for developing and integrating software Command & Control solutions for satellite vehicles as well as working with customer stakeholders to decompose mission requirements and engineer solutions with existing products. The successful candidate will have…
Shield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$187K – $281K a yearEngineeringShield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With…
Shield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$215K – $310K a yearEngineeringShield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With…
Electric Power System Lead (R5987)
6 weeks agoShield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$216K – $325K a yearEngineeringShield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With…
Shield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$216K – $325K a yearEngineeringShield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With…
Shield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$187K – $281K a yearEngineeringAs the Battery system mechanical lead, you will be responsible for all mechanical aspects of battery systems for X-BAT, the Launch and Recovery Vehicle, and ground equipment. This includes battery enclosure design, internal cell packaging and interconnection, qualification,…
Shield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$187K – $281K a yearEngineeringShield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With…
Shield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeSenior$145K – $218K a yearEngineeringShield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With…
West Monroe · Chicago, Illinois, United States +7
Full-timeSenior$116K – $136.5K a yearEngineeringLead product workstreams from problem definition and discovery through development, deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement.; Define product strategies, roadmaps, requirements, backlogs, and priorities that incorporate AI and automation.; Partner closely with software…
Forward Deployed Engineer
6 weeks agoQuindar · Arvada, Colorado, United States +3
HybridFull-timeMid level$155K – $175K a yearEngineeringConfigure and deploy our software in customer environments, ensuring reliability and performance across complex workflows.; Troubleshoot issues across backend APIs, cloud infrastructure, databases, and the frontend.; Travel to customer sites and embed with operations teams,…
Staff Engineer, Survivability (R5885)
6 weeks agoShield AI · Seattle, Washington, United States +2
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$170K – $260K a yearEngineeringDesign and optimize low observable (LO) features across the airframe focusing on shaping, edge treatments, radar-absorbing materials, and subsystem integration.; Conduct modeling and simulation of electromagnetic signatures using industry-standard tools such as HFSS, CST Studio…
Shield AI · Dallas, Texas, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$173.8K – $260.6K a yearEngineeringAs a Staff or Senior Staff Engineer (L4/L5), you will take full technical ownership of flight control actuation system design for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft. You will work from first principles to define requirements, resolve actuator and integration trades, and drive…
Shield AI · Dallas, Texas, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$173.8K – $260.6K a yearEngineeringAs a Senior Staff Engineer (L4/L5), you will take full technical ownership of actuation systems architecture, design, and integration for actuated systems and mechanisms on a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft. You will work from first principles to define requirements, make sound…
Shield AI · Dallas, Texas, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$180.8K – $271.2K a yearEngineeringAs a Senior Staff (L5) Environmental Control System (ECS) Engineer, you will take full technical ownership of the Environmental Control System architecture, analysis, design, and integration for a dedicated special access program. Serving as the sole ECS subject matter expert…
Shield AI · Dallas, Texas, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$142.9K – $214.3K a yearEngineeringAs a Staff (L4) Actuated Systems Engineer, you will take hands-on technical ownership of the mechanical design, layout, and integration of actuation systems for flight control surfaces, bay doors, and other airframe mechanisms on a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft. You will apply…
Shield AI · Dallas, Texas, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$142.9K – $214.3K a yearEngineeringAs a Staff (L4) Fluid and Mechanical Systems Engineer, you will be a hands-on multi-disciplinary owner of fluid-system layouts, thermal transport hardware, and adjacent mechanical design for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft. You will apply first-principles engineering to develop…
9th Way Insignia · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Senior$98.2K – $120K a yearEngineeringAssess existing Informatica PowerCenter ETL workflows, repositories, dependencies, source-to-target mappings, schedules, parameter files, and operational procedures.; Configure and support Informatica PowerCenter components in the OCI cloud environment.; Plan and execute…
Sr. DevSecOps Engineer III (6834)
6 weeks agoMetroStar · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Senior$185K – $210K a yearEngineeringThe DevSecOps Engineer III designs, implements, and sustains secure, automated CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure across hybrid on‐premises and cloud environments. This role integrates security controls directly into DevOps workflows, enabling continuous compliance, monitoring,…
Senior Android Engineer (Kotlin & AWS)
6 weeks agoOowlish Technology · Brasília, Federal District, Brazil +6
RemoteSeniorEngineeringWe are looking for an experienced Senior Android Engineer to join a cloud-native engineering team working on modern, customer-facing mobile applications and digital experiences.
Mission Lead - SOF (Clearance Required)
6 weeks agoVannevar · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States +2
RemoteLead / staff$150K – $170K a yearEngineeringMission Leads are customer-facing owners of mission outcomes. You will lead engagements with government stakeholders to identify high-value mission problems, shape pilots and deployments, and turn demonstrated mission value into durable, funded programs.
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.