Alion Science and Technology Careers

At Alion

At Alion, we combine large company resources with small business responsiveness to design and deliver engineering solutions across six core capability areas. Our engineers, technologists, and program managers bring together an agile engineering methodology and the best tools on the market to deliver mission success faster and at lower costs. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards; as such, Alion is ISO 9001:2008 certified and maintains CMMI Level 3-appraised development facilities. Based just outside of Washington, D.C., we help our clients achieve practical innovations by turning big ideas into real solutions.

Our People

The Alion people are at the core of everything we do and we are committed to providing a transparent, collaborative career environment with flexible work schedules, generous PTO, competitive 401k, benefits and wellness package with on-site gyms at some locations, tuition assistance, continued education through Alion University, and career development through Alion Cornerstone Training for Success (ACTS), which is a dynamic 2-day leadership program that will help you build the interpersonal skills necessary for effective leadership in your organization.

Our engineers, technologists, program managers, and other first-class experts are all part of an R&D heritage that continues today. We pair deep functional expertise with real-world domain experience to understand and support military readiness from the operator perspective. Our people are proven creators who bridge invention and action to turn big ideas into real solutions.

It’s no coincidence that our company is named after the proverbial king of the jungle. Lions are representative of our employees and our business. Our expertise is unrivaled. And we work as a team to focus on the mission at hand, above all else.

Life At Alion

In our 2017 Alion Employee Engagement survey, our employees said they were 10% happier with their work, their immediate leadership, and their teammates than the overall average.

Diversity & Inclusion

The best solutions are the result of people with different skills, perspectives, and experiences working together. Discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation is prohibited at Alion. We embrace diversity in thought and in action.

Employee Rewards

We believe people perform at their best when they are acknowledged and celebrated for their contributions. That’s why we look for innovative, meaningful ways to recognize and reward performance, in every role and at every level of the organization. We want you to know that what you do matters.

Benefits & Wellness

Alion offers a variety of benefit and wellness programs, including medical, vision, and disability, which are available to employees based upon their employment status. All employees are provided with certain core benefits at no cost as well as optional benefit plans in which they may elect to enroll.

Unique Culture

The Alion company culture is one that celebrates entrepreneurship, performance, and teamwork. If you join us, you’ll be asked to think big, act with agility, and work together as One Alion to bring your best every day. That’s how we give an edge to our clients, our people, and our business.

AI/MACHINE LEARNING

Alion is a leader in infusing artificial intelligence (Ai) into America’s defense and national security systems. We are applying artificial intelligence (Ai) to help the DoD and other government agencies augment human performance and realize massive efficiencies in developing and operating current and future systems.

CYBER

We deliver solutions with resilient cyber security at their core, using applied artificial intelligence (Ai) for complete vulnerability analysis and machine learning to create adaptive systems that learn how to fend off attacks.

MILITARY & VETERANS

Alion is seeking energetic, dynamic retired or separated service members to support our government customer... We need and value your talents that will transition into supporting our overall operation, to include: system solutions to our mission, modernization and sustainment, design, build and maintain platforms, and continuous combat capabilities. Clearances at varying levels may be required.

STUDENTS & RECENT
GRADUATES

You can put your learning to work for the nation in one of our full-time positions or through a paid internship.

ENLIGHTEN

At Enlighten, we focus on delivering capabilities to facilitate all aspects of the system development lifecycle in order to support many of our nation’s leading defense initiatives. Software, infrastructure, and systems engineering teams focus on architecture, design, development, implementation, and support for front-end visualizations, service tier implementations, and back-end data management infrastructures (SQL and NOSQL) to enable our big data systems and analytics to support various mission requirements. To learn more click here.

INTELLIGENCE

We provide critical solutions to the intelligence community. Use your unique skillset to make a difference on complex projects and programs related to military operations and strategy.

EXPERIENCED
PROFESSIONALS

Continue your professional journey of discovery and purpose alongside others who take excellence seriously.

TECHNOLOGISTS &
ENGINEERS

Alion leads the pace of change in our markets — constantly creating better ways to deliver solutions at the point of need. We design and integrate a variety of system solutions to give America’s service members an edge in their missions. Join Alion and experience the opportunity to excel on challenging projects while working alongside some of the best minds in the business. At Alion, we are engineering an edge at the edge for our clients.

A Fit For Me

From recent graduates to former military, our team of professionals comes from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe bringing that diversity together and directing it toward big challenges results in a positive difference that both our people and our clients can feel.

ADVANCED DEGREES

25%

VETERANS

34%

SECURITY CLEARANCES

78%

NERDS

100%

Engineering with a Mission

At Alion

Our People