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POSITION SPECIFICS

The Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at The Pennsylvania State University is welcoming applicants for the position of ARL Deputy Director and Head of the Undersea Systems Office (USO) for our State College, PA location.  As an ARL Deputy Director, this position reports to the ARL Executive Director and is part of the executive leadership team.

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation. ARL supports national security, economic competitiveness, and quality of life through: Education; Scientific discovery; Technology demonstration; and Transition to application.

As a designated University Affiliated Research Center, ARL conducts essential research, development, and systems engineering in support of our nation’s priorities, free from conflict of interest or competition with industry.

The Head of the USO defines and executes the laboratory’s long-term vision and research roadmap for undersea dominance, providing strategic, technical, and operational leadership for a multidisciplinary research and development organization focused on undersea and seabed warfare challenges.

This role oversees advanced research, prototyping, testing, and transition of technologies related to undersea weapons, subsea sensing, unmanned undersea vehicles, seabed infrastructure protection, seabed operations, undersea situational and threat awareness, and test and evaluation.  

Additionally, this position serves as ARL’s principal authority for undersea weapons, seabed warfare research, and undersea sensing, aligning laboratory efforts with national defense priorities, naval operational needs, and interagency and allied partnerships.

The USO includes approximately 400 research faculty, research engineers, and supporting technical/non-technical staff. The USO is comprised of six Research Divisions located in State College, PA: Engineering Systems Research and Development; Guidance and Control Technology; Systems and Emerging Capabilities; Energy Science and Power Systems; SONAR Research and Development; and Model-Based Engineering. Each Division Head is a direct report to the USO Head and includes several research departments.  In addition to these six divisions, USO maintains a workforce of approximately 25 research engineers and technical staff in Keyport, W