Where are the non-fed, non-defense STEM jobs in the DC area

[Anonymous]

I moved to the area to work as a government scientist (physics). Am now ready to move on. I've always thought of DC as having lots of science and technology jobs, but all I'm finding are positions with defense contractors. Who else should I be looking at?

[Anonymous]

I don't think there are many. I had a Fed role, and DH spent over a year trying to find what you're describing. Actually, he would even have taken a decent government contractor role and was willing to take up to a 50% pay cut.

The needs in the DC area for STEM roles are pretty specific, it seems to me. You might have better luck in Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

those supporting NIH research (I have several friends in biology/disease research).

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, most of the STEM positions in the DC area related to something like physics is going to be in DoD related work. It is a function of budget.

NOAA is getting killed in the budget battles. NASA Goddard might be ok....but...the money defense.

[Anonymous]

universities

[Anonymous]

Might be too much defense, but have you looked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab?

[Anonymous]

jobs follow money. defense is where the money is.

[Anonymous]

Amazon and some of the bigger companies have jobs. Much of it is defense or defense related if you want higher paying jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I moved to the area to work as a government scientist (physics). Am now ready to move on. I've always thought of DC as having lots of science and technology jobs, but all I'm finding are positions with defense contractors. Who else should I be looking at?

are you willing to work in quantitative finance?

[Anonymous]

How about biotech in the 270 corridor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Might be too much defense, but have you looked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab?

APL is 100% DOD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, most of the STEM positions in the DC area related to something like physics is going to be in DoD related work. It is a function of budget.

NOAA is getting killed in the budget battles. NASA Goddard might be ok....but...the money defense.

How bad is it going to be for NOAA?

[Anonymous]

I don't think I know any Feds (well two actually) or stem people. I'm in finance, and everyone I know is in finance or law.

[Anonymous]

Some of the IT consulting firms? Many have a commercial side.

IT departments at large commercial companies? (Marriott, Nestle, Capital One, etc.).

[Anonymous]

Do you have a phd op? I mean, what kind of job are you looking for? If you've been out of research for several years, *physics jobs are going to be hard to come by. The biotech corridor is a decent suggestion but even there you're looking at management or data science, not research. Think about the type of work you want to do and let that guide your search- not the fact that you have a physics degree. Signed, govt physicist.