Chemical Engineer - Mid

Job Description

Chemical Engineer - Mid

This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph to be considered.

Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking a Chemical Engineer to join our Technology Transfer Analysis Team. The Chemical Engineer will support defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific/engineering research and capability/limitation analysis.

Pay commensurate with experience.

Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

• Provide engineering or scientific analysis support for end-user assessments of U.S. export license applications.
• Provide engineering or scientific analysis support for risk assessments for technology transfer snapshots.
• Provide engineering or scientific analysis support for foreign investment assessments.
• Provide S&TI analysis to identify, assess, and warn about emerging and disruptive technologies potentially being transferred that enable next generation foreign military capabilities.
• Develop complex analytical approaches to problems and situations for which data is incomplete, controversial, or for which no precedent exists.
• Develop innovative approaches to analysis and validate analytical conclusions and/or maintain and update extensive intelligence databases, systems, and mechanisms for sharing relevant intelligence information to support on‑going and projected projects.
• Locate, synthesize, and interpret large amounts of textual and technical all‑source intelligence information.
• Prepare extensive written assessments and documents and disseminate information through reports and briefs.
• Research, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and integrate extremely complex all‑source intelligence data pertaining to technology transfer subject areas.
• Brief and defend analytical outcomes and perform exploitation requirements in coordination with peers and customers throughout the IC.
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned.

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with the ability and willingness to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience conducting analysis related to the Chemical Engineer position, with at least a portion of experience within the last two (2) years.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is highly desired.
• Possess knowledge of and skill in applying advanced intelligence concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, methods, and techniques.
• Knowledgeable of and able to apply analytic tradecraft standards in accordance with Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 203 and DIA tradecraft guidance.
• Possess advanced knowledge of the Intelligence Community (IC) and/or Department of Defense (DoD) missions and functions.
• Pass pre‑employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Exports

Science and Technology Intelligence

Emerging technologies

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

• Job Identification 42494
• Job Category Engineering and Architecture
• Posting Date 05/14/2026, 09:23 PM
• Job Schedule Full time