Company Profile
Applied Physics Laboratory
Company Overview
WHO WE ARE
The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit center for engineering, research and development. APL is a division of one of the world's premier research universities, Johns Hopkins. Our 399-acre campus, 20 miles north of Washington, DC, is home to 4,300 men and women. We recruit and hire the best and the brightest from top colleges, 68% of those hires are engineers and scientists. We work on more than 400 programs that protect our homeland and advance the nation's vision in research and space science, at an annual funding level of about $680M.
WHAT WE DO
APL solves complex problems that present critical challenges to the nation. That's how we decide what work we will pursue, and it's how we've chosen to benchmark our success. Our work reflects a depth of expertise that allows us to take on a surprisingly broad range of programs. And our sponsor base includes most of the nation's pivotal government agencies —especially those that protect our security.
The expertise we bring includes advanced technology; highly qualified, technically diverse teams; hands-on operational knowledge of the military and security environments; and a basic systems engineering approach. We offer an outstanding creative staff, augmented by world-class facilities, and the ability to develop effective solutions to difficult problems.
To learn more, visit www.jhuapl.edu.
Company History
The Laboratory has been a major asset to the nation since it was organized to help the war effort in 1942, four months after Pearl Harbor. We're proud of our heritage from those early days and the can-do attitude and spirit of dedication to the nation's welfare that is still a major element of our culture.
To help secure victory in WW II, America mobilized its scientific brainpower to provide advanced technology solutions to wartime defense problems. Laboratories such as APL and its peers were developed through partnerships between the Government and America's best R &D universities. Organized through Johns Hopkins University, the Applied Physics Laboratory was assigned the task of finding a more effective way for ships to defend themselves against enemy air attacks. From March 1942, to the war's end, APL designed, built, and tested a proximity fuze that significantly increased the effectiveness of anti-aircraft shells. The product of that intense 3 ½-year development effort was later judged to be one of the three most valuable technology developments of the war (along with the atomic bomb and radar).
On the basis of that successful collaboration, the Government, Hopkins, and APL made a commitment to continue their strategic relationship, a partnership that has endured for more than six decades. Today APL's work continues to reflect the original mission it took on: serving as a technical and scientific resource to meet the nation's most critical challenges and solve complex problems.
To learn more, visit http://www.jhuapl.edu/aboutapl/heritage/
Benefits
* 200% matching retirement plan
* 100% tuition paid for staff members
* On-site Master's-level courses through The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering
* On-site workout gym for staff members
* Scholarship program for dependent children of APL Staff
To learn more, visit http://www.jhuapl.edu/employment/benefits/benefits.asp