Careers

• The International Space Station: ARES holds the Program Integration and Control function for the space station; we coordinatevital activities like managing the space station’s orientation, orbit and direction and overseeing resupply missions.
• Orion Spacecraft: ARES is involved in the development of NASA’s Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. We are in charge of technical schedules, risk assessments, managing budgets, and running the program’s education and public outreach.
• NASA: ARES provides Safety and Mission Assurance services at Goddard Space Flight Center for some of NASA’s signature programs like the James Webb Telescope.
• Commercial Space: Commercial space providers choose ARES as their expert provider of probabilistic risk assessments for theirmissions.
• Air Force: ARES helps with range operations for launches at Patrick Air Force Base and Vandenberg Airforce Base.

Build your future here!

Let us lead you to your next adventure!

• Join a team of world-class scientists, engineers, and professionals
• Access challenging, cutting-edge projects
• Gain exposure to a wide variety of fields within both government and private industries such as:
  • Space
  • Energy
  • Defense
  • Security
  • Project Management
  • Clean Energy
• Explore the opportunities for growth, leadership, and advance that exist within our many offices throughout the U.S. and the world

Need an Accommodation?

ARES is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with ARES and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to EEOAdmin@www.arescorporation.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.

Know Your Rights

As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, ARES provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual’s protected status, including race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, including pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions, disability, military service, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws: Family and Medical Leave Act | Equal Employment Opportunity | EEO Supplimental Information | Pay Transparancy Nondiscrimination | Employee Polygraph Protection Act

ARES participates in E-Verify (English, Spanish). Right to Work (English, Spanish).

Prepare for Your Interview

If you have been contacted by ARES to schedule an interview -congratulations! The following information can help you prepare for a successful meeting with our staff.

• Revisit the Job Description: Carefully review the job description for the position you are interviewing for. Understand the requirements of the position and be prepared to link your experience to the requirements. Be ready to provide specific examples of job-related successes and opportunities to grow. You should expect to talk through your resume and explain why you are the best fit for the position.
• Understand ARES and Our Core Values: Look at our core values to understand the ethos behind our business practices. We want to hire employees who will embrace and promote our values and culture. Explore our website to understand the work that ARES performs and gain insight into our projects and customers. If you know a current ARES employee, contact him or her to learn even more about our company.
• Be Yourself: It is always best to be yourself in your interview. Positive energy and well-articulated responses will make you stand out in the interview process. Be authentic in your answers to questions and the examples you provide. Remember that we are looking for new hires who can think for themselves and are focused on giving answers that they believe in, not just the “right” answers.
• Be Professional: First impressions are a key part of your interview. We recommend that you dress professionally in smart business attire. A safe bet would be a business suit or a similar choice.
  Ask Questions:Be prepared with a few questions for your interviewer. Through your research of the position and our values and work, you should easily be able to craft a question or two. Asking focused questions demonstrates your interest in the position and shows you are ambitious and prepared.

• Your benefits start either immediately upon hire or within a month of your start date for all plans, depending on your start date. There is no waiting period.
• There are no pre-existing conditions/exclusions for our medical plans
• Your dependents, including domestic partners, can be covered by our plans.

We invite you to learn more about our benefits and the perks and extras we offer.

Please note that all benefit programs may differ across organizations within ARES. Our full benefits package is available to full time employees working within the United States. Our recruitment team will make your benefit options available to you and answer any questions you have during the hiring process.

Insurance

Please note that all benefit programs may differ across organizations within ARES. Our full benefits package is available to full time employees working within the United States. Our recruitment team will make your benefit options available to you and answer any questions you have during the hiring process.

• Medical Insurance: ARES offers comprehensive coverage for you and your family with options for preferred provider organization (PPO) and Health Savings Account (HSA)-eligible plans. ARES covers the majority of the premium cost for you and your dependents.
• Dental Insurance: ARES provides dental insurance at no-cost to you and your family. The plan covers preventive, basic, major procedures, and orthodontia care.
• Vision Insurance: Vision insurance is offered as an employee-paid option for you and your family. Exams, glasses, and contact lenses are covered.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Make pre-tax contributions and obtain reimbursement for eligible medical, dental, vision, mental health, and pharmacy expenses.
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Make pre-tax contributions to the account and obtain reimbursement for eligible day-care expenses.
• Disability Insurance: ARES pays for both Short-Term and Long-Term disability insurance for you.
• Life Insurance: ARES provides basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance at no cost to you. You can choose to purchase additional life insurance for you and your family as needed.
• International Travel Insurance: ARES provides travel insurance to employees on short-term international assignments.
• External Benefit Broker Support: ARES works with a benefit’s broker – Northgate Benefits – to help administer our plans and provide support to you. You can reach out to Northgate with questions regarding onboarding, plan offerings, coverage options, and more!

Retirement

ARES knows retirement planning is important to you and we have structured our plan to help make the process as easy as possible. ARES’ 401(k) retirement plan includes:

• Attractive company matching contribution.
• Pre-tax 401(k) contributions
• Immediate eligibility for employee contributions and company-matching contributions
• 3-year vesting period for matching contributions.
• Both passive and active investment options from a wide selection of fund choices
• Investment advice services through Fidelity and Pensionmark Financial Group

Time Off

Time to recharge and pursue personal passions is essential to your well-being. ARES supports time off in a variety of forms.

• Paid Time Off: ARES offers comprehensive leave that accrues based on your years of service.
• Holidays: You will receive at least 9 paid holidays each calendar year.
• Jury Duty: If you are called to jury duty, ARES will cover 10 days of your leave at your full salary.
• Bereavement: ARES provides 3 paid days for the loss of a family member.
• Family Care and Medical Leave: You may take leave in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
• Pregnancy-Related Leave: ARES provides up to four months of unpaid leave for pregnancy-related medical conditions.

Employee Perks

• Employee Assistance Program: You can take full advantage of our EAP and get support with emotional well-being, work issues, addiction & recovery, parenting, child care & elder care, financial issues, and much more!

Transparency in Coverage

• Health plan price transparency helps consumers know the cost of a covered item or service before receiving care. Click here to view our medical network rates and services.

Please do not provide any personal or financial information and do not send any money to anyone you suspect of recruitment fraud.

What is Recruitment Fraud?

Recruitment fraud is a sophisticated scheme that offers fictitious job opportunities to people. This type of fraud is normally done through online services such as fake websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from ARES. These emails request recipients to provide personal information, sign fake letters of employment, organize visas and ultimately request payments to submit false applications.

How to Identify Recruitment Fraud

• You didn’t contact them; they contacted you: They say they found your resume online. They either offer you a job right away or say they want to interview you. Sometimes the scammers will try to entice you by saying that you made the cut and they are interviewing the finalists for the job.
• The email does not come from an official “arescorporation.com” email address and instead uses an address from a free email service such as: Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, AOL or a combination of these. It is likely a scam if the interviewer makes an excuse for using a personal email address by saying the company’s servers are down, or the company is experiencing too many problems with spam, or the company hasn’t yet set up its email system.
• They present you with vague Job Requirements and Job Description.
• Some emails from scammers are well-written, but many aren’t. If the email contains spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or grammatical mistakes, be on your guard.
• Many attempted scams say the interview will take place online using an instant messaging service. ARES does NOT conduct interviews using instance messaging, phone apps or Google Hangouts. The scammers often include instructions for setting up and contacting the hiring manager and may ask for confidential information.
• You get the job right away. After a quick phone or Instant Message interview, the ‘interviewer’ immediately contacts you to offer you the job.
• You are guaranteed a work-from-home position.
• You are offered a check to process before being interviewed. The perpetrators will often ask recipients to complete fake recruitment documentation, such as application forms, terms and conditions of employment or visa forms. A corporate name and logo is sometimes featured on the documentation without authority.
• There is an early request for personal information such as address details, date of birth, resume (CV), passport details, etc.
• Some scammers ask for your bank account information to set up direct deposit or transfer money to your account, or ask you to open a new bank account and provide the information to them. Other scammers will tell you to go to a website and fill out a credit report form or provide confidential information so they can “put you on the company insurance.” Identity theft scams try to get you to provide your Social Security number and birth date and other personal information.
• Candidates are requested to contact other companies/individuals such as lawyers, bank officials, travel agencies, courier companies, visa/immigration processing agencies, etc.
• The perpetrators may even offer to pay a large percentage of the fees requested and ask the candidate to pay the remaining amount.
• Some victims say they’ve received checks that look like real cashier’s checks. They are instructed to deposit the check, keep some of the money for themselves, and send the rest of the money to someone else via Western Union or Money Gram. Then, a few days or weeks later, they get a call from the bank saying the check is fake. They have lost the money they sent.
• Legitimate companies don’t ask for money. If you’re told you need to purchase software or pay for services, beware.
• There is an insistence on urgency.

ARES employment policies and processes involve personal interviews in most cases and candidates who seek employment with us are never required to pay any sum of money in advance. To do so would be contrary to our business conduct guidelines and ethical practices.

What Should I Do?

• Please report all perceived SCAMS to your local authorities.
• Please contact the FBI at this link to report the internet scam: https://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx

Please Do Not

• Respond to unsolicited business propositions and/or offers of employment from people with whom you are unfamiliar.
• Disclose your personal or financial details to anyone you do not know.
• Send any money. ARES does not ask for money transfers or payments from applicants to secure a job as an employee or as a contractor.
• Engage in further communication if you believe the communication may be fraudulent.