Computational Physics, Inc. is a Springfield, Virginia R&D contractor whose job posts now center on next-generation optical atomic clocks and integration with the USNO timescale, a precise-time thrust beyond its atmospheric science roots. A hardened RHEL stack with SELinux, Red Hat Satellite, ACAS, Trellix and Cisco Firepower, plus repeated ATO and DoD cybersecurity pain points, marks an accredited federal IT environment. Hiring is accelerating and skews senior.
Computational Physics, Inc. (CPI) is a privately held research and development firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in Springfield, Virginia. It supplies basic and applied science support to U.S. Government agencies, both defense and civilian, as well as prime contractors, FFRDCs, university labs and private companies. Its work began with upper-atmosphere radiation and ionospheric remote sensing and now spans terrain, oceans, clouds, space weather, space situational awareness and satellite ground data processing. The company employs 51–200 people and hires in the United States.
Job posts point to next-generation atomic clock development, including optical lattice and cold-atom beam clocks, plus IT systems for a precise time and astrometry network integrated with the USNO timescale.
CPI runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux with SELinux and Red Hat Satellite, VMware vSphere, Ansible, Puppet, Docker, Podman, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Python and MATLAB, secured by ACAS, Trellix and Cisco Firepower.
CPI is headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, United States, and was founded in 1984. It is privately held with 51–200 employees.
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