Local Employment

“Huntsville/Madison County is home to the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal, both combining to drive a strong research and development economy and affecting spin-off and commercial activity of technology innovations. Nearly every major U.S. aerospace corporation is represented with 90+ companies employing more than 11,000 people in the local aerospace industry. Huntsville also plays a key role in the U.S. Army’s technology development programs”…”Military and support contract employment tops 32,000. More than 300 international and domestic corporations in Huntsville/ Madison County are involved in the design and production of electronics and computer-related technology. Huntsville’ s Cummings Research Park is the country¹s second largest research and technology park, containing 225 companies employing 23,000 people involved in technology research and development.” -Quoted from Huntsville Chamber of Commerce

Cummings Research Park

Some major employers located in the Cummings Research Park:

AAI Corporation, ADTRAN, Aerotek, AT&T Government Solutions, Avocent Corporation, BAE Systems, BellSouth Corporation, Boeing, Computer Science Corporation, The Defense Contract Audit Agency, Dynetics Inc., Delta Airlines, Echotek Corporation, General Dynamics Decision System, Hewlett-Packard, Ikon Office Solutions, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Nokia-LoopMaster, Nortel Networks, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Systems Company, Scientific-Atlanta Inc., Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation,SunGard Asset Management Systems, Sverdrup Technology Inc.,Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), United Space Allience LLC, WorldCom, Xerox

For more information visit Huntsville’s Chamber of Commerce website: http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com/new_exp/newexp_toc.html

Redstone Arsenal

Many careers are located on the Redstone Arsenal. People have found lucrative and rewarding positions working directly for the government through the Army on base or through NASA at the Marshal Space Flight Center which is located on the arsenal as well. In addition to those positions many contracts and sub-contracts are held by companies that have various responsibilities on the arsenal such as energy management, maintenance, and construction.

For positions available on the Redstone Arsenal visit this site: http://www.garrison.redstone.army.mil/sites/about/employment.asp

For a list of companies that currently hold contracts with NASA for the Marshall Space Flight Center located on Redstone Arsenal visit: http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/jobs/msfc.htm