Amentum
Amentum is a government services and engineering company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, providing engineering, technology, space, environmental and nuclear services to defense, intelligence, NASA and other government customers worldwide.
In Huntsville, AL
Amentum works for Army and NASA customers in the Huntsville area. A U.S. Army contract for global aviation maintenance services, awarded by Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal and worth nearly $368 million after a July 2026 modification, is performed partly in Huntsville. In September 2026 Arrow's Edge, a joint venture of Seabrook Solutions and Amentum, won NASA's Facilities Operations and Maintenance Support Services II contract for facilities and equipment across Marshall Space Flight Center. Amentum's careers site lists dozens of openings in Huntsville.
About Amentum in Huntsville, AL
Amentum is a government services and engineering company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, providing engineering, technology, space, environmental and nuclear services to defense, intelligence, NASA and other government customers. Its 10-K lists Alabama among the states where it has significant business operations, and its careers site lists dozens of openings in Huntsville. Amentum's sourced Huntsville-area work falls under two customers. For the U.S. Army, Amentum Services Inc. holds a contract for global aviation maintenance services, awarded by Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal; a July 2026 modification brought its total to nearly $368 million, with work in Huntsville, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Germany. For NASA, Arrow's Edge, a joint venture of Huntsville-based Seabrook Solutions and Amentum, won the five-year Facilities Operations and Maintenance Support Services II (FOMSS II) contract in September 2026, covering operations and maintenance of facilities and equipment across Marshall Space Flight Center. Seabrook has partnered with Amentum, then AECOM, at Marshall since 2014.
Culture & Work Environment
Amentum lists its values as continuously reinventing to realize breakthroughs, delivering on missions with integrity, taking on challenges with courage, embracing collaboration, and treating safety and well-being as integral to success. It runs a veterans hiring program, Amentum Hires Heroes, and says it offers career mobility across its programs. In Huntsville, many Amentum roles are on contracts at customer sites, such as Army aviation maintenance work tied to Redstone Arsenal and facilities work at Marshall Space Flight Center, so the setting ranges from offices to maintenance and facilities work sites depending on the role. Ask in interviews which contract and site a position supports.
Hiring Process & Timeline
Apply through Amentum's careers site, where Huntsville openings can be filtered by location. The company does not publish a hiring timeline; a typical process at a government services contractor is a recruiter screen followed by one or more interviews with the hiring manager or program staff, then an offer and pre-employment checks. Because Amentum's work is organized by contract, a role's requirements come from the program it supports. Read each listing's requirements for certifications, citizenship and any clearance before applying.
Interview Tips
Find out which contract the role supports and prepare for that customer. For Army aviation maintenance roles, be ready to discuss the aircraft and maintenance tasks you have worked on, your certifications, and how you follow maintenance procedures and documentation. For NASA facilities roles at Marshall, discuss the systems you have operated or maintained and your record with preventive maintenance. Amentum lists safety and well-being among its values, so concrete examples of working safely, following procedures and raising concerns are relevant. For engineering and support roles, prepare examples that show how you worked with government customers and delivered on a contract's requirements.
Security Clearance Requirements
Requirements vary by contract. Some Huntsville listings on Army and Department of Defense work ask for a security clearance, often Secret or higher, while NASA support roles generally require passing a federal background check for site access. Many positions require U.S. citizenship. Check each listing for its stated requirement. If a listing asks for a clearance you do not yet hold, ask the recruiter whether the program can sponsor one. For how investigations work, see our clearances guide.
Compensation & Salary
For current pay, see the salary ranges posted in Amentum's Huntsville listings on this site; where a listing includes a range, it is the best guide to what the role pays. Pay on government contracts can also depend on the contract's wage requirements, so check the listing for details. The company lists health and wellness coverage, flexible leave and vacation, rewards and recognition, retirement planning, and education assistance among its benefits. Check the benefits summary in a listing for what applies to a specific role.
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