KBR
KBR is a Houston-based engineering, technology and services company with about 36,000 employees (10-K, fiscal 2025). Its Mission Technology Solutions business supports defense, intelligence, space and civil government customers, including NASA human spaceflight, and its Sustainable Technology Solutions business licenses process technologies for energy and industry.
In Huntsville, AL
KBR has a large Huntsville workforce: when Alabama's governor announced its expansion in August 2021, it had more than 1,100 people in the city and planned more than 160 additional jobs. In 2023 it opened a 150,000-square-foot office complex at Redstone Gateway, just outside Redstone Arsenal, with a conference center and secure facility. Its Huntsville work includes systems engineering, data analytics and mission operations for defense and space customers, such as a 2022 task order for Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space performed at Redstone Arsenal.
About KBR in Huntsville, AL
KBR, Inc. is an engineering, technology and services company headquartered in Houston, Texas, with about 36,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2025. Its Mission Technology Solutions business serves defense, intelligence, space and civil government customers, and KBR plans to spin it off as a separate company named Trinzic. Huntsville is one of the business's leased locations listed in KBR's 10-K. KBR says it has a 40-year relationship with the U.S. Army at Redstone Arsenal. In August 2021 Alabama's governor announced that KBR would consolidate its Huntsville operations, then more than 1,100 people, at Redstone Gateway and add more than 160 jobs; KBR opened the 150,000-square-foot complex there in 2023. The announcement described KBR's Huntsville work as systems engineering, data analytics and mission operations across defense modernization, military, civil and commercial space, intelligence, cyber, advanced logistics and base operations. In 2022 KBR won a task order for Army PEO Missiles and Space covering lifecycle development, testing and engineering, performed at Redstone Arsenal.
Culture & Work Environment
KBR says its "Zero Harm" culture makes safety the foundation of its work and describes safe execution as non-negotiable. Its careers site lists flexible working options, including remote, part-time and "superflex" arrangements where the role allows, along with professional training, education reimbursement and an internal mobility program. KBR describes its Redstone Gateway complex as built with sustainability, collaboration and security in mind, with a conference center and secure facility. Many KBR roles on Army and space contracts are performed in secure spaces or at customer sites, so location and schedule depend on the contract. Check each listing for those details.
Hiring Process & Timeline
Apply through KBR's careers site. 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 and team, then an offer and pre-employment checks. For Huntsville roles, put experience that matches the customer up front: Army missile and aviation programs, test and evaluation, systems engineering, data analytics, or space mission operations. Each listing states any clearance, citizenship or certification requirement, and roles in secure facilities often need an existing clearance or the ability to obtain one.
Interview Tips
Show that you understand the mission the role supports. For Army roles, read up on the customer named in the listing, for example Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, and be ready to discuss how your work fits development, test and engineering across a program's life cycle. Prepare to discuss hands-on experience with specific systems, tools and methods, and your approach to safety-critical or security-sensitive work. KBR puts safety at the centre of its stated culture, so concrete examples of working safely, and of raising concerns, are relevant. For analytics and engineering roles, expect questions on technical problems you solved and how you communicated results to government customers.
Security Clearance Requirements
Requirements vary by contract. Many KBR roles on Army and missile defense work in Huntsville ask for a security clearance, often Secret or higher, and KBR's Redstone Gateway complex includes a secure facility. Space and civil roles may instead require a federal background investigation for site access. U.S. citizenship is required for most cleared positions. Each listing states its requirement. If a listing asks for a clearance you do not hold, ask the recruiter whether the program can sponsor one. For how the process works, see our clearances guide.
Compensation & Salary
Check the posted ranges in KBR's current Huntsville listings on this site for pay figures; where a listing includes a range, it is the best guide to what the role pays. The company lists a retirement package and savings plans, medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, parental leave, education reimbursement, backup care for children and elders, and a global discount program, noting that offerings depend on the employee's country and employment contract. Check the benefits summary in a listing for what applies to a specific role.
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