Top 10 Reasons to Join JPL

1. Top Industry Talent: When you work at JPL you work with the best. Your peers are top industry talent and at JPL you think, create and build together. We only hire the best so that bright minds can think together.
2. Exciting cutting-edge work: Our innovations in technology, science, and engineering will benefit future generations. We design interstellar space missions, work on flight hardware, build robotic arms, experience a 3-hour mission designs in a real-time environment.
3. Academic environment: Enjoyed the university environment? At JPL, intellectual curiosity is nurtured. You have the capability to pursue any research topic of interest and make something out of it. The work atmosphere makes the transition from school to work easier.
4. Flexible work schedule: Ever think weekends were too short? We did too! But not anymore. We get every other Friday off to sleep, snowboard, hike and catch up on fun.
5. Open Learning Environment: We host conferences, lunch seminars and webinars by famous engineers and scientists everyone one day wants to meet. We've had everyone from Nobel Prize winners to the CEO of the Razor Scooters to give talks. We strive to ensure that you keep up with the latest research and design developments.
6. Freedom: We do our best to utilize your talent to its full potential. Plus, you have the freedom to do what you like. You're never stuck in one project; in fact you can work on multiple different projects at once.
7. Unique Projects: Everything we do is one of a kind. We do what no one else has ever done before.
8. Career growth: The kind of work we do here allows each one of us to grow professionally. You are encouraged to reach outside your scope of comfort or designated role. And we offer tuition reimbursement for job-related training and degrees.
9. Picture Perfect Campus: Picture perfect...that's what our Laboratory is. Residing just below the mountains, the lush green trees and the free-roaming deer on Lab make us feel like an extension of nature. Up for a picnic? Feel like reading a book while enjoying sunny California? How about a meeting under the shade of a tree? That's life for us here.
10. Los Angeles: JPL's location is central to all the excitement, diversity and nightlife that is Southern California. You can go for a hike in the mountains, skiing and swimming at the beach all in one day. Perhaps even end with a concert because as you know, LA is the heart of entertainment. Great weather all year round. Ever heard of a warm and sunny Christmas? We have that almost every year.