After U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- 5%Founded something5
- 30%Joined a startup30
- 18%Joined a big company18
- 47%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave U.S. Naval Research Laboratory most often go to Leidos. Of them, 5% found something next and 30% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 8m
Not the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 123 people on a map of 67,181, No. 193 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 1230.2% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 87% of the people here
- Moved on
- 11593% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 8mmiddle half 3m to 4y
Put U.S. Naval Research Laboratory side by side with another employer.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Leidos (3% of recorded departures).
57 recorded arrivals from 56 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
0 of 57 recorded arrivals shown, 57 more from 56 other companies3 of 108 recorded departures shown, 105 more to 95 other companies
How long people stay
40%<1y
10%1-2y
24%2-4y
14%4-7y
11%7y+
70 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
6312
71013
7814
9715
8616
9817
151418
171419
6<320
81021
6622
6723
4524
<3725
<3<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 110 joined, 108 left.
Caliber
81mediantop 10%92
0Eng Scorer caliber, 43 scored99
Titles held here
- Computer Scientist9
- Software Engineer9
- Research Intern8
- Intern6
- Engineering Intern5
- Nreip Intern5
- Software Engineer Intern5
- Computer Science Intern4
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 45% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 19%Exceptional or strong8 people
- 33%Solid14 people
- 37%Emerging16 people
- 12%Unproven5 people
43 of the 123 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
8 of the 43 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 19%. A tier is the band a caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up. A tier holding fewer than 3 people is printed with the one next to it, because that few is a person rather than a pattern.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
49%Titles that rose44 of 89 classified people
- 49%Rose44 people
- 46%Stayed level41 people
- 4%Fell4 people
89 of the 123 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.
A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first. For someone with one title here who then left, it's measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. Titles that match no rung are left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely as a different ladder. What's left leans towards people who have left: someone still here on one recorded title has nothing to measure against.
Where they studied
- University of Maryland19.5%
- Georgia Tech13.0%
- University of Virginia9.8%
- George Mason8.1%
- Carnegie Mellon4.9%
- Johns Hopkins4.9%
- Penn4.9%
- Virginia Tech4.9%
The 8 most listed schools among the 123 people here with a school on file.
24 of the 123 people here with a school on file list University of Maryland, 16 list Georgia Tech and 12 list University of Virginia. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
27%have a public GitHub account on their profile
33 of the 123 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
48% of the people who have worked at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Everyone on the map
- 48%Washington DC59 · map 13%
- 18%SF Bay Area22 · map 41%
- 11%New York14 · map 18%
- 2%Atlanta3 · map 1%
- 2%Raleigh-Durham3 · map 0.3%
- 2%Seattle3 · map 5%
- 15%Somewhere else19
All 123 people who worked at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 123 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory: 8 are there now, 115 have moved on.
- Most leave for Leidos: 3 people, 3% of recorded departures.
- Median tenure at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory: 1y 8m, middle half 3m to 4y.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 5% went to a founder title next, 30% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 18% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 81 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 43 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Computer Scientist, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: University of Maryland, listed by 24 of the 123 people here with one on file (19.5%). Then Georgia Tech (16).
- 48% of the 123 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 27% of the 123 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 44 rose, 41 stayed level, 4 fell, out of the 89 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder before and after.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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