FEATURED OFFICE - HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
2024 Best Places to Work® Finalist!
Huntsville, also called “Rocket City USA”, gained recognition during the 60s Space Race and is one of the fastest-growing metro areas in Alabama. It has been featured as #2 of Best Place to Live 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report and has an affordable cost of living, rich history, numerous cultural attractions, and shopping and dining growth in Huntsville’s city center. Huntsville is surrounded by rich history, the Tennessee River, Monte Sano State Park (Spanish for “Mountain of Health”), Flint River, NASA, Redstone Arsenal, the Rocket City Trash Pandas Minor League Baseball team, and Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.
170 JetPlex Blvd • Huntsville, AL • United States
What We Do
The Huntsville office team uses creativity and innovation to protect the lives of our Warfighters. This office features state-of-the art capabilities in engineering, welding and machining, fabrication, painting, sewing, composites and chemistry labs to build specialized prototype systems. We are part of the ARA team solving problems of global importance.
Things to Do
Space Centers
The Davidson Center for Space Exploration is a must see, featuring artifacts like the Apollo 16 Command Module and an Apollo 12 moon rock. The mighty Saturn V Rocket is on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC).
Monte Santo State Park
Monte Sano State Park boasts an expansive 2,140 outdoor acres, where hikers can enjoy 20 miles of trails. It also features 14 paved miles for those who enjoy cycling. In spring those trails are in full bloom with native azaleas.
Tennessee River and Ditto Landing
On the southern edge of the city on the banks of the Tennessee River, Ditto Landing is framed by mountain foothills. Fishing enthusiasts and novices alike enjoy wetting a hook to catch bass, bream, and catfish. Boaters of all types enjoy the marina. Ditto Landing is an ideal spot for water skiing and swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and stand-up paddling, and features over 70 campsites.
If canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boarding are on your list this, is a guide to over 60 miles of navigable waters on the Flint River, which connects to Tennessee River, compiled by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce:
For camping, hiking, and biking there are great places to choose from such as: Monte Sano State Park, Blevins Gap Nature Preserve, and Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.
Restaurants
- Inspired by the enduring passion of cotton traders who once worked in downtown Huntsville, Cotton Row invites you to experience their southern hospitality
- Rosie’s Mexican Cantina offers good times, great food, and friendly service
- Dreamland BBQ offers the best BBQ ribs and a variety of hickory-smoked meats, as well as classic Southern sides and desserts
- Champy’s Chicken, Southern comfort food in Madison, is known for its World Famous Fried Chicken. This family recipe is worth the wait.
- Surround yourself with antiques at GrandMother’s House for a home-cooked meal and be awed by the buffet at Kacey’s Home Cooking
- Catfish fried goodness at Little Libby’s Catfish & Diner in Madison
- Commerce Kitchen offers fine dining
- Sam & Greg’s Pizzeria/Gelateria has pizza and is rated #1 by TripAdvisor for ice cream
- The Cozy Cow Is a must visit coffee and ice cream shop.
- Ice Cream Only then Handel’s Ice Cream
Budgeting your Move to Huntsville
Information on the cost of living in Alabama can be found here
A Great Place to Work
We are proud to be recognized as one of Huntsville’s 2024 Best Place for Working Parents® Designation in recognition of our family-friendly practices that help our employees and our business thrive.
We were also recognized by the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce as a finalist at the Annual Best Places to Work competition.
About ARA
Careers at ARA
We offer a collaborative work environment that provides growth opportunities for self-driven, intelligent, and dedicated people who are eager to be a part of motivated teams developing tomorrow’s technology. We value flexibility and autonomy and offer our employee-owners the Freedom to achieve success through our benefit program.
ARA’s Hunstville office is seeking engineers, scientist, technicians, and more to join our team of employee-owners.
To see current openings in Huntsville go to: www.ara.com/careers
Employee-Ownership at ARA
Each of us at ARA, from our technical experts to support staff, are employee-owners. As an 100% employee-owned company, we share a common interest in ARA’s success and we work together for the benefit of all. Through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), the company buys stock on behalf of eligible employees, allowing them to share in the company’s success and save for retirement all at once.
We take pride in our core value Growth and are committed to growing ourselves and our careers, growing the company, and also are proud to contribute to the local economy.
