Senior Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R4759)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Plan, own and execute operational analyses to assess the effectiveness of autonomous systems in representative military scenarios.
• Develop and run modeling, simulation, and wargaming analyses to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and product managers to translate operational findings into actionable system insights.
• Perform trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance across varying operational conditions, assumptions, and threat environments.
• Build, modify, and analyze mission-level models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python, or similar M&S frameworks.
• Analyze force-on-force engagements, sensor performance, and autonomy-enabled behaviors to support mission effectiveness assessments.
• Engage with DoD stakeholders, operators, and analysts to understand mission needs and operational constraints.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of concepts of operations (CONOPS) for AI-enabled aircraft capabilities.

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or math domain.
• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience in operational analysis, modeling & simulation, operations research, or related defense or aerospace roles.
• Active Secret at a minimum. Preferred Top-Secret clearance (or ability to obtain one).
• Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.
• Prior experience in force-on-force analysis, CONOPS development, or military campaign modeling.
• Experience with evaluating strategic development and analysis goals for multi-mission/multi-domain applicability.
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, tools (Brawler, ESAMS, etc.), Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), and military operational testing.
• Experience leading a product effort from pre-shaping to tactical deployment