Senior Engineer, Operations Analyst
Leads operational analysis, modeling, simulation, and wargaming for autonomous aircraft systems, translating military mission insights into design decisions and capability improvements. Requires 5+ years of operational analysis or military operations research experience and expertise in defense modeling tools and modern simulation workflows.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute operational analysis strategies for autonomous aircraft in military scenarios.
- Lead modeling, simulation, and wargaming efforts to evaluate performance, mission impact, and survivability.
- Translate operational insights into engineering and product design decisions.
- Conduct trade studies and sensitivity analyses under varying operational conditions and threats.
- Build high-fidelity mission models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, and Python.
- Analyze force-on-force engagements, sensor effectiveness, and autonomy-driven decision-making.
- Collaborate with DoD stakeholders, operators, and warfighters to align capabilities with mission requirements.
- Support concept of operations (CONOPS) development.
- Identify emerging threats and operational challenges.
- Prepare technical reports, briefings, and recommendations for leadership, customers, and government agencies.
- Use cloud/HPC workflows, containerization, version control, CI/CD, and automated testing to build reliable simulation and analysis pipelines.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in operational analysis, modeling and simulation, or military operations research.
- Expertise in military mission analysis, operational planning, and wargaming methodologies.
- Proficiency with AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, or comparable aerospace and defense modeling and simulation tools.
- Understanding of air combat, ISR, electronic warfare, or autonomous systems in contested environments.
- Experience working with DoD stakeholders, warfighters, and government agencies.
- Experience applying modern compute, data science, and software development practices to simulations and analytics.
- Excellent communication and briefing skills.
- Ability to work in an agile environment with shifting priorities.
Nice-to-Haves
- Force-on-force analysis, CONOPS development, or military campaign modeling experience.
- Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, JCIDS, and military operational testing.
- Experience integrating AI-driven decision-making algorithms into operational analysis frameworks.
- Prior military service or experience with the U.S. Air Force, Navy, or Special Operations Forces.
- Experience using generative AI to structure problems and create simulation or analysis tools.
- Active Secret or Top Secret clearance, or ability to obtain one.
Skills
Operational Analysis, Modeling And Simulation, Wargaming, Afsim, Stk, MATLAB, Python, Military Mission Analysis, Conops, High-Performance Computing, Containerization, Git, CI/CD, Automated Testing
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