Ground Support & Payload Analyst

What you'll do

GSE & Payload Ledger & Configuration Intelligence

• Maintain authoritative, real-time visibility of every piece of ground support equipment and every payload across the enterprise, including location, configuration, hours of use, condition, modification status, and remaining useful life.
• Track configuration history and downstream impacts as GSE and payloads cycle through customer deployments, test campaigns, training events, and depot-level maintenance.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sustainment to ensure the ledger reflects ground truth at all times.

Analytics Infrastructure & Reporting

• Build and maintain the analytical infrastructure that makes GSE and payload decisions repeatable and defensible: utilization dashboards, configuration intelligence tooling, lifecycle forecasting, and routine inventory reporting.
• Generate rolling 6, 12, and 24-month forecasts of GSE and payload availability and configuration posture to support contractual commitments, capture activities, and deployment planning.
• Continuously improve data quality and tooling so the function scales as the fleet grows.

Decision Support

• Translate GSE and payload visibility into clear, decision-ready briefings for the Senior Manager and Mission Control leadership.
• Surface portfolio-level patterns (underutilized equipment, payload availability gaps, deployment-impacting shortages) that warrant strategic attention.
• Provide rapid analytical support for ad hoc GSE and payload questions from senior leadership, Business Development, Program Management, and Field Operations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Engineering, Aviation Management, Data Analytics, or related field.
• 5+ years of combined military and/or industry experience in aviation logistics, ground support equipment management, payload systems, or enterprise asset management.
• Strong proficiency in data tools (Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Excel) with demonstrated ability to build and maintain dashboards used by senior leadership.
• Working knowledge of GSE operations, payload systems, or fleet asset management principles.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate operational data into clear narratives for non-analyst audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail and discipline in maintaining data quality.

Preferred qualifications

• Prior military aviation maintenance, logistics, or AGE/GSE management experience.
• Familiarity with formal military planning processes (MDMP, JOPP, or equivalent).
• Experience with lifecycle modeling, RUL forecasting, or asset management in aerospace or defense contexts.
• Exposure to government contract structures (FFP, CPFF, OTA) and how they shape asset allocation.
• Experience supporting capture activities, capacity modeling, or proposal feasibility analysis.
• Familiarity with unmanned aircraft systems, payloads, or AGE associated with UAS operations.