Lead Operations Research Systems Analyst
MITRE is a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest, leading federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies. The Special Operations and Joint Staff Department (N552) provides engineering and analytical expertise to address complex national security challenges, supporting Joint Staff J7 with operations research, systems analysis, and modeling and simulation to evaluate emerging Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) use cases. This Lead Operations Research Systems Analyst role combines hands-on quantitative analysis with technical leadership and sponsor engagement, working with military planners, subject matter experts, model developers, and software engineers to assess mission threads, explain analytical uncertainty, and improve sponsor access to approved analysis functions, results, and documentation.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and execution of operations research studies for sponsor-prioritized JWC use cases and mission threads.
- Translate concepts, CONOPS, and operational questions into study objectives, measures of effectiveness and performance, scenarios, assumptions, and data requirements.
- Develop experimental designs, conduct simulation runs and statistical analyses, and assess alternatives through sensitivity, uncertainty, and trade-space