Senior Aviation Military Analyst (Utility Helicopter Subject Matter Expert)

About the role

JANUS Research Group is seeking a Senior Aviation Military Analyst with extensive expertise in Army Aviation utility helicopter operations, capability development, and modernization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior subject matter expert on Army Aviation utility helicopter operations and capabilities.
• Provide detailed operational analysis and assessments of the tactical employment of Army Aviation utility aircraft.
• Evaluate current and future utility aviation capabilities, identify operational gaps, and recommend solutions to support modernization efforts.
• Apply operational experience to assess aircraft performance, mission requirements, limitations, and employment considerations.
• Support Army Aviation capability development, combat developments, and modernization initiatives.
• Analyze utility aviation formations, force structures, training requirements, and operational impacts associated with capability changes.
• Conduct aviation studies, operational assessments, technology evaluations, and capability analyses.
• Support the development of white papers, concept papers, requirements documents, operational views, and capability assessments.
• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate Joint Working Groups, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and aviation modernization forums.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to multidisciplinary teams supporting aviation capability development.
• Support operational testing and evaluation activities involving Army Aviation utility helicopter systems and technologies.
• Develop executive-level briefings and recommendations for senior military and government stakeholders.
• Review and edit technical products to ensure graduate-level quality prior to government delivery.
• Independently produce high-quality analytical products based on broad senior-level guidance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of Army Aviation flight and combat operations experience.
• Rated Army Aviator with extensive utility helicopter operational experience.
• Senior or Master Rated Army Aviator qualification required.
• Experience as a Standardization Instructor Pilot (SIP), or Instructor Pilot (IP) in Army Aviation utility helicopter formations.
• Experience operating current Army tactical utility aircraft fielded to Army Aviation units.
• Completion of military or civilian professional military education equivalent to Command and General Staff College (CGSC), Intermediate Level Education (ILE), Warrant Officer Senior Staff Course, or equivalent staff development program.
• Demonstrated ability to provide detailed tactical and operational analysis of Army Aviation utility helicopter employment.
• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting Combat developments, Capability management, Force modernization, and Requirements development.
• Experience producing graduate-level written products, including white papers, concept papers, requirements documents, operational views, and capability assessments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Active Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Army Aviation attack, reconnaissance, or assault operations planning, training, and execution within organizations of 400+ to 2,863+ personnel.
• Prior tactical operational leadership experience managing organizations of 400+ personnel.
• Experience as a Maintenance Test Pilot (MTP), or Maintenance Test Pilot Examiner (MTPE) in Army Aviation utility aircraft.
• Experience planning, executing, and facilitating Joint Working Groups.
• Experience serving as a Team Lead conducting aviation studies, operational test events, capability assessments, technology evaluations.
• Experience leading a team that authored a Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)-approved Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) document.
• Participation as a direct team member in an Army Aviation Operations Capability-Based Assessment (CBA).
• Knowledge of the Army’s light utility helicopter fleet, mission sets, capabilities, and operational limitations.
• Utility aviation combat operations experience.

Benefits

JANUS Research Group offers an attractive comprehensive benefit package to include health and welfare plans and financial products. Employees can benefit from our referral bonus program, and other various employee awards. JANUS Research Group takes pride in our benefit package and rewards program which has earned us the certification of a Great Place to Work™.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A