Published on: September 9, 2020

NAVAIR Job Opportunity - Air Combat Analysts

United States Navy Air Combat Analyst

Organization
Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division

Location: Patuxent River, MD

Branch: Air Combat Effectiveness (NAWCAD 1.1.2)

Position

Air Combat Analyst (Civilian)

Work

. Assess the performance of existing and conceptual missiles, aircraft, and sensor suites

. Analyze the overall combat capabilities of sub-systems (e.g. radar, RWR) and systems-of-systems (e.g. many aircraft employing coordinated tactics) in achieving military objectives

. Maintain air-to-air combat expertise via interaction with fleet and fleet exercises

. Interact with fighter pilots to determine current and future needs

. Model missiles, aircraft, radars, IRSTs, seekers, and aircrew in air combat scenarios

. Research methods and technologies to improve the effectiveness of naval aviation and analysis

We are looking for U.S. citizens who:

. Possess a genuine desire to understand complex multi-disciplinary problems and relationships

o We build and modify the tools needs to solve a problem, rather than repeatedly applying the same tools to varying problems

. Have a strong interest in aerospace and fighter aircraft

. Are engineers/scientists/mathematicians with interest in some of the following areas:

o Radars

. Modeling and simulation, design, signal processing

o RF Engineering

. Sensor design, signal processing, circuit design

o IR Engineering

. Mid-wave/long-wave signature and detection

o Aerospace Engineering

. Aircraft performance, dynamics

o Software Development

. Harnessing big data: machine learning; database management; data visualization

. Languages of Interest: Python and Fortran

o Statistics and Design of Experiments

. Analyzing stochastic data to determine trends

. Designing experimental matrices and fitting meta-models

Points of Contact:

Matt Glass

matthew.glass@navy.mil

Josh Darrow

joshua.m.darrow@navy.mil

“A good Navy is not a provocation of war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.”
- Theodore Roosevelt

NAVAIR is an equal opportunity employer