Published on: October 3, 2023
NAWC USN Air Combat Analyst (Civilian)
NAWC USN Air Combat Analyst (Civilian)
Position details:
Air Combat Analyst (Civilian) – Engineering and Scientist Development Program
Air Combat Effectiveness Branch (NAWCAD 1.1.2)
Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division
Target Audience: Individuals graduating in/before Spring ’24 (Full-time openings only at this time)
Location: Patuxent River, MD
The work we do:
- Assess the performance of existing and conceptual missiles, aircraft, and sensor suites
- Analyze via modeling and simulation the overall combat capabilities of sub-systems (e.g. radar, IRSTs) 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 closely with fighter pilots (TOPGUN) to determine current and future needs
- Analyze data, identify driving factors, and present findings to senior leadership
We are seeking U.S. citizens who:
- Are security clearance eligible (required)
- Work well in a lively and collaborative environment
- Are interested in working with an evolving set of problems that are conducive to both broad scope analysis and deeper specialization as desired
- Desire to build and modify the tools needed to solve new problems rather than repeatedly applying existing toolsets
- Have a strong interest in tactics and/or fighter aircraft
Subject areas we are interested in:
- RF Engineering
- Sensor evaluation and implementation, signal processing, circuit design
- Sensor fusion and track filtering
- RF signature
- IR Engineering
- Mid-wave/long-wave signature and detection
- Atmospheric modeling and analysis
- Aerospace Engineering
- Aircraft performance, dynamics
- Guidance and control development and analysis
- Software/Tool Development
- Languages of Interest: Python, C++, FORTRAN, Matlab
- Data visualization/plotting
- Statistics and Design of Experiments
- Analyzing simulation-generated data to determine trends
Points of Contact:
Matt Glass matthew.glass3.civ@us.navy.mil
Josh Darrow joshua.m.darrow2@civ@us.navy.mil