USN Air Combat Analyst (Civilian)

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 ’23 (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

USN Air Combat Analyst (Civilian)

“People, ideas, hardware—in that order.”

NAVAIR is an equal opportunity employer -John Boyd