DoD Military Analyst

Charles River Analytics•Honolulu, HI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Charles River Analytics, a GRVTY company, is seeking a Military Analyst to work on-site with a client on a defense innovation project. The analyst will serve as a technical simulation expert, configuring, adapting, troubleshooting, and enhancing military simulation capabilities that support wargaming, experimentation, analysis, training, and operational decision-making. The role connects customer mission and analysis needs with simulation-system configuration and model behavior. The analyst will help customers translate operational questions into executable simulation scenarios, extend or modify simulation models and scenario configurations, identify performance or fidelity issues, and gather actionable product feedback. The position also involves supporting joint planning and AI planning enhancements in a military customer environment while following classification and data-handling rules. Charles River Analytics describes itself as an employee-owned company focused on research and development in areas including AI, robotics, smart sensing, and human-centered computing. The company offers competitive compensation, bonus and retirement contributions, and an employee benefits package.

Requirements

Graduate degree in engineering or a related field.
More than 10 years of experience in joint operational strategic planning and the Pacific theater.
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Demonstrated expertise in joint operational and strategic planning, including work with joint planning leadership and command.
Hands-on experience generating military plans using multiple data, simulation, and other quantitative and qualitative information sources to support data-driven command-level decision-making.
Proven experience working with diverse technical teams to identify challenges and opportunities in the current joint planning process and support advanced AI planning enhancements.
Ability to diagnose issues in data and information sources, including model behavior, data issues, and system integration issues.
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams of joint planners and subject matter experts developing plans and guidance for integrated military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
Ability to collaborate with operators, analysts, planners, trainers, and subject matter experts to clarify mission context.
Experience documenting assumptions, limitations, data pedigree, measures, uncertainties, and risks related to interpretation.
Ability to work in a military customer environment and follow classification and data-handling rules.

Nice To Haves

Recent experience supporting joint planning teams, with knowledge of current planning challenges, opportunities, and command priorities.
Deep understanding of current Pacific theater best practices and exercise conduct.
Experience in military wargaming, campaign analysis, mission-level simulation, constructive simulation, or agent-based simulation.
Familiarity with military operations, joint or coalition planning, force structure, command and control, weapons and sensors, logistics, or mission analysis.
Experience leading multinational and multi-service planning teams developing response plans for forward-deployed military forces in the western Pacific theater.
Experience briefing joint planning leadership and command.

Responsibilities

Configure, adapt, troubleshoot, and enhance advanced military simulation capabilities.
Support customer wargaming, experimentation, analysis, training, and operational decision-making activities.
Translate customer operational questions into executable simulation scenarios.
Extend or modify simulation models and scenario configurations as needed.
Identify simulation performance or fidelity issues and diagnose problems in data, model behavior, and system integration.
Gather actionable feedback on the simulation product.
Use multiple data, simulation, quantitative, and qualitative information sources to generate military plans and support command-level decision-making.
Work with technical teams to identify challenges and opportunities in joint planning and support development of AI planning enhancements.
Lead cross-functional teams of joint planners and subject matter experts developing plans and guidance for integrated military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
Collaborate with operators, analysts, planners, trainers, and subject matter experts to clarify mission context.
Document assumptions, limitations, data pedigree, measures, uncertainties, and risks related to interpretation.
Operate in a military customer environment while adhering to classification and data-handling rules and maintaining customer trust.