Operational Security Analyst

STR•Las Vegas, NV

4d•$219,000 - $280,000

About The Position

STR is seeking a Principal Technical Integration Test Engineer to join a new group focused on complex modern test and evaluation challenges. The role helps build and guide an expert team that plans, executes, analyzes, and delivers decision-quality results to support Department of War (DoW) capability development. The team emphasizes product-based delivery of test solutions and adapts to evolving customer needs. The position manages technical customer portfolios and relationships, designs and executes complex test campaigns, and may embed within customer organizations to develop requirements, establish objectives, and determine confidence levels for capabilities and systems under evaluation. It coordinates across defense test and evaluation organizations, acquisition and operational communities, commercial resource providers, and multidisciplinary teams. The role develops test plans and related documentation, serves as a test conductor, coordinates instrumentation and execution, and provides technical expertise to align system requirements, development activities, and test objectives. The position also works with operational stakeholders to assess readiness and align emerging technologies with operational needs; may provide operator training and technical support; and coordinates testing across laboratory and open-air environments. It briefs technical plans, safety considerations, execution strategies, and results to customers and senior leadership. An active Top Secret clearance and eligibility to support Special Access Programs are required; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government. STR is a technology company specializing in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security, including cyber, sensors, radar, sonar, communications, electronic warfare, and artificial intelligence. The company describes a collaborative learning environment that supports technical understanding and recognizes team contributions. The role is listed as full-time, with a salary range of $219,000–$280,000. STR has locations near Boston, Arlington, Dayton, Melbourne, Carlsbad, Atlanta, and Denver.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience; master's degree and at least 8 years; PhD and at least 5 years; or equivalent directly related experience in RDT&E, technical integration, systems engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Active Top Secret security clearance with eligibility to support Special Access Programs; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government.
Expert-level understanding of test organizations, assets, infrastructure, capabilities, and organizational relationships needed to coordinate complex cross-service test and evaluation requirements.
Ability to integrate effectively across an organization, from technical engineering and subject-matter expert teams to operational personnel and senior leadership, and accurately represent technical capabilities, requirements, and program status.
Significant experience preparing and delivering high-level technical and programmatic briefings to government customers, senior management, and senior-ranking officials.
Ability to assess explicit and implied customer requirements, understand operational constraints, and adapt test strategies in high-pressure environments while maintaining technical quality, safety, and mission objectives.
Strong familiarity with standardized DoD test and safety processes, requirements development, test planning, execution methodologies, and test program management.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing relationships across multiple military services and defense organizations at technical, programmatic, and leadership levels.
Knowledge of developmental capability readiness, test portfolios, program histories, and the operational integration and employment of emerging technologies.
Proficiency troubleshooting RF and software systems in real time in complex, high-pressure test and operational environments.
Experience collaborating across DoD and Intelligence Community organizations to integrate technical expertise, operational requirements, and test resources.
Firsthand experience conducting complex test events and integrating multi-domain systems in developmental and operational test environments, including engineering technical solutions for specialized test requirements.
Ability to integrate and train operational partners on system capabilities and operations in pre-deployment environments, including real-time technical support during operational activities.
Experience planning and executing rapid-turnaround technical test scenarios in constrained, austere, or operationally disadvantaged environments.
Familiarity with U.S. western test ranges, including NTTR, UTTR, and Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.
Professional relationships and working knowledge of acquisition and operational organizations, including the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, OUSD, and SOCOM.

Responsibilities

Manage multiple technical customer portfolios and relationships to design and execute complex test campaigns.
Embed within customer organizations as needed to develop tailored requirements, establish test objectives, and determine confidence levels for capabilities and systems under evaluation.
Coordinate with Program Managers, Service Representatives, SETA personnel, performers, operators, and other defense test and evaluation stakeholders to execute test programs.
Develop and maintain relationships across DoD acquisition, test, and operational communities and commercial resource providers.
Lead small multidisciplinary teams designing, coordinating, and executing test and evaluation activities while ensuring technical rigor, operational relevance, and timely delivery.
Connect capability development teams with appropriate test resources, infrastructure, and expertise.
Develop test plans, TEMPs, test concept documents, CONOPs, test objectives, MOPs, and MOEs.
Serve as a test conductor for customers, coordinating instrumentation, data collection, test resources, and execution activities.
Represent system requirements as a technical subject-matter expert, coordinate integration activities, and align developmental capabilities with test objectives.
Work with operational stakeholders to identify specialized requirements, assess capability readiness, and align emerging technologies with operational needs.
Provide unit-level operator training and technical support on behalf of customer development teams and performers, as required.
Coordinate test objectives across laboratory-based and open-air test environments.
Brief technical plans, safety considerations, execution strategies, and test results to customers and senior leadership.