Weapons Systems Analyst, Senior
About The Position
The Senior Weapons Systems Analyst leverages experience with foreign conventional weapons systems to direct and prioritize threat analysis and characterization. The role provides technical direction and subject-matter expertise for intelligence analysis of foreign air and missile defense systems, integrated air defense systems, radars, command and control, interceptors, effectors, and threat-system operations. The analyst conducts engineering analyses and reverse-engineering studies to determine system architecture dependencies. The role advises foreign threat-system analysis, foreign materiel exploitation, technical signals intelligence analysis, radar and electronic order-of-battle assessment, and threat-system performance characterization. It guides approaches for assessing foreign sensor, command-and-control, and weapons-system capabilities, including radar modes, operating concepts, engagement timelines, kill-chain behavior, system integration, mobility, survivability, and operational employment. Responsibilities include leading analysis of foreign ground-based air defense and missile defense systems and associated communications and data-link architectures; assessing research and development system products and timelines, designs, configurations, capabilities, performance, operations, employment strategies, and signatures; and tailoring assessments to inform space initiatives and force designs for U.S. space-based systems, services, and architectures. The analyst translates intelligence findings into technical insights for missile defense architecture assessment, test planning, modeling and simulation, systems engineering, and operational threat representation.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience with foreign air and missile defense systems, including C2, radar, interceptors and effectors, engagement operations, IADS architectures, missile defense, and technical signals.
- 5+ years of experience working with Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center organizations, Service intelligence centers, DoW intelligence production organizations, national laboratories, or technical intelligence customers.
- Experience applying radar system fundamentals, including radar modes, waveforms, antenna concepts, electronic scanning, tracking, fire-control functions, discrimination, signal processing, electronic protection, and operational signatures.
- Experience interpreting or applying technical SIGINT, FME-derived data, intelligence reports, test data, engineering data, or all-source intelligence to characterize foreign threat-system performance and operational capability.
- Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Physical Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operational Research, or Computer Science.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with foreign surface-to-air missile systems, theater and strategic missile defense systems, counter-air architectures, and sensor-to-shooter kill chains.
- Experience with foreign radar exploitation, emitter characterization, ELINT, FISINT, and MASINT-informed analysis, radar parametric assessment, or threat-system reverse engineering.
- Experience developing modeling and simulation products, such as threat models, system performance estimates, engagement timelines, parametric databases, intelligence-informed M&S inputs, or test threat representations.
- Experience working in special access program and special access required environments.
- Knowledge of foreign C2 networks, air-defense doctrine, missile engagement operations, electronic warfare, data links, battle management, and operational employment concepts.
- Master's degree in a STEM field.
Responsibilities
- Orchestrate and prioritize team efforts for foreign conventional weapons-system threat analysis and characterization.
- Provide technical direction and subject-matter expertise for intelligence analysis of foreign air and missile defense systems, IADS, radars, C2, interceptors, effectors, and threat-system operations.
- Conduct engineering analyses and reverse-engineering studies to determine architecture interdependencies.
- Advise efforts involving foreign threat-system analysis, foreign materiel exploitation, technical SIGINT analysis, radar and electronic order-of-battle assessment, and threat-system performance characterization.
- Guide analytic approaches for characterizing foreign sensor, C2, and weapon-system capabilities and operations.
- Lead analysis of foreign air-defense and missile-defense radars, command posts, launchers, interceptors, and associated communications and data-link architectures.
- Assess draft research and development system products, timelines, designs, configurations, capabilities, performance, operations, employment strategies, and signatures for validity, stability, and rigor.
- Tailor assessments supporting space initiatives and recommending force designs for U.S. space-based systems, services, and architectures, including ISR and missile warning.
- Translate intelligence findings into technical insights for missile defense architecture assessment, test planning, modeling and simulation, systems engineering, and operational threat representation.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave.
- Professional development.
- Tuition assistance.
- Work-life programs.
- Dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
