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Senior Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R5869)

Shield AI· RaptorX – RaptorX Engineering - Meg
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Seattle, WA / Washington, D.C.$180k - $270kFull Time EmployeePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Lead Operational Analyst focused on modeling, simulation, and analysis of Shield AI’s aircraft systems to evaluate effectiveness, survivability, and operational impact across domains, missions, and applications.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, own and execute operational analyses to assess the effectiveness of autonomous systems in representative military scenarios.
  • Develop and run modeling, simulation, and wargaming analyses to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and product managers to translate operational findings into actionable system insights.
  • Perform trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance across varying operational conditions, assumptions, and threat environments.
  • Build, modify, and analyze mission-level models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python, or similar M&S frameworks.
  • Analyze force-on-force engagements, sensor performance, and autonomy-enabled behaviors to support mission effectiveness assessments.
  • Engage with DoD stakeholders, operators, and analysts to understand mission needs and operational constraints.
  • Contribute to the development and refinement of concepts of operations (CONOPS) for AI-enabled aircraft capabilities.
  • Monitor emerging threats and operational challenges relevant to autonomous and air combat systems.
  • Prepare technical documentation, analysis reports, and briefings for internal teams, customers, and government stakeholders.
  • Apply modern compute and development best practices (e.g., version control, scripting, scalable compute workflows, and reproducible analysis) to build and maintain reliable analysis pipelines.
  • Be a force multiplier by coaching and developing incoming talent.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or math domain.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience in operational analysis, modeling & simulation, operations research, or related defense or aerospace roles.
  • Active Secret at a minimum.
  • Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.

Skills

Required:Operational analysisModeling & Simulation (M&S)Data analysis & scripting
Nice to have:Conops development
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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