[Jpjobs] Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses (Advanced Technology and Systems Analysis)

[Woods, Nicholas]

Are you a highly creative individual who enjoys solving complex real-world problems?  Do you want the opportunity to apply your analytic skills to improve our national security while you grow and learn new fields related to the latest technology and analytic tools?  Do you have a sense of adventure and would you enjoy the chance to fly on a military aircraft from a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier or observe operations from the Combat Information Center of an Aegis Class Destroyer? Do you want to work in a place rated one of the "best places to work" in the Washington DC Metro area?
We are the Advanced Technology and Systems Analyses (ATSA) Division of the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). We focus on helping the Department of the Navy and other government agencies develop and procure the next generation of weapons systems, sensors, and platforms to ensure America's defense in the 21st century.
We are looking for creative and innovative physicists, engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists, and others with advanced degrees in science or mathematical fields.  Because we work on new and challenging problems only those with proven research skills should apply. You will help the Navy and other defense and government agencies analyze and model the utility of new and cutting edge commercial and government technologies, systems, and platforms. Our challenges range from understanding how to successfully operate from below the sea to outer space and cyberspace. Because our work is classified, applicants must be US citizens.
ATSA has a unique approach to analyzing future systems in that we work closely with industry, academic, and government developers (like ONR, NRL, and DARPA) to understand the physical and engineering capabilities and limitations of new technologies, systems, and architectures. We combine that knowledge with insights that we gain from up close and current experience with real-world military operations to create analytic tools and models to estimate future performance. Other analysts work with the intelligence community to develop models of future threat systems and their potential employment, supplementing intelligence data with engineering judgment and scientific principles to model capabilities and limitations of those systems.
Our analysts consider not only the capabilities and limitations of the US and threat technologies, but also their tactical and operational employment under "fog of war" uncertainty conditions, their reliability and operational availability, and the various operating environments in which they may be used.  Indeed our experience has shown that the tactical employment and context can be as important as the technical performance.  We analyze both the effectiveness of the system in its intended tactical use, but also its larger affect in changing tactics and operations.  Like all scientists, our goal is to understand how the new system will actually behave in the real world.  Because of the breath of our work and the fact that our approach does not require complex simulations, we are a leader in analyzing major new technologies and warfighting approaches in complex systems-of-systems such as integrated aircraft Carrier Strike Group (CSG) operations.
New analysts start off by working with experienced researchers to transition from their academic disciple to our unique style of operations research.  On the job training is our way of life, and we are always learning from first-hand experience.  In order to foster this growth, we provide analysts with opportunities to observe both training exercises and real world operations.  Standing on in the control center of an aircraft carrier launching aircraft on national security missions is a unique way to gain experience, but it is the way we do it.  Our analysts routinely deploy on a variety of important missions, providing on-scene advice and bringing their experience back to help us analyze how new systems will perform. Our analysts have deployed in peace and war, supporting the commander in charge with analysis and problem-solving that helps defeat threats and save lives.
If you are interested in an opportunity to apply your analytical skills and creativity to a wide array of challenging national security problems, please contact me at woodsn at cna.org<mailto:woodsn at cna.org> or (703)824-2837.
CNA is unique among Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) in its real-world, empirical, data-drive approach to operations analyses and its use of scientists as expert observers of military operations.   It is the nation's oldest FFRDC and began in World War II when President Roosevelt mobilized scientists for the war effort; some of those scientists, led by Dr. Philip Morse of MIT, created CNA (as the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Research Group) to help the Navy defeat German U-boats.   ASWORG sent scientists to sea to observe operations and collect relevant data for analyses in order to recommend improved tactics and better use of new technologies like radar in Naval operations.   CNA has grown and expanded in the last 70+ years and now conducts analyses for the Navy, Marine Corps, and broader DOD and Intelligence community to enable leaders to make the best decisions based on rigorous data analyses and scientific principles.
The Center for Naval Analyses is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) sponsored by the Department of the Navy and operated by the CNA Corporation (CNAC) which is a non-profit, mission-oriented company serving the public interest. FFRDCs are public-private partnerships allowing the government to access private sector scientific and technical expertise to conduct research for the United States Government.

Nicholas W. Woods, Ph.D.
Research Analyst
CNA Corp.
(703) 824-2837
NIPR: woodsn at cna.org<mailto:woodsn at cna.org>
SIPR: Nicholas.Woods at cna.navy.smil.mil<mailto:Nicholas.Woods at cna.navy.smil.mil>

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