Mission Analyst

Kitty Hawk Technologies, a growing service and technology innovator, is seeking talented and motivated professionals to deliver lean and effective solutions to our government partners. We have an immediate opening for a Mission Analyst to join our team. This position will provide an opportunity to develop the innovative technology that supports some of our nation’s most important defense initiatives. Kitty Hawk employees work closely with our customers to develop solutions that support national engineering/analysis and security missions, and the ideal candidate will support our team in providing program support to the Department of Defense (DoD). In addition to receiving a competitive salary and health benefits, the Mission Analyst will join a motivated, talented, and technically accomplished team. The employee will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. Candidates must be results oriented and have the ability to work in a well-organized, logical and systematic manner. They will set clear objectives, monitor progress, take corrective action and control performance levels to maintain high internal customer satisfaction. They will possess deep insight into customer requirements and will maintain the ability to ethically influence those requirements. They will be able to clearly define and clearly articulate compelling solutions and will require an ability to quickly assimilate and apply complex technical information. Kitty Hawk Technologies is currently seeking a Mission Analyst in support of DoW engineering services to work in the Dahlgren, Virginia, area.  Key Responsibilities:

• Translates sponsor requirements and questions into actionable analysis plans to evaluate blue system, platform, and force performance in the context of specific missions
• Evaluates system technical data to develop blue and red system and platform representations in M&S tools with well defined traceability to authoritative sources of truth (ASOT)
• Collaborates across warfare centers, engineering teams, and functional disciplines to develop realistic scenarios including blue and red force laydowns
• Supports the V&V of agents and scenarios to ensure analysis results have documented pedigree
• Develops Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Analyzes results of Monte Carlo runs to assess system, platform, or force performance
• Coordinates with Mission Engineers to develop operational, acquisition, or engineering recommendations based on analysis results.
• Develops analysis reports and briefs results and recommendations to Dahlgren, Program Office, and/or Fleet personnel.