Senior Defense Technologist ? Surface Warfare
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Location: Arlington, VA 22204
Description:
Overview
Axient is seeking a Senior Defense Technologist - Surface Warfarein support of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) for a joint initiative chartered with the Services to analyze the hardest military challenges facing the U.S. and our Allies; and to develop experiments to provide future warfighting architectures to address these challenges through:
Change the current warfighting paradigm of reliance on a Service-specific and platform centric force into one that operates as a disaggregated kill web that is able to execute rapidly composable, joint, and all domain kill chains.
Exploit both existing and emerging technologies across the Services, to address known capability gaps, opportunities, and threats.
Conducting mission-centric, multi-Service and multi-domain analyses, modeling and simulation (M&S), and experimentation to inform research and development (R&D), and program of record recommendations.
A current TS/SCI clearance is required.
The successful candidates will:
Required Qualifications:
Axient is seeking a Senior Defense Technologist - Surface Warfarein support of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) for a joint initiative chartered with the Services to analyze the hardest military challenges facing the U.S. and our Allies; and to develop experiments to provide future warfighting architectures to address these challenges through:
Change the current warfighting paradigm of reliance on a Service-specific and platform centric force into one that operates as a disaggregated kill web that is able to execute rapidly composable, joint, and all domain kill chains.
Exploit both existing and emerging technologies across the Services, to address known capability gaps, opportunities, and threats.
Conducting mission-centric, multi-Service and multi-domain analyses, modeling and simulation (M&S), and experimentation to inform research and development (R&D), and program of record recommendations.
A current TS/SCI clearance is required.
The successful candidates will:
- Supporting a warfare specialty including planning, developing and executing technical projects of a R&D nature, concerned with unique or controversial problems which have an important effect on major DoD programs.
- Dmonstrated skill in conceiving, planning and conducting research studies combining operational expertise with novel technology approaches and sophisticated research techniques to assess military effectiveness and engineering viability.
- Demonstrated experience in the use of advanced techniques, theories, precepts, and practices in technological programs, preferably one that has transitioned to operational use, or programs related to thrust areas delineated in the PWS.
- Experience, background and knowledge of program transition efforts is highly desirable.
- Joint/COCOM staff experience highly desirable.
Required Qualifications:
- Required: MS in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or related discipline
Preferred: PhD in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or related discipline - Clearance: TS/SCI
- A minimum of 15 years of experience with bolstering the development and implementation of advanced surface warfare technologies and systems.
- Location: National Capital Region