Operations Research Analyst

About the role

Locations: El Segundo, California Categories: Professional Services Req ID: 24989 Overview Job Title: Senior Operations Research Analyst Location: El Segundo; LAAFB Job Type: Full-Time Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance required; TS/SCI preferred Salary: $110,000 +  annually* *depending on experience, certifications, and qualifications     We are seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to Space Systems Command, Space Sensing Directorate (SSC/SN). The selected candidate will conduct quantitative analyses that support acquisition decisions, program execution, mission effectiveness, resource allocation, risk management, and performance assessments for space-based missile warning, missile tracking, missile defense, battlespace awareness, and technical intelligence capabilities.   Key Responsibilities Apply operations research, statistical analysis, modeling, simulation, and decision-analysis techniques to complex aerospace and defense problems. Develop and evaluate Courses of Action, trade studies, alternatives analyses, and investment recommendations. Analyze cost, schedule, performance, risk, reliability, readiness, and mission-effectiveness data. Support mission-level and system-of-systems analyses across space, ground, communications, processing, and command-and-control segments. Develop models, simulations, dashboards, decision-support tools, and analytical products for government leadership. Conduct sensitivity analyses, scenario assessments, forecasting, optimization, and predictive analyses. Evaluate program risks, dependencies, critical paths, resource constraints, and impacts to operational capability. Support integrated master schedule analysis, milestone planning, program health assessments, and readiness reviews. Assess performance of missile warning, OPIR, sensor fusion, mission data processing, and sensor-to-shooter capabilities. Integrate data from technical, programmatic, operational, financial, and acquisition sources to identify trends and decision drivers. Define analytical methodologies, assumptions, measures of effectiveness, measures of performance, and evaluation criteria. Validate models and analytical results; document assumptions, limitations, findings, and recommendations. Prepare executive briefings, technical reports, decision papers, risk assessments, and data-driven recommendations. Participate in IPTs, technical interchange meetings, program reviews, engineering review boards, and customer working groups. Coordinate with government stakeholders, operational users, contractors, mission partners, and multidisciplinary engineering teams. Translate complex analytical results into clear recommendations for senior technical and acquisition leadership. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Data Science, or a related technical field. At least 5 years of relevant operations research, data analysis, systems analysis, aerospace, defense, or acquisition experience. Experience with modeling and simulation, statistical analysis, optimization, forecasting, risk analysis, or decision analysis. Experience analyzing complex systems, programs, missions, schedules, resources, or performance data. Experience developing analytical reports, briefings, dashboards, and decision-support products for senior leaders. Knowledge of Department of Defense acquisition, systems engineering, or program-management processes. Strong analytical, technical writing, communication, and presentation skills. Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with government and contractor stakeholders. Active DoD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, or a related discipline. Experience supporting Space Systems Command, Space Force, Air Force, missile warning, missile tracking, OPIR, SBIRS, FORGE, or related space programs. Experience conducting architecture analysis, system-of-systems analysis, mission-thread analysis, or sensor-to-shooter assessments. Experience with cost and schedule analysis, earned value, integrated master schedules, critical-path analysis, and program health assessments. Experience developing risk models, Monte Carlo simulations, reliability analyses, resource-allocation models, or operational effectiveness assessments. Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Agile development, and decision-quality analytics. Experience presenting analytical findings and recommendations to senior government, military, or industry leadership. Active TS/SCI clearance.