Mission Operations Specialist
Core
Tactical-level interface with military operators and planners to ensure effective employment of autonomous maritime systems, embedded in customer environments to support mission planning, training, and operational feedback.
Role type
Senior IC mission operations specialist (maritime defense)
Builds
Autonomous maritime systems and their operational employment concepts
Domain
Defense / Maritime warfare / Autonomous systems
Required skills
operational planning, mission analysis, capability development, tactical-level employment, training delivery, interpersonal trust-building, autonomous system knowledge, maritime warfare concepts, TTP/CONEMP development, user feedback translation
Preferred skills
military background (maritime), autonomous systems experience, defense industry customer-facing role, undersea warfare knowledge, defense acquisition processes, test and evaluation, wargaming
Technologies
Lattice OS, autonomous maritime platforms, sensor fusion
Responsibilities
Support development of mission plans for exercises and operational test and evaluation; Provide tactical advice to customer planners on system capabilities; Develop and maintain tactical procedures, checklists, and planning aids; Contribute to the development of Concepts of Employment (CONEMP) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs); Support the training organization in delivering operator training; Provide operational mentoring and tactical coaching to operators during exercises; Capture user feedback on system performance and translate it into actionable input for engineering; Support post-exercise debriefs and lessons learned capture; Contribute operational input to program reporting and customer performance reviews
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC