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Operations Research Analyst – Space Mission Modeling & Simulation

Colorado Springs, Colorado💼 Full-time💰 $130,000–$130,000🗓 2026-06-25 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing and optimizing defense systems and conducting mission-level modeling and simulation to assess military utility and joint warfighter impacts for space defense.

Role type

Mission-level combat modeler / Operations Research Analyst

Builds

Defense systems concepts and capabilities under study

Domain

National security / Space domain / Defense modeling

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Mission-level modeling and simulation, AFSIM, DoD space and joint force programs, quantitative and analytic abilities

Preferred skills

Campaign-level and defense enterprise-level analysis tools, Python, OptDef, MATLAB, R, SAS, JMP, Java, SQL, MySQL, BI Tools, Excel VBA

Responsibilities

Utilizing studies and analyses to make recommendations regarding military utility and feasibility; Coordinating with senior managers and decision makers to identify and solve problems; Working as part of a contractor team alongside government and contract staff

Seniority

Mid-Senior level (5+ years experience)

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