Autonomy Operations Planner & Experiments Lead

LMI; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 148,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI seeks a Planning and Operations Specialist to support a Department of War J7 mission partner with experimentation campaigns that validate and field autonomous capabilities. The specialist coordinates venues, units, stakeholders, and vendors; translates problems into objectives and execution plans; and maintains disciplined follow-through from concept through after-action implementation.

The position requires on-site support in the National Capital Region and an active TS/SCI clearance, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Four+ years in operational planning, experimentation, exercise planning, or a related area.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience planning complex DoD exercises, demonstrations, tests, ranges, or wargames.
• Ability to coordinate schedules, participants, equipment, access, safety, logistics, and data collection.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate autonomous-system experiments, demonstrations, test events, exercises, wargames, workshops, and assessments.
• Translate problem statements into objectives, scenarios, mission threads, measures, and data requirements.
• Coordinate venues, ranges, airspace, safety, security, logistics, travel, and access for events.
• Synchronize units, commands, program offices, labs, and industry partners.
• Develop schedules, event plans, checklists, risk logs, and readiness reviews.
• Support capability integration, rehearsal, and troubleshooting before and during events.
• Collect data, operator observations, test results, and mission outcomes.
• Facilitate after-action reviews and derive lessons learned and corrective actions.
• Translate results into training, tactics, concepts, and fielding changes.
• Maintain continuity across experimentation cycles and track actions.
• Prepare briefs, read-aheads, status reports, and senior-leader materials.
• Identify opportunities to integrate autonomy into Joint exercises and training.

Skills

Operational planning

Facilitation

Organization

Written communication

Stakeholder management

Briefing

Data collection

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365

Work management tools

Job description

LMI seeks a Planning and Operations Specialist to support a Department of War J7 mission partner with experimentation campaigns that validate and field autonomous capabilities. The specialist coordinates venues, units, stakeholders, and vendors; translates problems into objectives and execution plans; and maintains disciplined follow-through from concept through after-action implementation.

The position requires on-site support in the National Capital Region and an active TS/SCI clearance, with