Future Operations Planner: Unmanned Maritime & Autonomy

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mission Technologies seeks a Future Operations Planner to shape unmanned maritime concepts, plan multi-domain operations, and drive experimentation. You will collaborate across technical and warfare communities to develop concepts of employment and advanced C2 architectures.

The role requires deep planning experience within military/government contexts and strong analytical, briefing, and collaboration skills, along with TS/SCI clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in military or government planning.
• Demonstrated involvement in exercise planning, execution, and post-event analysis.
• Understanding of maritime operations, threat environments, and naval intelligence processes.
• Strong understanding of unmanned maritime systems, autonomy technologies, and emerging operational concepts.
• Experience with operational planning, future operations development, or maritime experimentation.
• Ability to evaluate technical information, operational requirements, and experimentation results and translate them into actionable operational plans.
• Effective communication skills and experience collaborating across technical, operational, and leadership communities.
• Familiarity with Navy and Joint planning processes.
• Ability to synthesize multi-source intelligence into actionable operational insights.
• Strong interpersonal, briefing, and collaboration skills.
• Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop future operations plans that incorporate unmanned systems into multi-domain maritime operations.
• Lead experimentation initiatives, including designing objectives, test plans, hypotheses, and data collection strategies.
• Explore and refine concepts such as manned–unmanned teaming, autonomy-driven decision support, sensor fusion, and C2 architectures.
• Coordinate with fleet units and program offices to synchronize experimentation and transition lessons learned.
• Conduct operational analysis to assess emerging technologies, capability gaps, and evolving threats.
• Produce planning documents, concepts of employment, experimentation reports, and leadership briefing materials.
• Participate in wargaming, scenario development and operational design events for unmanned platforms.
• Promote innovation by identifying rapid capability development opportunities.

Skills

Military planning

Operational briefing

Cross-functional collaboration

Wargaming experience

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mission Technologies seeks a Future Operations Planner to shape unmanned maritime concepts, plan multi-domain operations, and drive experimentation. You will collaborate across technical and warfare communities to develop concepts of employment and advanced C2 architectures.

The role requires deep planning experience within military/government contexts and strong analytical, briefing, and collaboration skills, along with TS/SCI clearance requirements.