National Security Modeling & Simulation Analyst

RAND Corporation; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time-off

Job summary

RAND Corporation seeks analysts with expertise in modeling and simulation to tackle national security policy challenges. You will lead projects that deliver objective insights for policymakers and clients across a range of defense topics, leveraging strong analytic capabilities and applied sciences.

Responsibilities include developing and validating models, communicating results to decision-makers, and collaborating in multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Expertise in modeling, simulation, and analysis of complex systems using AF SIM.
• Programming and model development in Python, R, MATLAB, Julia, C++, Java or similar.
• Experience with agent-based, discrete-event, Monte Carlo or system-dynamics modeling.

Responsibilities

• Develop, apply, and analyze modeling outputs to examine complex systems and inform decisions.
• Understand national and homeland security operations to design models and validate outputs.
• Communicate results to decision-makers via written products, briefings, and visualizations.

Skills

AFSIM

Programming languages

Agent-based modeling

Monte Carlo

System dynamics

Education

Master's degree (or Bachelor's + 5 yrs)

Tools

Python

R

MATLAB

Julia

C++

Java

Job description

RAND Corporation seeks analysts with expertise in modeling and simulation to tackle national security policy challenges. You will lead projects that deliver objective insights for policymakers and clients across a range of defense topics, leveraging strong analytic capabilities and applied sciences.

Responsibilities include developing and validating models, communicating results to decision-makers, and collaborating in multidisciplinary teams.