Senior Defense Simulation & Wargaming Specialist

Charles River Analytics, Inc.; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Paid maternity/paternity leave

Tuition reimbursement

Gym allowance

Free parking

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Charles River Analytics, a GRVTY company, seeks a Simulation Analyst to work on-site with a client on a high-impact defense innovation project. You will serve as a technical simulation expert responsible for configuring, adapting, troubleshooting, and enhancing advanced military simulation capabilities.

Your work will support wargaming, experimentation, analysis, training, and operational decision-making. As a liaison between mission needs and the simulation system, you will translate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field; graduate-level degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in simulation, preferably for military applications.
• Proficient in configuring and operating complex military simulations, with understanding of scenario design, entity behavior, force representation, terrain/environment effects, and simulation run control.
• Experience in scripting, data files, configuration management, version control, issue tracking, logs, telemetry, and reproducible defect reporting.

Responsibilities

• Configure, adapt, troubleshoot, and enhance advanced military simulation capabilities.
• Extend or modify simulation models and scenario configurations as needed; identify performance or fidelity issues.
• Translate operational questions into executable simulation scenarios and gather actionable feedback from users.
• Collaborate with operators, analysts, SMEs to clarify mission context and translate requirements into technical specs.

Skills

Simulation experience

Military simulations

Scenario design

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Python

C++

Lua

SQL

Job description

Charles River Analytics, a GRVTY company, seeks a Simulation Analyst to work on-site with a client on a high-impact defense innovation project. You will serve as a technical simulation expert responsible for configuring, adapting, troubleshooting, and enhancing advanced military simulation capabilities.

Your work will support wargaming, experimentation, analysis, training, and operational decision-making. As a liaison between mission needs and the simulation system, you will translate