Tactical Aviation Mission Analyst: Air Combat & Systems

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Tactical Aviation Mission Analyst to help evaluate future air combat systems, weapons, countermeasures, and multi-domain sensing. You will bridge operational aviation experience into modeling and simulation, developing scenarios, and communicating results to decision-makers.

You will work with a large team of analysts and engineers to frame questions, apply simulation tools, and interpret results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent military or professional experience relevant to the role.
• Operational experience in tactical or test air missions, including planning, leading, evaluating, or instructing.
• Ability to communicate complex operational concepts with technical teams and partners.
• Willingness to learn modeling and simulation tools, data analysis methods, scripting, or scientific computing workflows.
• Eligibility for Interim Secret security clearance by start date, with potential for Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Apply tactical aviation experience to mission-level analysis of advanced air systems.
• Develop operational scenarios, concepts of employment, tactics, and measures of effectiveness.
• Collaborate with analysts, software developers, engineers, operators, and decision-makers.
• Learn and apply modeling and simulation tools to assess air combat and strike missions at multiple levels.
• Interpret results, communicate insights, and brief findings to diverse audiences.
• Contribute to research on future air combat, autonomy, and force employment challenges.

Skills

Operational aviation experience

Modeling & simulation

Data analysis

Scripting

Communication with technical teams

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AFSIM

Brawler

Suppressor

Data analysis tools

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Tactical Aviation Mission Analyst to help evaluate future air combat systems, weapons, countermeasures, and multi-domain sensing. You will bridge operational aviation experience into modeling and simulation, developing scenarios, and communicating results to decision-makers.

You will work with a large team of analysts and engineers to frame questions, apply simulation tools, and interpret results.