Mission Analyst (Operations Research / M&S) – Recon Works

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid on-site)

Travel: <25%

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance required

About NODA

NODA is a veteran-owned, venture-backed defense technology company building the orchestration layer for autonomous unmanned systems. Our platform coordinates fleets of heterogeneous vehicles across air, sea, and land for defense and intelligence customers. We expect every hire to be mission-driven with strong agency.

NODA Recon Works imagines the future of autonomous warfare, then builds it. We are a small team of multidisciplinary technical experts that scouts, analyzes, prototypes, and delivers de-risked technologies to integrate into our products or become new ones altogether.

Engineers wanted for challenging journey. Fast pace, uncertain requirements, imaginative leaps expected, path to production sometimes doubtful. Defense of the free world in case of success.

The Role

As Mission Analyst - Recon Works, you are providing the quantitative rigor in analyzing problems, opportunities, and solutions. You default to trying to understand things objectively and use analysis to back claims. Even ordinary claims require ordinary evidence. Recon Works will use your analysis to understand problems and identify how to start solving them.

Key Responsibilities

Provide quantitative analysis to support all aspects of Recon Works operations: problem modeling, IRAD decisions, prototyping success metrics, etc.

Support buy/build/partner assessments of technology through detailed analysis

Conduct trade space analysis to help identify which technologies are the best fit for missions or CONOPS of interest

Conduct analysis and generate reports on specific technical values or performance parameters of an integrated product

Develop and execute models and simulations to represent emerging technologies, CONOPS, and mission scenarios

Support the mission engineering process in applying product to customer use cases

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field

3+ years of quantitative analysis in a complex technical field

Strong modeling and simulation or optimization background

Demonstrated experience with structured, repeatable problem-solving

U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Experience with design of experiments, simulation methods, statistical analysis, and sensitivity analyses

Experience defining measures of effectiveness and performance (MOEs/MOPs) that connect technology parameters to mission outcomes

Familiarity with model verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A) techniques

Proficiency in Python or a comparable language for model development and data analysis

Preferred Qualifications

Graduate degree in a STEM field

Experience with common M&S tools such as MATLAB, AFSIM, STK, etc.

Portfolio and business case analysis skills

Existing TS/SCI clearance

Experience implementing MBSE using SysML

Skills & Attributes

Imagination and creativity: you treat analysis as a creative act: framing the right question and inventing the right model matters as much as running it

Comfort with ambiguity: where there are no clear measures of performance or effectiveness, you suggest and create them

High agency: you identify the questions that need answering, not just the ones you’re assigned

Technical credibility: you know the strengths and limits of the major M&S tools and can pick the right one for the question

Communication: you use data and analysis to influence people and decisions

Benefits & Perks

Our culture fosters collaboration, respect, and trust, empowering passionate people to do their best work. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth. In addition to an opportunity to take part in an innovative, collaborative and fast-growing business with a highly motivated and skilled team, we also take pride in taking care of our employees. Here are just a few ways that we show our appreciation:

We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans