Director, Ops Analysis (R5036)

Washington, D.C.. Posted 4 months ago

The role

Lead and manage the Hivemind Solutions Operations Analysis team. Turn operational problems into quantitative insights that shape product strategy, engineering priorities and customer engagement. The team uses modeling, simulation, wargaming and mission-level trade studies.

What you will do

Lead and manage the Hivemind Solutions Operations Analysis team, including hiring, mentoring, prioritization and performance management.
Build an operations analysis capability that informs product strategy, autonomy roadmap decisions, customer pursuits and program execution.
Define and execute mission analysis, campaign analysis, force-on-force studies, CONOPS evaluations and operational trade studies.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Business Development and Program teams to turn operational problems into analytical studies.
Guide use of tools such as AFSIM, NGTS, STK, MATLAB, Python and custom simulations.
Set standards for analytical rigor, model credibility, sensitivity analysis and uncertainty characterization.
Create executive-ready briefings on analysis, assumptions, results and recommended decisions.
Support customer engagements with technically grounded analysis of Hivemind-enabled systems' operational value.
Work with engineering teams to define the autonomy behaviors and test data needed to improve model fidelity.
Build reusable analysis frameworks, scenarios and metrics that scale across programs and domains.

Required qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations research, applied mathematics, computer science, physics, aerospace, systems engineering, data science or a related technical field.
10+ years of relevant experience in operations analysis, mission analysis, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, military analysis or campaign analysis.
5+ years of experience leading teams, projects or technical analysis efforts.
Experience using modeling and simulation to inform real product, system, program or operational decisions.
Strong understanding of military operations, mission planning, force employment, kill chains, sensing, communications, autonomy, aircraft systems or weapons systems.
Ability to translate ambiguous operational questions into structured analysis plans and decision-quality outputs.
Experience working with engineering, product, business development, strategy or customer-facing teams.
Strong technical communication skills, including briefing senior leaders and customers.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly.
U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Nice to have

Master's degree or PhD in operations research, engineering, applied mathematics, data science, aerospace, systems engineering or a related technical field.
Experience with AFSIM, NGTS, STK, MATLAB, Python, Cameo, custom simulation environments or other mission and campaign analysis tools.
Experience analyzing autonomous systems, collaborative autonomy, uncrewed aircraft, crewed-uncrewed teaming, electronic warfare, space, missile, maritime or air combat systems.
Experience supporting defense product development, advanced concepts, government capture efforts, experimentation, test planning or mission engineering.
Familiarity with model validation, verification, credibility assessment, sensitivity analysis, design of experiments and uncertainty quantification.
Experience building analysis teams, establishing technical standards and scaling analytical capabilities.
Prior military, government laboratory, FFRDC/UARC, defense contractor or aerospace experience.
Active U.S. security clearance.

Benefits

Bonus
Benefits
Equity (full-time regular employees)
Temporary benefits package, applicable after 60 days of employment (temporary employees)

Before you apply

U.S. citizenship is required.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance is required.
All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.