Operations Research Analyst — Data-Driven Naval Analytics

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Full Time Keyport, Keyport, WA, US

30+ days ago Requisition

MIKEL invests in people and technology – empowering the creative process, building responsive relationships, and propelling innovative solutions from conception to completion for the U.S. Navy. MIKEL is a small woman owned business that has been providing Undersea Warfare Solutions to the Department of Defense since the company’s inception in 1999.

Be a part of our dynamic team whose solutions and services enable the Navy to solve their toughest problems and meet their mission requirements. We have undersea operations experience, combined with engineering and specific subject matter expertise, that provides an in-depth understanding of the problem and a novel, innovative and cost-effective solution. MIKEL is committed to providing an environment that challenges its employees to use and advance their skills and knowledge to provide solutions that exceed customer expectations.

Position: Operations Research Analyst (ORA)

Nature of Role: As an Operations Research Analysts (ORA) you will support four major departments of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport WA. You will provide engineering support services for work occurring in the Test and Evaluation Department; the Undersea Weapons Department; the Undersea Systems & Sustainment Engineering Department, and the Unmanned and Theater Undersea Warfare Systems Department. This work includes Test, Training, and Evaluation (TT&E) of Undersea Warfare (USW) systems and operational readiness assessment support;

repair services for mechanical, electro-mechanical, and electronics systems, assemblies, and components; engineering, production, and test services for assemblies, technical data, and components of varying complexity and life-cycle support of combat and weapon systems.

Responsibilities:

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This position will involve developing and applying mathematical modeling, data analysis, and optimization methodologies to support management decision-making, policy development, and the design of efficient operational, logistical, and decision-support solutions across multiple departments within Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport.

Operations research analysts help determine better ways to coordinate and manage large organizations that require the effective use of money, materials, equipment, and people. This is accomplished by applying analytical methods from mathematics, science, and engineering. Operations research analysts may be concerned with diverse issues such as top-level strategy, planning, forecasting, resource allocation, performance measurement, scheduling, the design of production facilities and systems, supply chain management, pricing, transportation and distribution, and the analysis of large databases.

Analysts gather information, then select the most appropriate analytical technique. Analysts can use any of several techniques, including simulation, linear and nonlinear programming, dynamic programming, queuing and other stochastic-process models, and the analytic hierarchy process. Most techniques involve the construction of mathematical models that attempt to describe the system being studied. The use of models enables the analyst to assign values to the different components and clarify the relationships among them.

The values can be altered to examine what may happen to the system under different circumstances.

Test & Evaluation (T&E) Department: This Department plans, organizes, directs and controls NUWC Division Keyport’s capabilities in…