Associate Operations Research Analyst
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About The Position
At MITRE, we are dedicated to addressing our nation's most pressing challenges while ensuring our employees lead fulfilling lives. As a not-for-profit corporation, we operate without commercial conflicts, focusing solely on the public interest. Our R&D centers work on impactful projects across various sectors, including cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We strive to create a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world through our work. Our culture emphasizes innovation, diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth, making MITRE a unique place to work. The Operations Research department at MITRE is seeking a creative Operations Research Analyst, Statistician, or Data Scientist. This role is part of a large team of over 60 operations research professionals, including nearly 30 PhDs, who provide thought leadership on strategic and technical issues. We perform analyses that enable our sponsors to make informed decisions and lead internal R&D activities to introduce new technical capabilities into the public sector. Our work involves applying advanced analytic techniques to complex interdisciplinary problems that arise within or at the intersection of organizations, operations, and technology. We support projects across defense and public sectors, including military logistics, radio-spectrum frequency management, healthcare delivery, cybersecurity analytics, fraud detection, satellite planning, homeland security, and civilian aviation. In this role, you will apply advanced analytical and mathematical techniques to assist in making difficult policy and acquisition decisions, maximizing operational effectiveness and efficiency, and achieving high-quality engineering solutions. You will present results in an intuitive and actionable manner that can be understood by all sponsor audiences, regardless of their technical expertise. The position requires both independent work and collaboration with a team of technical staff, and you will thrive in a hybrid work environment that includes in-person presence.
