Senior Research Fellow
Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Quantico • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
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About the role
- Plan, conduct, and participate in academic and professional forums, including seminars, conferences, and workshops at local, regional, national, and international levels
- Advise government project officers on research priorities and emerging focus areas
- Develop and contribute to information briefings, reports, plans, and recommendations regarding combat capabilities, warfighting concepts, experimentation and wargaming, and science and technology investments
- Coordinate and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including military services, interagency partners, industry and academia, think tanks, and research institutions
- Conduct horizon scanning of the future operating environment to identify indicators of strategically significant change impacting the Nation, DoD, and Marine Corps
- Analyze global, long-range strategic patterns and trends related to emerging threats, technologies, adversaries, allies, partners, and regions at risk of instability or conflict
- Perform independent research and analysis of national and international forecasts across social, technological, economic, environmental, political, informational, and military domains
- Produce authoritative, publishable articles, assessments, commentaries, and staff products.
Requirements
- Advanced degree (Master’s or higher) OR successful completion of a resident Service War College as part of Professional Military Education (PME)
- Bachelor’s degree in National Security Affairs, International Relations, Engineering, Sciences, or other relevant fields
- 15+ years of military experience, particularly within MAGTF operations, EMSO, cyber-related missions, or U.S. Marine Corps doctrine
- Ability to effectively engage and communicate with senior government and military leadership
- Experience reviewing documents, conducting research, and communicating with external partners at TS/SCI and SAP levels across cyber, EW, and/or IO functional areas
- Demonstrated expert knowledge of all four elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) : Command Element (CE), Aviation Combat Element (ACE), Ground Combat Element (GCE), Logistics Combat Element (LCE)
- Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI
- U.S. citizenship required due to the sensitive nature of the role.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance, including Dental and Vision
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with up to 6% dollar-for-dollar employer match
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- All Federal Holidays
- Tuition Assistance and Professional Training
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
research analysisstrategic forecastingcombat capabilitieswargaminginformation briefingsreport writingmilitary doctrinecyber operationselectronic warfareinformation operations
Soft skills
communicationstakeholder engagementrelationship buildingadvisory skillsindependent researchanalytical thinkingcollaborationleadershippresentation skillscritical thinking
Certifications
Top Secret clearanceService War College completion