USW/Submarine Warfare Action Officer

McLaughlin Research Corp. has openings for Submarine Warfare Action Officers supporting NUWC Newport, RI. Action Officers support day-to-day operations and coordination for Department of the Navy programs, aligned to strategic Undersea Warfare mission areas. This is a full-time, on-site position based in Newport, RI for a Undersea Warfare Action Officer. Overall responsibilities include managing and supporting Science and Technology / Research and Development program activities, analyzing data, preparing systems engineering assessments and technical reports, and facilitating communications between stakeholders.

The Action Officer will be embedded with the government team and support senior decision makers with programmatic and technical efforts. They perform engineering and technical analyses to assess USW capabilities, advancing and supporting critical efforts associated with: unmanned platforms/ robotic autonomous systems (RAS), mining/ mine countermeasures, undersea lethality & weapons, subsea-seabed warfare (SSW), or Tactical Oceanography (TAC-O). They provide subject matter expertise in these domains that enable US Navy leadership to make assessments, decisions, and plans to deliver warfighting capabilities via emerging undersea technologies. Action Officers will serve as a liaison between military, engineering, and programmatic stakeholders. This position may involve periodic travel for test support and stakeholder technical exchanges (if necessary to support task execution).

Qualified applicants will have a strong background in problem-solving and analytical skills, organizational skills, and interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, able to rapidly assess a problem, reliable to deliver on time, quick thinking, and be able to balance the requirements of multiple stakeholders. They should preferably be familiar with systems engineering practices, providing programmatic support to decision-makers at various levels, and undersea systems operational research and analysis.
Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years experience, preferably in an engineering discipline. 3 or more years of additional relevant experience from military or private sector may be considered in lieu of the Bachelor's Degree.
• Professional experience in engineering, technical analyses, action officer roles, and/or operations research and analysis
• Familiarity with Navy (esp. USW and submarine warfare) operations, terminology, doctrine, and protocols
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to work independently and/or with members of integrated project teams in the accomplishment of technical task objectives.
• Experience executing or reviewing technical studies, analysis, or design activities
• Active US Department of Defense Secret clearance, with an ability to be eligible for a Top Secret Clearance (if required for specific tasking)
Preferred Qualifications

• An ability to understand technical documents and tactics, techniques, and procedures documents, and compare those to programmatic requirements. Also, and ability to quickly derive information from such documents for presentation to program stakeholders with various backgrounds
• Previous direct experience with submarine launchers, weapons systems, defensive systems, and various undersea payloads, especially in the US Navy’s Science and Technology/ Research and Development portfolio
• Experience operating, maintaining, testing, or analyzing submarine platform systems or related, complex mechanical or software systems
• At least 5 years of experience in submarine operations or undersea warfare. Junior Officer or Department Head experience is a plus.
• Previous experience supporting engineering tasks in support of NUWCDIVNPT or the Navy SSW community is a plus.