Senior - Level Capability Assessments, Experimentation & Future Requirements Analyst

Senior – Level Capability Assessments, Experimentation & Future Requirements Analyst

Capstone Research Corporation is seeking to expand our team. Capstone Research Corporation is headquartered in Huntsville Alabama. We are a customer-oriented engineering services company providing world class research and development support across the Department of Defense (DoD): Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Capstone offers 100% Company Provided Medical and Dental Insurance, Matching 401K, and Profit Sharing as part of our top-notch benefits package.

We have an immediate opening for a Senior - Level Capability Assessments, Experimentation & Future Requirements Analyst to support Commander Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting in San Diego, CA. This will be a high visibility position for Capstone Corporation with a significant opportunity for growth. Salary based on relative experience and education.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support SMWDC HQ, Fleet Forces Command (FFC), Commander, Pacific Fleet (CPF), Commander, Naval Surface Forces (CNSF), and OPNAV in capability assessments across all mission area capabilities
• Conduct capability assessments, supporting experimentation, development of future operational requirements, and writing technical documentation to enhance surface force readiness and modernize future naval capabilities.
• Conduct capability assessments to include the evaluation and assessment of the readiness and operational capabilities of naval forces across various mission areas including Surface Warfare, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Amphibious Warfare, and Integrated Air and Missile Defense.
• Support experimentation to include assuming key roles in the support and execution of experimentation programs to test and evaluate new capabilities.
• Develop future requirements and aid in the requirement identification and documentation process. Create and refine future requirements documentation, integrating warfighter needs into the official budgeting planning process as well as incorporating them into existing and planned Fleet training programs.
• Provide technical writing. Draft and review critical documents such as Concepts of Operation (CONOPS), Concepts of Employment (CONEMP), and tactical publications. Draft, review, and edit Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP), Tactical Bulletins (TACBULS), and Trainer Requirements Documents (TRD).
• Analyze warfighting performance. Analyze performance metrics and conduct direct observations to improve warfighting performance and readiness.
• Support strategic planning. Provide expert analysis to senior leaders to influence strategic planning and budget processes. Support Fiscal Year data calls with emphasis on Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Presidential Budget activities.
• Develop issue papers supporting future requirements to improve advanced training by conducting investment assessments comparing POM requirements to actual execution and delivery. Evaluate surface force mission area continuums (AMW, IAMD, MIW, Surface ASW, SUW) annually prior to POM submission.
• Create plans and programs to improve warfighting performance and readiness of surface forces, integrating requirements into Surface Warfare Training Continuum (SWTC), Integrated Prioritized Capabilities List (IPCL), Fleet Training Warfare (FTW), Surface Ready Group (SURFRG), and other formal budgeting plans.
• Evaluate and assess unit-level mission area readiness and operational capability through direct observation and performance metrics analysis to support advanced training phase preparation.
• Monitor Navy Component Commander (NCC), Numbered Fleet Commander (NFC), Joint Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC), and Commander Task Force (CTF) staff readiness through direct observation and performance metrics analysis.
• Contribute to Fleet Collaborative Team (FCT) providing detailed technical and tactical recommendations for Warfare Improvement Program (WIP) and SMWDC IPCL development.
• Conduct analysis of Fleet Wholeness trends and projects, coordinating with Fleet offices to identify operational requirements and determine readiness improvements.
• Monitor operational proficiency trends and training readiness shortfalls using Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) performance results, post-event analysis, Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) data, and Fleet input.
• Compile, analyze, and consolidate technical information into clear documentation supporting programmatic performance metrics analysis for IAMD, SUW, ASW, AMW, and MIW systems.
• Develop and monitor inputs to Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) program for testing new technologies, conducting risk reduction measures, and refining tactical guidance.
• Support Technical and Modernization Working Groups, Knowledge sharing networks, SURFRG Working Groups, and Surface Warfare Enterprise initiatives.
• Provide analytical and technical analysis for impact studies, operational cost/benefit analysis, dependency models, and project tracking supporting capability assessments.
• Draft white papers, issue papers, concept papers, impact statements, technical reports, meeting summaries documenting analysis results and pertinent SMWDC planning activities.

Requirements:

• Possess current Security Clearance of SECRET.
• At least 15 years of recent experience as a Qualified SWO.
• At least 5 years of recent experience in technical writing, writing Project Objective Memorandum (POM) issue papers, dualies, CONOPS, CONEMPS, or similar documents.
• Knowledge of and/or experience with the U.S. Fleet Forces Warfighting Improvement Process (WIP).
• Experience within the last 8 years on the OPNAV Staff in the N8 or N9 branch, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of and/or experience with the DoD Acquisition process.
• At least 5 years of recent proficiency with Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office Suite Applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook, Sharepoint)