Program Analyst

Job Summary
As a Program Analyst at Indigo Industries you’ll accelerate the delivery of warfighter-relevant capabilities by helping shape exercise planning, test & evaluation, and prototype transition efforts. You’ll work at the intersection of operations, engineering, and acquisition to provide programmatic analysis, measurement, and coordination that drive decisions across rapid prototyping, nontraditional T&E, and fielding activities. You’ll join multi-disciplinary teams that execute joint/exercise participation and move prototypes from demonstration to transition under the Adaptive Acquisition Framework.

Indigo Industries Overview

What you’ll do

• Lead program analysis and performance measurement for prototype efforts: develop metrics, track cost/schedule/technical risk, and produce bodies of evidence that support acquisition and transition decisions.
• Plan and coordinate exercises, experiments, and operational utility assessments: scope objectives, develop scenarios, integrate prototypes and technical capabilities, and support execution and after-action reporting.
• Integrate electronic warfare, resilient communications, autonomy, and other technical capabilities into test and exercise environments; work with engineering and test teams to ensure realistic operational conditions.
• Prepare and maintain program artifacts: schedules, planning guidance, collection/test plans, decision-point briefings, and transition roadmaps consistent with OUSD(R&E) and AAF approaches.
• Serve as the programmatic interface between customers, program managers, engineers, testers, and contracting teams to align requirements, funding lines, and fielding strategies.
• Synthesize technical and operational data into concise reports and briefings for program leadership and DoD stakeholders emphasizing operational utility, risks, and recommended lines of effort.
• Support implementation of DoD acquisition and test policies relevant to prototype contracting, rapid procurement, and nontraditional T&E methods.

Basic qualifications

• Experience in program analysis, program management, or operations analysis supporting defense programs.
• Familiarity with Department of Defense acquisition constructs (Adaptive Acquisition Framework) and prototype-based contracting.
• Demonstrated experience planning or supporting exercises, experiments, or operational test events.
• Strong analytic, written, and briefing skills; ability to translate technical results into decision-quality recommendations.

Preferred qualifications

• Background or hands-on experience with electronic warfare, resilient communications, autonomous systems, or related technical domains.
• Experience integrating prototypes into joint exercises, experiments, or operational assessments.
• Familiarity with OUSD(R&E) test & evaluation approaches and metrics for operational utility.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, test, contracting, and operational stakeholder groups in a rapid-fielding environment.

Why you’ll love it here
Indigo accelerates the delivery of advanced capabilities to the warfighter using a nontraditional, results-driven methodology. You’ll work on high-impact programs that prototype and test technologies in real operational contexts, collaborate across engineering and operational communities, and directly influence which capabilities transition to the field.

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About Indigo
Indigo Industries is a specialized engineering and technical services firm committed to rapidly maturing and transitioning technologies for national security customers. We support rapid engineering and integration, prototype acquisition, joint exercise participation, and nontraditional T&E to shorten the time from concept to fielded capability.

Indigo Industries Overview

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $52,917.30 - $63,728.36 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Experience:

• Military: 5 years (Required)
• Drone operation: 5 years (Preferred)
• Network engineering: 5 years (Preferred)
• Design of experiments: 5 years (Preferred)

Security clearance:

• Secret (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Yuma, AZ 85369 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $52,917 - $63,728