Total 4 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Fort William, PH33 6BS

• As a Supervisory Operations Research Analyst, you will perform duties to include, but not limited to the following:
• Serves as a senior operations research analyst and Division Chief, supervising a professional staff of military and civilian operations research analysts and other technical and support personnel.
• Performs the daily supervision of division personnel, to include assignment of work, reviewing and accepting their products, identifying training requirements, establishing performance objectives and performing evaluations.
• Applies professional knowledge and broad experience in operations research and systems analysis (ORSA) to the study and analysis of force structure, doctrine, materiel, and training or to the development of methodologies, models and analytic tools.
• Participates in and oversees the preparation of the final study/project report and assures that any analysis or methodology appendices prepared elsewhere are integrated into that document.
• Reviews studies/projects for analytical soundness and consistency and prepares comments and recommendations in accordance with TRAC guidance and policy for production and quality oversight.

• Responsible for formulating and guiding the identification, acquisition, sustainment, and deployment of test technologies, simulations, instrumentations, test support networks, test control systems for operational testing and experimentation.
• Oversees a validation, verification, and accreditation program, employing a risk-based approach to support and inform test technology requirements.
• Applies knowledge of systems engineering/ systems analysis concepts, simulation and data collection technologies, mathematics, and statistics.

• Discuss edited drafts with authors to explain suggested changes in content or format.
• Tactfully explain reasons for any needed changes to authors to secure their cooperation.
• Review manuscripts to assure consistency, and understand and apply necessary copyright laws and permissions, and analyze conclusions to ensure they are consistent with the facts presented.
• Edit written material for use at national and international medical and scientific meetings in support of the broad mission of the Borden Institute.
• Determine and recommend advisability of reorganization, condensation or deletion, and rewriting to clarify confusing passages, and adjust stylistic and logical approaches, refine research methods, and select appropriate information to present.
• Ensure compliance of reprinted material with copyright law and respond to problems or inquiries relating to assigned manuscripts or policy interpretation.
• Edit entire textbooks with an average of 25 chapters on different subjects, as well as visual technical information including tables and figures.

Newly-hired mathematicians and mathematical statisticians begin their careers in the Mathematics Development Program (MDP). The goal of the three-year MDP is to provide on-the-job training in the broad range of mathematical and statistical sciences at NSA. This is primarily accomplished through 6-month tours in NSA offices of the MDP participant's choosing. Mentorship is provided for each tour and participants work on real mission problems.

MDP members also study cryptologic mathematics, statistical data mining, and related subjects in courses taught by Agency experts. Participants are required to develop skills in programming and using computational resources to solve mission problems. Various short-term and long-term travel opportunities exist for interested participants but are not required. MDP members are able to take advantage of other professional development opportunities available at NSA as well. This includes continuing education opportunities and optional Agency courses in everything from professional communication to goal setting to machine learning. Career mentorship and participation in professional networks such as WIMS (Women in the Mathematical Sciences) are strongly supported. A healthy work-life balance is encouraged and resources including maternity/paternity leave, counseling services, and financial coaching are available for all employees.

Through the MDP, participants are rooted in the Agency community of mathematicians and mathematical statisticians. Also they are given the opportunity to explore a wide variety of problem sets. At the end of the program, graduates choose their first assignment from any open positions at the Agency.

NSA is unique in its ability to offer the opportunity to work on cutting edge problems in a wide range of technical fields including:
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Human Language technology
- Cryptology
- Signals analysis
- Speech/image/video processing
- Network analysis
- Cyber security
- High performance computing

All employees at NSA have access to diverse opportunities with the expectation that they will continuously grow as professionals. Positions exist that use everything from theoretical to applied mathematics and statistics, and vary from becoming a leading expert in a specialized niche to coordinating technical work across a wide array of disciplines. The choice is yours!

Candidates must possess:
- Strong problem
-solving and analytical skills
- Desire for continual learning
- Ability to work effectively both independently and within diverse teams

For the Entry/Developmental work level, knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas is desired but not required. Successful applicants may learn these skills at the Agency.
- Programming expertise in any language
- Experience in the design, development, use, and evaluation of mathematical models, methods and/or techniques (e.g., algorithm development)

The timeline for hiring mathematicians is quite long, commonly one to two years. We recommend applying when graduation is no more than a year out, as start dates can often flex to accommodate the needs of a successful applicant.