Artificial Intelligence support to Modeling and Simulation Life Cycle - NATO

Artificial Intelligence support to Modeling and Simulation Life Cycle - NATO 
 
Location: Norfolk, Virginia 
Type: Contract, Hybrid, On-Site 

 
Role Overview: 
NATO’s Modelling, Simulation, and Learning Technologies (MSLT) Branch, in Norfolk, Virginia is seeking a skilled Artificial Intelligence (AI) support to Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Life Cycle (LC) to support secure, reliable, and scalable development in defense contexts for a four month period of performance. This role focuses on developing a conceptual description and design to the overall approach to M&S LC automation. As an AI M&S LC support, you’ll help demonstrate current limits of automation of M&S LC to provide future NATO AI driven M&S standards.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Problem Definition & Requirements Analysis: Identify objectives; define key requirements, constraints, and stakeholders; and establish measures to the problem 

• Development: Develop representation of system or problem; identify key entities and processes; and define assumptions and scope.  

• Design:  translate model into design; use appropriate modeling techniques; and define parameters, algorithms and data structures. 

• Implementation:  develop model(s) using programing languages; integrate data sources and methods; optimize performance and scalability 

• Verification & Validation (V&V): verify model(s) are built correctly and validate model(s) accurately represent the real-world system.  

• Experimentation:  Develop scenario that reflects operating environment; design experiment to cover problem statement, conduct simulation runs; interpret results, identify areas for improvement. 

• Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with NATO’s developers and IT teams to integrate secure coding practices and support the continuous improvement of security protocols. 

• Documentation & Compliance: Maintain comprehensive documentation of measures and configurations, ensuring compliance with NATO requirements. 

Qualifications 

• Master’s Degree in M&S, alternatively, can demonstrate 5 years professional experience in M&S domain. 

• Minimum of 2 years of experience with military M&S domain.  

• Minimum of 3 years of experience with analytical M&S within the last 5 years. 

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in applied AI. 

Standout Qualifications 

• NATO clearance preferred, not required 

Why Join Us? 
This role provides a unique opportunity to work on unique projects that directly contribute to NATO’s operational readiness and international security. As part of the MSLT team, you will be part of an innovative team pushing the boundaries of defense technology. IDW offers competitive compensation, professional growth opportunities, and a dynamic, mission-driven environment. 

Apply today to be part of NATO’s AI support to M&S LC!