Senior Advisor, Human-Machine Teaming

What you'll do

• Design and conduct qualitative and quantitative research at exercises, deployments, and training events; analyze operator feedback and performance.
• Translate research findings into recommendations for training, product design, doctrine, and CONOPs; publish analyses and white papers.
• Coordinate operational knowledge-sharing and engage military, research, and academic stakeholders.

What they ask for

• Substantial experience working with or as part of Special Operations Forces or specialized expeditionary units.
• Master’s degree or Ph.D. (or equivalent demonstrated publication track record) in a relevant field, such as Security Studies, Defense Analysis, Cognitive Science, Military Science, or Human Systems Integration.
• Experience designing mixed-method research in austere or time-sensitive field environments; track record authoring white papers, field studies, or peer-reviewed operational analyses.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% globally; active U.S. Secret clearance required.

Nice to have

• Prior experience evaluating or designing curriculum for un-crewed platforms.
• Familiarity with human-in-the-loop (HITL), human-on-the-loop (HOTL), and autonomous C2 software architectures; experience with military test organizations.

Pay

$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Lattice OS

AI focus

Researches human-machine teaming with autonomous systems, including operator trust, cognitive load, performance, and the operational use of autonomous swarms and collaborative combat systems.