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📅Mark your calendars! #DATAWorks27 will take place April 13-15 at @NASALangley in Hampton, VA. This annual workshop strengthens the #defense and #aerospace test and evaluation community through rigorous, science- and technology-based approaches to test design and data analysis.
🚀Learn more and stay tuned for details on how to participate: idalink.org/DATAWorks2027
We’re proud to host an interdisciplinary staff of the nation’s best scientists, engineers, policy analysts, operational professionals and intelligence analysts.
Learn why government sponsors rely on IDA: idalink.org/IDA-Sponsors.
📢 IDA is seeking a Personnel Security Specialist to help execute our personnel security program in compliance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual and Intelligence Community directives.
💼 You'll manage data integrity in the SIMS database, track and resolve clearance actions, and support security reviews conducted by @DCSAgov and other agencies. The role also delivers high-touch customer service to IDA staff.
➡️ Four years of related security experience, a bachelor's degree, and SIMS experience are preferred. This is a two-year term appointment with the possibility of extension. Apply today: idalink.org/BOND_PerSec
Happy Birthday, @USNavy! Navy veteran and IDA researcher Casey Tabas shares what she learned through her service as an electronic technician (ET):
We’re pleased to announce that IDA has earned a gold-level Aetna® Workplace Well-being Award, recognizing the organization’s commitment to helping employees live healthier, more supported lives.
🌟 Jim Thorne was named an @aiaa Class of 2027 Associate Fellow. AIAA Associate Fellows are an elite class of researchers known for their contributions to aerospace. He was selected for his impact on the field of astrodynamics and leadership in aerospace communications.
🚀 As a scientist supporting evaluations of space-based systems in the IDA Science, Systems and Sustainment Division, Jim embodies the best qualities of exceptional IDA researchers.
Learn more: idalink.org/Thorne-AIAA
#astrodynamics #aerospace #fellow
📣 IDA’s Science, Systems and Sustainment Division has an immediate opening for a Research Analyst at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado supporting the Missile Defense Agency.
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📊Analysts on this team support test planning and execution, conduct independent and in-depth analyses of test results, identify issues and anomalies, and support real-world missile launch events.
📄 This role suits a strong quantitative analyst who can work independently and brief complex concepts clearly to senior military and civilian leaders. Apply today: idalink.org/RSM_MDS_CO
🌌#WorldSpaceWeek is here. At IDA, our multidisciplinary research teams support U.S. strategic goals in space through policy analysis; technology and threat assessments; force designs; deterrence strategies and more.
🛰️ Find out how we’re meeting the space challenges of today and tomorrow: idalink.org/IDA-Space.
#WSW2026 #Space
Curious about our Summer Associate Program? Hear from Mailynn Nguyen, a Princeton University student and 2026 Summer Associate in our Information Technology and Systems Division.
➡️ Apply now to kickstart your career in research and national defense: idalink.org/SAP_27
🔔IDA's Center for Computing Sciences (CCS) in Bowie, MD has an immediate opening for a Computer Systems Support/Help Desk Technician.
🖥️You'll provide technical and operational support for computers, peripherals, endpoints, networking, and teleconference and audiovisual systems.
📚 Requires a relevant bachelor’s degree with one or more years of support experience (or a high school diploma with three or more years), hands-on experience with Windows and Linux, and a willingness to work hours outside a regular schedule
✍Apply today: idalink.org/Bowie_HD