Scientific & Technical Intelligence Analyst (Quantum Focus)

Position Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct all-source intelligence analysis on basic, emerging, disruptive, and breakthrough technologies with potential military or dual-use applications.
• Assess foreign state and non-state actor capabilities that may threaten USMC systems, defense infrastructure, or supply chains.
• Produce forward-looking intelligence assessments on advanced technologies up to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 and evaluate their impact on USMC operational forces and Force Design 2030.
• Analyze global advancements in leading-edge technologies and project their discovery, development, and deployment timelines.
• Deliver original, authoritative intelligence products independently and in collaboration with Service Intelligence Centers and STIC working groups.
• Evaluate risks associated with the transfer, diversion, or foreign involvement in U.S. defense and dual-use technologies.
• Support national-level intelligence production, including contributions to threat capability assessments and Intelligence Community baseline assessments.
• Identify vulnerabilities within defense industrial base and supply chains and assess associated national security implications.
• Produce intelligence assessing impacts to Defense Critical Infrastructure and U.S. nuclear enterprise.

Quantum Information Science (QIS) Focus

• Conduct all-source analysis of global and adversary developments in:
• Quantum Computing
• Quantum Communication
• Quantum Sensing
• Assess military applications and operational implications of quantum technologies on U.S. and adversary capabilitie

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Experience in all-source intelligence analysis within scientific, technical, or defense domains.
• Strong understanding of emerging technologies and their military applications.
• Familiarity with intelligence production processes supporting national and defense communities.
• Ability to produce clear, concise, and actionable intelligence assessments.
• Experience with Quantum Information Science or advanced physics-related domains preferred.