Early/Mid-Career Technical Policy Researcher

Job Type:

Regular

Position Description

RAND is seeking highly motivated researchers who would like to use their technical skills and experience to directly impact National and Homeland Security policies at the highest level. As part of RAND’s research staff, Technical Policy Researchers conduct research that assists public policy makers at all levels and the public at large in efforts to strengthen the nation's economy, maintain its security, and improve quality of life. Technical Policy Researchers are expected to bring technical expertise to interdisciplinary teams to bear on a wide range of National and Homeland Security policy problems across RAND’s research agendas. They apply their skills in novel and flexible ways to emerging problems at the cutting edge of their fields and apply their insights to critical policy issues.

Responsibilities

Technical Policy Researchers will use their technical skills (e.g., in engineering, operations research, applied mathematics, physical sciences, and related fields) to:

• Develop research approaches to solve complex policy problems.
• Execute this research using a broad range of analytically rigorous, quantitative and/or qua...