Defence Modelling & Simulation Practitioner

At Coras, we fuse expertise with humanity, rigour with creativity and innovation with curiosity. At the core of our business is the belief that a diversity of perspectives is the key to new thinking. That’s why our team brings together deep industry experience with some of the brightest young minds in Australia. Our values are more than just words on an email signature; we’re driven by an ethos that inspires and governs everything we do.

The Role

A successful candidate will have the ability to leverage operational analysis (OA) to bolster Australia’s Defence capability in the long term, and use judgment to analyse options, contribute to the design of activities for the purpose of OA outcomes, and contribute to decisions to prioritise continual improvement areas to maximise stakeholder outcomes. As a Defence consultancy, we also need you to be an Australian Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a AGSVA Security Clearance.

We require an experienced modelling and simulation practitioner to join our team, delivering a service to Defence’s most exciting project in Sydney. The project is fundamentally operations analysis which encompasses analytical studies, experimentation, wargaming, modelling and simulation, which is used to quantitatively identify and exploit opportunities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The role will be relied upon to identify gaps in warfighting capability, test and evaluate proposed and existing systems, and develop requirements for new systems by assessing the effectiveness of tactics within the Maritime Domain.

Our Ideal Candidate

It is required that you can demonstrate an understanding of the factors influencing Science & Technology research and development, and its relevance to the National Defence Strategy including, the ability to recognise technology opportunities that could bolster Australia’s Defence capability long term and use scientific judgement to analyse options, contribute to the design activities and contribute to decisions to prioritise research areas.

Essential skills and attributes include:

• At least 8 years of relevant experience, or relevant post-graduate qualification
• Experience with the Australian Defence Force
• An active NV1 AGSVA Security Clearance (or higher) or the ability to get one.
• Proven knowledge and experience in wargaming, modelling and simulation to support Operations Analytics, the Maritime environment operations and Navy Capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience in the development and application of models and simulations across the five ADF domains (Air, Land, Maritime, Space, and Cyber), including unmanned systems, weapons, platforms, and military operations.
• Modelling of unmanned systems, weapons, platforms across the five ADF domains, command and control systems, sensors, robotics systems, signal processing, real-time modelling, vision processing, computer modelling based effects of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), and algorithm development.
• Proven capability in modelling the effects of Cyber and Information Warfare within joint and multi-domain operational contexts.
• Strong background in developing physical and mathematical models of complex defence systems, including sensors (e.g., radar and sonar), electronic warfare systems (RF and EO), and systems of systems.
• Experience modelling the behaviour and interaction of military units—from individuals to teams and larger force groupings—for use in analytical, human-in-the-loop, and closed-loop experimentation.
• Expertise in creating models and simulations for wargaming applications, incorporating both human-in-the-loop and automated (closed-loop) scenarios.

Having these other abilities would also be awesome (but not mandatory):

• Experience in the Royal Australian
• Navy Experience with “Above the Line” support directly to the Commonwealth

Why join Coras?

Coras prides itself of being a management consultancy with a difference. Underpinned by our core values, we are trailblazers for innovative consulting models and strategic solutions. As a result, we have built a culture that has our people’s aspirations, development and wellbeing front and centre.

Some of our employee benefits include:

• Well defined pathway for advancement
• Access to SME coaches to support your development
• Paid parental leave provisions
• Access to external and internal training
• An additional 5 days per year of professional development leave
• Whole of company annual conference
• The opportunity to work with like-minded people on exciting projects
• Access to our Employee Assistance Provider