Position Responsibilities

• Collect information relating to target spanets, target customers, current & potential competitors from multiple sources & synthesize into clear, understandable insights that support superior decision-making

• Organize & update information so that anyone in the organization can find current content easily

• Engage all employees in identifying and reporting valuable spanet intelligence, including supplier, competitor, regulatory and customer information

• Proactively mine/analyze available data sources to further team understanding, develop hypotheses and identify insight

• Develop a broad and rich understanding of key industry/company trends by leveraging secondary data sources to help monitor and diagnose the brand/category and address business issues and information needs

• Closely interact and consult with relevant business functions to ensure objectives, data collection, and analysis support key priorities

• Create strong interconnections across multiple research efforts to deliver a holistic story for stakeholders

• Manage both internal and external resources/vendors to execute spanet research, data analysis, and reporting to ensure cost-efficient, accurate, and timely completion of projects

• Analyze spanet trends and incorporate findings into presentations, reports and white papers

• Review and evaluate data results collected to ensure accuracy and comprehensiveness of research data and analysis

• Convert complex data and findings into understandable tables, graphs, and written reports

• Works on problems of limited scope. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues

• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university program and working toward a degree in a related field.

• Between 0 - 2 years work experience that includes analytical experience, including spanet and competitive research

• Proven proficiency with numbers and statistics, experience analyzing large amounts of data, and an ability to translate that data into business insight

• Must have basic familiarity with multiple research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) and must have a general awareness of advanced analytics and their appropriate application to spanet research data

• Proficiency in computer operation and office software: Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills a must

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Ability to support spanet research projects, generate consumer and spanet insights, and tie these insights to actionable business recommendations

• Deep intellectual curiosity about emerging technologies and spanets

• Must be organized, able to work both independently and within a team, with strong attention to detail and strong project management skills

• Strong analytical skills, both qualitative and quantitative

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Capacity to support numerous projects simultaneously

• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties

• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives

• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products

• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)

• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Environmental Conditions Critical to Performance

• Work is in an office environment, climate controlled through central air conditioning/heating.

• May have some exposure to outside environment while traveling.

Special Requirements

• U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.

Clearance Level

 

The salary range for this role is:

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits:  AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.  For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit:  http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply.  NO agencies please.

Who We Are

Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the world’s most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection in Washington, DC.

Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty – and succeed.

What We Do

Building on a history of technological innovation, AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports an advanced portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems.  Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the company’s hand-launched UAS to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time, airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

ITAR

U.S. Citizenship is required. Secret or Top Secret clearance, or the ability obtain a clearance is desired.