Behavioral Scientist

The Senior Behavioral Scientist provides expertlevel behavioral research leadership, methodological rigor, and humanfactors integration supporting planning synchronization within Fusion Synchronization Center (FSC) environments. The role designs and executes complex behavioral studies, synthesizes attitudinal and observational insights, and ensures validated humancentric findings directly inform operational planning cycles, decisionsupport outputs, and mission effectiveness.

Core Responsibilities

Behavioral research design - Plan and lead major behavioral and attitudinal research studies addressing complex operational questions and highimpact assignments.
• Survey & protocol development - Design surveys, focus groups, and experimental protocols using validated behavioral science methodologies.
• Sampling & data collection - Select appropriate sampling strategies and direct data collection activities across multiple concurrent tasks.
• Qualitative & quantitative analysis - Analyze results using rigorous analytical approaches, synthesize findings, and produce research reports aligned with operational decision requirements.
• Performance evaluation - Evaluate research performance outcomes and recommend methodological or operational adjustments that improve project growth and mission effectiveness.
• Humanfactors integration - Integrate validated behavioral insights into FSC planning synchronization pipelines to ensure humancentric considerations inform planning cycles and decisionsupport outputs.

This position is contingent on award of contract.

• TS/SCI active clearance
• Years of Exp/Degree: 8 years with BS/BA, 6 years with MS/MA or 3 years with PhD

• Behavioral research mastery - Survey design, experimental protocols, qualitative/quantitative analysis.
• Humanfactors expertise - Integration of behavioral insights into planning and decisionsupport workflows.
• Methodological rigor - Sampling strategies, validity/reliability standards, mixedmethods approaches.
• Operational alignment - Ability to translate behavioral findings into missionrelevant insights.
• Portfolio leadership - Managing multiple research efforts under hightempo operational timelines.
• Communication excellence - Clear synthesis of complex behavioral findings for technical and nontechnical audiences.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.