Conduct rigorous, thoughtful analyses.

IDA allows you to apply the breadth of your knowledge that you have acquired working in complex corporate or government organizations. Here, you can leverage the years of experience in new and challenging ways that have a direct impact on the world around you.

At IDA, our focus is on producing top-notch, objective analyses that helps our customers. As a research staff member, you are given the time to thoroughly investigate some of the most challenging national security issues. Here, you can see the big picture. The analyses you perform affect policies and leading decision-makers within the Department of Defense and beyond. Your experience serves to enhance the full range of talents IDA brings to bear on the work we perform for our sponsors.