Industrial Organization Economist

MITRE is seeking an industrial organization economist or related field to support our portfolio of applied microeconomics work across an exciting and diverse set of sponsors.

Responsibilities:

• Develop custom research using advanced economic and econometric techniques (time series, panel, discrete choice, reduced form causal inference, structural modelling, etc.)
• Handling large datasets to conduct data driven analysis
• Analysis in support of regulatory policy, pre- and post-implementation analysis
• Creative application of economic theory and models in multiple domains when facing data constraints

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience
• Academic (teaching, research) experience counts towards minimum
• Experience in Advanced econometrics, specifically structural econometric modeling (ie. GMM Generalized Method of Moments)
• Ability to obtain U.S. security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industrial organization, international trade, international finance, supply chains, critical infrastructure, and/or defense
• Mathematical modeling
• Experience with computable general equilibrium modeling is desired, not required
• PhD, PhD Candidate in Economics

Required Clearance:

• Top Secret

Salary range:

• $113,600 - $142,000 - $170,400 Annual

Work Location:

• Hybrid (McLean, VA)
• Application deadline: 07/31/2026
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