Mike Yuran - Aberdeen Proving Ground (Department of Defense)

I am a civil service employee for the government. I work at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. For 21 years, I worked for an organization called Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) doing interior and exterior ballistics analysis. For the last 2 and a half years, I have worked for the firing tables branch. I am employed by Picatinny Arsenal, but still work at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG). I do ballistics analysis work and software testing work for NATO projects. Twice a year, NATO meetings are held at APG and I attend the meetings.

Working on the NATO projects. I do software testing for a project called NABK (NATO BALLISTICS KERNAL). The data from this project is used by our soldiers fighting in the field to help them determine firing parameters.

Be patient when applying for positions. It took me 3 years from the time I graduated to find my current position. Aberdeen Proving Ground is one organization that hires quite a few Mathematicians. Good Luck in your search.