Lead Systems Engineer

The MITRE Corporation

$146K — $219K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of relevant experience or 6 years with a Master's, or 3 years with a PhD
  • Secret Clearance required; Top-Secret Clearance preferred
  • U.S. Citizenship required for clearance eligibility
  • Minimum of 4 days a week on-site presence

Responsibilities

  • Identify impact areas for MITRE based on systems and mission engineering insights
  • Utilize modern engineering methods and tools for capability assessment
  • Evaluate alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative analysis
  • Articulate uncertainties in system architectures and define associated risks
  • Develop metrics to analyze system properties such as resiliency and quality
  • Lead requirements management, architecture development, and testing
  • Translate analysis results into actionable insights for government agencies
  • Lead teams to deliver data-driven products for decision-making

Benefits

  • Access to cutting-edge research and engineering opportunities
  • Opportunity for career progression within a high-stakes environment
  • Support for professional development through training and certification programs
  • Collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams of experts
  • Engagement in meaningful projects for federal agencies
Full Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities:

As a Senior Mission Engineer, you will leverage and grow your systems engineering expertise to support the design, implementation, and integration of enterprise systems and systems-of-systems and analysis of missions for federal agencies. Specific responsibilities may include:
  • Using your understanding of systems and mission engineering and an awareness of sponsor needs to determine areas where MITRE can have an impact
  • Applying modern methods and tools such as Model-Based Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Mission Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics to assess capability needs, requirements, architectures, designs, performance constraints and gaps, proposed changes, and verification and test approaches
  • Evaluating and comparing alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques and exploring large tradespaces
  • Articulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures and defining risks and opportunities associated with those uncertainties
  • Identifying or developing metrics to measure and analyze relevant system properties, such as robustness, resiliency, interoperability, quality, and maintainability
  • Supporting and leading requirements management and analysis, interface management, architecture development, architecture change management, and test and evaluation processes
  • Performing system design and development, systems modernization, and architecture activities using MBSE and digital engineering approaches
  • Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for U.S. Government agencies
  • Leading small teams of systems engineers and analysts to develop data-driven products to support government decision-making
  • Participating in internal and external research opportunities in cutting-edge engineering fields


Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience
  • This position requires a Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance.
  • Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements for a clearance, U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Advanced degree in a relevant field
  • Proficiency with modern systems and digital engineering tools (e.g., MBSE, SysML/UML, DOORS, Cameo/MagicDraw, Rhapsody) and development of plugins/extensions
  • Strong quantitative and modeling skills using languages and tools such as AFSIM, MATLAB, Python/R, STK, and Command PE for multi-level modeling, simulation, and operational effectiveness analysis
  • Deep systems and enterprise architecture experience, with broad systems engineering across concept development, requirements, design, test, evaluation, and risk assessment
  • Demonstrated ability to independently lead systems engineering analyses in complex, multi-disciplinary systems-of-systems environments, including objective evaluation of vendor solutions and integration of models across tools
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of innovation, research, or publishing in systems, mission, or digital engineering


This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Secret

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$146,400 - $183,000 - $219,600 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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