Senior Systems and Mission Engineer

Department Summary:

The System and Mission Analysis Department at MITRE is seeking a Senior Systems and Mission Engineer to develop and apply new technologies to solve complex Systems Engineering problems in defense, intelligence, aviation, civil systems, homeland security, healthcare, and cybersecurity.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Modeling architectures of complex systems using standards-based languages (ex. SysML).
• Creating modeling, simulation, and analysis assets to evaluate architectures and processes.
• Articulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties.
• Prototyping technologies to improve Systems Engineering practices or facilitate adoption of these technologies by US Government agencies.
• Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for the US Government agencies.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
• US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a US government clearance
• Experience with systems design and development and multidisciplinary modeling and simulation
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (ex. MATLAB, Python, R, Java, or C++)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Systems/Industrial/Aerospace Engineering or other relevant technical fields with a focus on multidisciplinary issues
• Experience with Analysis of Alternatives/Trade Space Analysis, Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification, Design of Experiments, and Data Analytics
• Hands-on experience with one or more programming languages (ex. Java, C++, JavaScript, Ruby, HTML, SQL)
• Experience with artificial intelligence and machine learning methods and their application to Systems Engineering

Clearance Requirement: Secret clearance required within one year of hire

Work Location Type: Hybrid