Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges-and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day-working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE-and make a difference with us. The Space Mission Integration Department (N113) of MITRE's Air and Space Forces Center - Space Warfighting Division (N110) is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our Space Warfighting Division team in supporting the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) in New Mexico. The successful candidate will demonstrate critical systems engineering thinking to include expert understanding of systems engineering processes that include requirements development, validation/verification of systems through extensive test and exercise (T&E) best practices, integration and test, model-based systems engineering and fundamental understanding of modern system integration challenges in an agile construct. The candidate should have familiarity with rapid acquisition processes that support the DoD and can support and challenge our sponsors with demonstrating and exercising this and more. The candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to the government, providing critical technical recommendations on multiple system integration topics. The candidate will use their skillset in systems engineering to provide our sponsors the expertise necessary in operationalizing critical space systems. The candidate will also collaborate with multiple sponsors, project leaders, and a team of multi-disciplined engineers and SMEs from across our department and locations. Minimum Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of related experience; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years' experience. * Active Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI and SAP. * Technical depth and leadership in systems engineering, preferably in software system integration, command and control, communications/networking, and DoD acquisition programs.
* Works well and is a team player on multi-disciplined system engineering team to provide integration test, training, and exercise strategy and approach in support of space capability deployments.
* Familiarity with end-to-end system lifecycle development, design, testing, integration, and deployment of operational systems.
* Serve as a trusted advisor to our government sponsors.
* Demonstrated experience in system integration, system of systems engineering (SE), agile integration approaches, horizontally scalable architectures, and operational employment of DoD systems/capabilities. * Flexible systems thinker with the ability to deliver results quickly.
* Self-starter with effective time management skills.
* Strong attention to detail, exceptional organizational and communications skills, effective and clear written and oral communication abilities, strategic thinking, and interpersonal skills.
* Working and fluent knowledge of enterprise engineering and architecture, system interfaces, command and control systems (both ground and space based), modeling & simulation.
* Knowledge and understanding of acquisition lifecycle and process across Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, civil, and commercial agencies.
* Understanding of space systems and missions across DoD, the Intelligence Community, and civil and commercial agencies. PreferredQualifications: * Prior experience working DoD space system acquisition programs.
* Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility to execution of multiple mission sets across a set of work programs, and a demonstrated ability to work across organizations and integrate efforts to achieve more impactful outcomes. This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): Top 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/SCI Subject to all federal and state laws, rules and regulations, MITRE requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to their employment start date. MITRE will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals who are legally entitled to an exemption under applicable laws so long as it does not create an undue hardship for MITRE and/or does not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of the employee or others in the workplace. MITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website EEO is the Law Poster and Pay Transparency . MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE's employment process, please contact MITRE's Recruiting Help Line at 703-983-8226 or email at . Copyright © 1997-2023, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only. Benefits information may be found here