Lead Systems Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Partner with Army sponsors to execute mission engineering, architecture development, and capability assessment activities aligned to operational priorities.
• Collaborate across the Systems Engineering Division and MITRE technical community to integrate expertise in systems engineering, digital engineering, communications, modeling and simulation, data analytics, and operational analysis.
• Develop and assess mission architectures, operational concepts, and system-of-systems solutions using mission engineering, MBSE, digital engineering, and quantitative analysis techniques.
• Evaluate capability gaps, mission effectiveness, operational risks, and technical tradeoffs to support government decision-making.
• Apply modern engineering methods and tools, including Digital Engineering, MBSE, AI/ML, data analytics, and modeling and simulation, to support architecture development, requirements analysis, and modernization efforts.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative evaluations of alternative architectures, technologies, and investment options.
• Identify technical risks and uncertainties and support experimentation, prototyping, and risk-reduction activities.
• Support requirements management, architecture development, interface management, integration planning, and test and evaluation efforts.
• Lead small multidisciplinary teams of engineers and analysts to develop mission-focused technical products and recommendations.
• Communicate technical findings and recommendations to government stakeholders, operational users, and MITRE leadership.
• Contribute to research, innovation, and capability development activities that advance MITRE’s systems engineering practice.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 3 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience leading technical tasks or small multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Expertise in Systems Architecture, Mission Engineering, Digital Engineering, Systems-of-Systems Engineering, Modeling & Simulation, or Operational Planning.
• Experience with C2 and communications architectures and mission-level analysis.
• Ability to assess mission effectiveness, cost-performance tradeoffs, and technical risk.
• Experience collaborating with operational users, government stakeholders, industry, and technical teams.
• Strong communication skills and ability to convey technical findings to diverse audiences.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active SECRET or TS/SCI clearance.
• Advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Experience in mission, systems, or enterprise architecture.
• Experience supporting Army modernization, mission engineering, operational analysis, C2, or communications systems.
• Proficiency with MBSE and Digital Engineering tools (e.g., Cameo, SysML, DOORS, Rhapsody).
• Experience with quantitative analysis, modeling and simulation, and data analytics tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python, R, AFSIM, STK, Command PE).
• Experience leading systems engineering analyses in complex systems-of-systems environments.
• Demonstrated innovation, research, publications, or prototype development in systems, mission, or digital engineering.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build effective working relationships with government and technical stakeholders.