Microelectronics Chief Engineer

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MITRE’s Electronic Systems Development department seeks a Microelectronics Chief Engineer to provide technical leadership for the microelectronics capability within the Signals & Electronics Division. The department develops and demonstrates microelectronic systems for sensing, communications, navigation, and other national security missions. Working with the Microelectronics Capability Steward and Division Chief Engineer, you will connect sponsor needs with technical strategy, rigorous engineering, research, laboratories, and reusable assets.

Roles & Responsibilities :

As Microelectronics Chief Engineer, you will guide the technical quality, mission relevance, and evolution of the microelectronics capability, aligned with division technical strategy and approved capability priorities. You will remain directly engaged in consequential sponsor work and provide independent technical judgment across projects and organizational boundaries. This Senior Principal role has no direct reports; formal delivery, staffing, and investment decisions remain with the accountable leaders.

Develop and maintain the microelectronics technical roadmap with the Capability Steward, aligning it with division strategy, sponsor demand, technology trends, and lessons from direct work. Recommend research, workforce, laboratory, tool, and reusable-asset investments to the Division Chief Engineer and accountable leaders.

Guide technical approaches and quality for microelectronics work, including requirements, architectures, design and verification methods, prototype evaluation, and readiness criteria. Convene technical reviews, engage relevant experts, assess evidence and risks, and recommend corrective action; ensure material concerns are addressed, documented, or escalated through established governance before delivery.

Shape and contribute directly to sponsor work, translating mission needs into credible microelectronics approaches and prototypes. Integrate ASIC, FPGA, embedded systems, fabrication, test, and security expertise as needed; resolve technical interfaces and escalate consequential risks or conflicts beyond the capability’s scope to the Division Chief Engineer.

Assess capability health using evidence of technical maturity, mission application, workforce depth, laboratory and tool readiness, utilization, and dependencies. Guide validation, modernization, adoption, and reuse of design methods, intellectual property, reference designs, test infrastructure, and other capability assets; recommend consolidation or retirement where warranted.

Mentor engineers and emerging technical leaders through design reviews, actionable feedback, technical communities, and hands-on work. Promote interdisciplinary teaming, knowledge sharing, and engineering practice; advise department and division leaders on emerging skill needs and technical development opportunities.

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