Earth Systems Scientist Lead

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Department Summary:

MITRE's Quantum, Earth, and Energy Systems & Technologies Department is seeking a senior Earth Systems Scientist to work in a dynamic analytical environment focused on solving earth systems science and resilience challenges. This department serves as a vanguard for MITRE to meet the future needs of our customers, requiring technical excellence while encouraging creativity and fostering interests in current and emerging capabilities and technologies across its diverse membership.

Your future colleagues are a collegial team of environmental engineers, systems engineers, physicists, Earth scientists, data scientists, geospatial analysts, and other technical experts who work across MITRE's diverse sponsors and partners.

MITRE's energy and earth systems group provides innovative solutions to strengthen earth systems analysis and resilience to improve national security, protect lives, and safeguard property. We are expanding our program to address key challenges and opportunities such as climate and weather risk, environmental resilience, hazards analysis, hydrology, remote sensing, geospatial analytics, and decision support for critical infrastructure and operations.

Roles & Responsibilities :

Characterize the maturity, limitations, and capabilities of earth systems science methods, models, datasets, and emerging technologies relevant to understanding climate, weather, ocean systems, hydrology, hazards, and environmental resilience.

Evaluate future earth systems science trends, scientific uncertainties, and operational limitations in unique MITRE customer environments and within the context of mission needs and public- and private-sector data sources.

Identify earth systems integration and deployment challenges through analytical and model-based assessments, including evaluation of data quality, model uncertainty, and scenario assumptions.

Frame and communicate earth systems impacts, risk, uncertainty, and decision-relevant findings for customer applications and stakeholders.

Collaborate  with diverse, transdisciplinary experts from across MITRE, our customers, and partners, providing subject matter expertise in earth systems science and related analytical methods.

Analyze and synthesize large observational, remote sensing, geospatial, and model datasets to support evidence-based recommendations and mission decision-making.

Basic Qualifications:

Typically requires a 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; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
8 years of relevant experience in one of the following fields:
Earth Science, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Hydrology, Geology, Environmental Science, Geography, Physics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline.

Deep technical expertise in one or more earth systems…