Wireless Communications Systems Engineer

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Department Summary:

MITRE’s Technology & Engineering Organization has an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic technical team having a substantial impact on the design and development of communications systems in support of various U.S. Government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, and others. Our sponsors rely on a wide range of wireless communications systems, including commercial radios, cellular technologies, satellite communications, tactical data links, and other mission-critical systems.

We assess, design, analyze, prototype, and test advanced communications technologies to further the public good.

We are seeking Communications Systems Engineers with knowledge of Military Communications to contribute to the specification development, integration, and test strategies of next generation Military Communications systems. This is an opportunity for a Communications Systems Engineer who is highly motivated, innovative and proactive. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand one’s systems architecture, modeling and trade space analysis skills.

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Responsibilities Include:

Performing systems engineering analysis for requirement trades, design and integration trades, end-to-end performance analysis, and identifying risk mitigation approaches

Articulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties.

Communicating work program uncertainties, risks and opportunities with department leadership and Sponsors Development, decomposition, and reviewing system requirements

Supporting requirements management, interface management and architecture change management processes

Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for the US Government agencies

Tasks may include working groups or studies covering multiple engineering domains while interfacing and collaborating across multiple stakeholders to create timely and actionable recommendations.

Tasks may also include hands-on prototyping, integration, and testing activities.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience; or master’s degree with 3 years of related experience; or a PhD; or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience

Demonstrated proficiency and strength in verbal and written communication skills.

Demonstrated proficiency in virtual and live presentation of complex technical issues.

Experience with planning, executing and presenting complex trade studies.

Experience in systems engineering with expertise across the development lifecycle from concept development, through requirements definition, system development and integration, and into verification.

Experience in working with multiple engineering disciplines to provide…