Systems of Systems Integration Engineering Capability Chief Engineer

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MITRE Technology and Engineering’s Systems Engineering Division delivers innovative, multidisciplinary systems engineering solutions that support MITRE and its diverse sponsor base. The division is a leader across government, industry, and academia in advancing next-generation systems engineering and applying best practices to complex national security and public sector challenges. Its technical expertise includes:

Mission, Enterprise, and Domain Engineering Systems Engineering, Architecting, and Lifecycle Integration Digital Engineering, Prototyping, and Modernization Architecture, Interfaces, and Open Systems Performance Analysis, Test, and Evaluation AI-Enabled Systems Engineering The division applies these capabilities across sponsors to address broad national challenges, integrate lessons learned across domains, and continuously strengthen MITRE’s impact and differentiated value in systems engineering.

Roles & Responsibilities :

The Systems Engineering Division is seeking a visionary technical leader to serve as Systems of Systems (SoS) Integration Engineering Capability Chief Engineer (CCE).The CCE will work with division leadership, department managers, and peer CCEs to define and drive the technical strategy, execution, and application of SoS integration. The role advances approaches that enable independently developed systems to work together to achieve mission outcomes, including architecture, interfaces, interoperability, technology insertion, and operational integration.

The successful candidate brings recognized technical expertise, inspirational leadership, creativity, and flexibility across diverse problem sets.

The CCE will collaborate with the Division Chief Engineer, Department Managers, and peer CCEs to bring division capabilities to bear on MITRE's FFRDC work programs. In coordination with the Division CE, the CCE will be accountable for the utility and quality of supported capabilities, including applicable physical and virtual lab infrastructure, shared frameworks, and technical approaches. While not a formal people-management role, the CCE will contribute to staff development and provide technical mentorship across the  addition to direct FFRDC work, the CCE will engage with MITRE's internal research and development program to shape research priorities and mentor staff from ideation through proposal and project execution.

The CCE will also provide individual, senior principal technical support directly to MITRE's work programs. Direct sponsor contributions should focus on technical leadership within SoS integration.

Key

Roles & Responsibilities Technical Quality and Impact Lead technical quality efforts and contribute to development and adoption of technical quality standards within key work programs and labs/capabilities.

Drive technical quality across SoS integration engineering through capability development, strategic investment…