Senior Undersea Systems Engineer

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Department Summary:

MITRE’s Naval Integration & Operations Department provides systems engineering, analysis, research, and technical advisory support for challenging naval missions across the maritime and joint domains. The Naval Integration & Operations Department is seeking a Senior Undersea Systems Engineer to serve as a technical task leader, guiding multidisciplinary teams through the analysis, development, integration, and delivery of engineering solutions for undersea warfare and naval capabilities.

The task leader will work directly with sponsors, lead technical execution, coordinate contributors across MITRE, establish technical direction, manage task-level risks and dependencies, and translate complex engineering analysis into actionable recommendations for senior government decision makers.

Roles & Responsibilities :

Serve as the technical task leader for undersea systems engineering efforts, establishing task objectives, technical approach, priorities, schedules, and deliverables.

Lead multidisciplinary teams conducting systems engineering, operational analysis, requirements development, architecture assessments, technology evaluations, and capability assessments supporting undersea warfare missions.

Engage directly with government sponsors to understand mission needs, shape analytical questions, develop courses of action, and guide task execution toward useful operational outcomes.

Integrate technical contributions across engineering, operations, intelligence, communications, sensing, combat systems, and other relevant disciplines into coherent recommendations and decision products.

Manage task execution, including technical reviews, work planning, risk identification, issue resolution, dependencies, and quality of deliverables.

Apply systems engineering principles across the lifecycle of naval capabilities, including requirements, design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.

Communicate complex technical findings and recommendations through concise written products, briefings, working sessions, and direct engagement with sponsors and senior stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical field and 5 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with relevant experience sufficient to immediately contribute at the Senior career step.

Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Knowledge of naval undersea operations and undersea warfare missions.

Experience with one or more of the following areas:

Submarine Operations Theater Undersea Warfare Operations Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)
Undersea threat systems. Joint and maritime undersea operations and intelligence…