Model Senior Systems Engineer

Department Summary

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

As a Senior Mission Engineer, you will leverage and grow your systems engineering expertise to support the design, implementation, and integration of enterprise systems and systems-of-systems and analysis of missions for federal agencies. Specific responsibilities may include:

• Using your understanding of systems and mission engineering and an awareness of sponsor needs to determine areas where MITRE can have an impact
• Applying modern methods and tools such as Model-Based Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Mission Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics to assess capability needs, requirements, architectures, designs, performance constraints and gaps, proposed changes, and verification and test approaches
• Evaluating and comparing alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques and exploring large trade spaces
• Articulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures and defining risks and opportunities associated with those uncertainties
• Identifying or developing metrics to measure and analyze relevant system properties, such as robustness, resiliency, interoperability, quality, and maintainability
• Supporting and leading requirements management and analysis, interface management, architecture development, architecture change management, and test and evaluation processes
• Performing system design and development, systems modernization, and architecture activities using MBSE and digital engineering approaches
• Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for U.S. Government agencies
• Leading small teams of systems engineers and analysts to develop data-driven products to support government decision-making
• Participating in internal and external research opportunities in cutting‑edge engineering fields

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
• Proficiency in one or more of the programming languages for quantitative analyses (e.g. MATLAB, Mathematica, Python, R)
• Must be a U.S. citizen with ability to possess and maintain a DoD clearance
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on‑site

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Advanced degree in a relevant field
• Deep systems and enterprise architecture experience, with broad systems engineering across concept development, requirements, design, test, evaluation, and risk assessment
• Proficiency with modern systems and digital engineering tools (e.g., MBSE, SysML/UML, DOORS, Cameo/Magic Draw, Rhapsody) and development of plugins/extensions
• Strong quantitative and modeling skills using languages and tools such as MATLAB, Mathematica, Python/R, AFSIM, STK, and Command PE for multi‑level modeling, simulation, and operational effectiveness analysis
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead systems engineering analyses in complex, multi‑disciplinary systems‑of‑systems environments, including objective evaluation of vendor solutions and integration of models across tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of innovation, research, or publishing in systems, mission, or digital engineering

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$121,200 - $151,500 - $181,800 Annual

Onsite

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