Associate Systems Engineer

MITRE; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in Huntsville, AL is seeking an Associate Mission Systems Engineer to apply advanced systems engineering methods to national security challenges. You will work with Mission Engineering, MBSE, and Model-Based techniques to deliver integrated solutions.

The role emphasizes collaboration across disciplines, hands-on architecture development, and preparation for system deployment. A related Bachelor's degree and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a related engineering field with internship or project.
• Experience in system design, architecture modeling, and requirements development.
• Willingness to obtain Top Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Apply Mission Engineering and MBSE to support sponsor objectives.
• Translate needs and gaps into system concepts and technical solutions.
• Develop architectures, requirements, interfaces, data flows, and integration dependencies.
• Support integration, testing, verification, validation, and deployment planning.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on deliverables and documentation.

Skills

Mission Engineering

MBSE

System design

Requirements development

Interface analysis

Verification & validation

Technical documentation

Team collaboration

Problem definition

Education

B.S. in Systems Engineering

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

Rhapsody

Sparx EA

MATLab

Ansys STK

Job description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.

The Mission Engineering and System of Systems Engineering department within MITRE Technology and Engineering’s (MTE) System Engineering Technical Division is seeking a highly motivated Associate Mission Systems Engineering with an interest in advancing and applying innovative systems engineering techniques to help solve some of our nation's most critical challenges. We are looking for highly motivated, adaptive, and self-directed candidates with motivation to join our technical workforce, expand their technical skills and capabilities, and grow our work supporting the development and deployment of nationally important solutions through the use of Mission Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Systems Architecture and Requirements Engineering, System-of-Systems, Systems Thinking and practices.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Apply Mission Engineering, Traditional Systems Engineering (TSE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in support of our sponsor’s mission objectives and outcomes
• Translate mission needs, operational constraints, and capability gaps into system concepts, designs, and technical solutions
• Develop and refine system architectures, requirements, interfaces, data flows, and integration dependencies
• Support integration, testing, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on technical deliverables, documentation, and presentations

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering or a related degree and applicable internship(s) or academic projects
• Experience with system design, system architecture modeling, requirements development, interface analysis, integration planning, verification and validation, and technical documentation
• Familiarity with mission engineering, MBSE and traditional systems engineering approaches, including problem definition/characterization, mission/systems analysis, requirements analysis, functional decomposition, interface control, trade studies, risk analysis, technical reviews, and engineering decision support
• Interest in complex multi-disciplinary problems
• Willingness and ability to learn new tools/concepts in a variable environment of government sponsors
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days per week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance
• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering or a related degree
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE), SysML, or tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, or Sparx EA through coursework or projects.
• Familiarity with modeling and simulation using tools like MATLab, Ansys STK, AFSIM, or other modsim tools through coursework or projects.
• Exposure to mission engineering, mission/systems analysis, system architecture, interface modeling, or diagrams describing system structure, behavior, and requirements.
• Coursework or project experience related to system integration, testing, verification and validation, or deployment planning.
• Interest in federal acquisition processes, market research, technical evaluations, and transitioning technologies into operational use.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$77,600 - $97,000 - $116,400 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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