Associate Systems Engineer

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is hiring an Associate Systems Engineer to design, implement, and integrate enterprise systems and systems-of-systems for federal sponsors. You will apply Model-Based Systems Engineering and Digital Engineering to assess needs, architectures, and verification approaches while developing metrics for robustness and maintainability.

You will work in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, participate in system design and software development, and support requirements management across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related engineering field.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Python and MATLAB
• Familiarity with MBSE and Digital Engineering concepts
• Experience with statistical analysis and modeling
• Interest in complex multi-disciplinary problems
• Willingness to learn new tools in a government-sponsored environment
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility for Top Secret/SCI clearance
• On-site work for a minimum of 3 days per week

Responsibilities

• Apply MBSE and Digital Engineering methods to design, implement and integrate enterprise systems and systems-of-systems
• Support requirements management, interface management and architecture change management
• Develop metrics to measure system properties like robustness and maintainability
• Evaluate architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques
• Contribute to system design, development, and modernization in federal projects
• Collaborate in a multi-government project environment

Skills

MBSE

Digital Engineering

Statistical analysis

Complex multi-disciplinary problems

Learning new tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

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.

MITRE’s Systems Performance and Evaluation Department is charged to solve some of our nation's most critical challenges in delivering services to citizens throughout defense and intelligence, aviation, homeland security, the judiciary, healthcare, and cybersecurity domains.

Job Description

This is an opportunity for an Associate Systems Engineer 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 Model-Based Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Systems Architecture and Requirements Engineering, System-of-Systems, Systems Thinking and practices.

As an Associate Systems 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, architecture, designs, performance constraints and gaps, proposed changes, and verification and test approaches
• Evaluating and comparing alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques; exploring large tradespaces
• Identifying and developing metrics to measure and analyze relevant system properties, such as robustness, resiliency, interoperability, quality, and maintainability
• Supporting requirements management, interface management and architecture change management processes
• Performing System Design and development (such as software development), systems modernization, and architecture
• Supporting multiple tasks across several government sponsored projects in a small to large team environment

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related engineering field.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Python and MATLAB
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering (DE) concepts
• Experience with statistical analysis and modeling
• 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/SCI 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 a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance
• Advanced degree in related field of study
• Experience with multi-disciplinary modeling and simulation (physics-level, engineering-level and/or socio-technical-level)
• Experience with Digital Engineering integration through internship, research, or academic projects

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/SCI

Salary compensation range and midpoint

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

Work Location Type

Onsite

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