Mission-Driven Systems Engineer — Digital Engineering & Security

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is seeking a Systems Engineer to support sponsor mission needs in a digital engineering environment. You will define and manage sponsor requirements, ensure traceability from mission needs to architecture and verification, and collaborate with government sponsors and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, mission-ready capabilities.

The role emphasizes artifacts creation (CONOPS, architecture, interface control documents) and rigorous configuration/change management across the

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years with a Master’s degree.
• Experience applying systems engineering principles to software-intensive, cloud-hosted, or enterprise systems.
• Experience eliciting, documenting, decomposing, prioritizing, and managing stakeholder requirements.
• Experience developing and maintaining CONOPS, architecture products, interface control documents, verification plans, acceptance criteria, and traceability artifacts.
• Experience conducting capability and gap analyses between existing systems and target operational environments.
• Familiarity with configuration management and change-control processes.
• Must have Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph clearance and U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and manage sponsor-specific requirements for the digital engineering environment.
• Maintain requirements traceability from mission needs through architecture, implementation, and verification.
• Develop and maintain CONOPS, architecture products, interface control documents, and verification artifacts.
• Conduct capability, gap, and dependency analyses between current capabilities and target environments.
• Collaborate with sponsors, architects, developers, cybersecurity personnel, and stakeholders to ensure delivered capabilities meet mission and security needs.
• Support baseline management, configuration management, and change-control activities across the system lifecycle.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements elicitation

Traceability

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

RMF

Job description

MITRE is seeking a Systems Engineer to support sponsor mission needs in a digital engineering environment. You will define and manage sponsor requirements, ensure traceability from mission needs to architecture and verification, and collaborate with government sponsors and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, mission-ready capabilities.

The role emphasizes artifacts creation (CONOPS, architecture, interface control documents) and rigorous configuration/change management across the