Senior Systems Engineer - MBSE & Mission Engineering Lead

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks a Lead Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design, implementation, and integration of enterprise systems and systems-of-systems for federal agencies.

You will apply MBSE, digital engineering, Mission Engineering, and data analytics to assess capabilities, define metrics, guide architecture choices, mentor engineers, and translate analyses into actionable recommendations for government sponsors.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in systems engineering and enterprise architecture with a bachelor’s degree; or 6 years of experience with a master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages for quantitative analyses (e.g., MATLAB, Mathematica, Python, or R)
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a 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 4 days a week on-site

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership in systems and mission engineering, with awareness of sponsor needs, to identify and shape areas where MITRE can have significant impact.
• Driving the application of modern methods and tools — such as MBSE, 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.
• Leading the evaluation and comparison of alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques and exploring large tradespaces, while articulating major uncertainties and the associated risks and opportunities.
• Defining metrics and standards to measure and analyze relevant system properties, such as robustness, resiliency, interoperability, quality, and maintainability.
• Leading requirements management and analysis, interface management, architecture development and change management, and test and evaluation processes.
• Directing system design and development, systems modernization, and architecture activities using MBSE and digital engineering approaches, and promoting reusable artifacts and reference architectures across efforts.
• Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for U.S. Government agencies, mentoring engineering staff, and shaping technical strategy with sponsors and stakeholders.

Skills

MBSE

Digital Engineering

Mission Engineering

Machine Learning

Data Analytics

Python

MATLAB

R

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

SysML/UML

DOORS

Cameo/MagicDraw

Rhapsody

AFSIM

STK

Command PE

Job description

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks a Lead Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design, implementation, and integration of enterprise systems and systems-of-systems for federal agencies.

You will apply MBSE, digital engineering, Mission Engineering, and data analytics to assess capabilities, define metrics, guide architecture choices, mentor engineers, and translate analyses into actionable recommendations for government sponsors.