Systems Engineering Intern

Mitre Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in San Diego offers an internship in Systems Integration focusing on MBSE and architecture modeling. You will work on prototypes, dashboards, and plugins using Java and Python, growing skills in systems engineering and analysis.

Ideal candidates are full-time students in engineering with Python/MATLAB familiarity, MBSE knowledge, and the ability to work on-site four days a week; citizenship to enable clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Must be a full-time student in an accredited engineering degree and continue in the semester after the internship.
• Familiarity with Python or MATLAB.
• Familiarity with MBSE, Systems Integration, or related concepts.
• U.S. citizenship enabling ability to obtain security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of four days per week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Model architectures of complex systems using standards-based frameworks (e.g. UAF, SysML, UML).
• Design and develop prototypes, dashboards and/or plugins using Java, Python, and related languages.
• Assist in evaluating architectures with qualitative and quantitative techniques.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

MBSE

Systems Integration

Java

Education

Enrolled full-time in Systems Engineering or related degree

Tools

UAF

SysML

UML

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 Systems Integration Department is charged with identifying, developing, and applying new technologies that can address the Government’s most challenging Systems Engineering problems. This is an opportunity for experienced engineers who are highly motivated, innovative, and proactive. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand one’s architecture modeling and system integration skillsets. Areas of interest include Model Based Engineering (MBSE, MDA, MDD, MDE), Systems of Systems, architecture modeling, analysis of complex systems, and decision support.

Job Responsibilities:

• Model architectures of complex systems using standards-based frameworks and languages (e.g. UAF, SysML, UML).

• Design and develop prototypes, dashboards and/or plugins using Java, Python, and related programming languages.

• Assist in evaluating architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.

• Familiarity with a programming or technical computing language such as Python or MATLAB.

• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Systems Integration, or related systems modeling and architecture concepts.

• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. government security clearance

• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Academic, project, or internship experience with systems engineering, analysis, modeling and simulation, software development, or a related technical area.

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):

None

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$46,500 - $58,000 - $69,500 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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