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Department Summary:

The System and Mission Analysis Department is charged with identifying, developing and applying new technologies that can address the Government's most challenging Systems Engineering problems.

We provide innovative, practical solutions for some of our nation's most critical challenges in defense and intelligence (https://www.mitre.org/centers/national-security-and-engineering-center/who-we-are) , aviation (https://www.mitre.org/centers/center-for-advanced-aviation-system-development/who-we-are) , civil systems (https://www.mitre.org/centers/center-for-enterprise-modernization/who-we-are) , homeland security (https://www.mitre.org/centers/homeland-security-systems-engineering-and-development-institute/who-we-are) , the judiciary (https://www.mitre.org/centers/judiciary-engineering-and-modernization-center/who-we-are) , healthcare (https://www.mitre.org/centers/cms-alliances-to-modernize-healthcare/who-we-are) , and cybersecurity (https://www.mitre.org/centers/national-cybersecurity-ffrdc/who-we-are) .

We are looking for Systems Engineers who are highly motivated, innovative and self-directed. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand one’s systems architecture, modeling and tradespace analysis skills. Specific areas of interest include Mission Engineering, Systems of Systems, architecture modeling, analysis of complex systems, modeling and simulation, and decision support.

Roles and Responsibilities:

As a System and Mission Analysis Engineer, you will have the opportunity to leverage and grow your systems engineering expertise by:

• Modeling architectures of complex systems using standards-based languages (ex. SysML).

• Evaluating and comparing alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques; exploring large tradespaces.

• Articulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties.

• Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for the US Government agencies.

Day to day responsibilities

As a System and Mission Analysis Engineer, you will have the opportunity to leverage and grow your systems engineering expertise by:

• Modeling architectures of complex systems using standards-based languages (ex. SysML).

• Evaluating and comparing alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques; exploring large tradespaces.

• Articulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties.

• Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for the US Government agencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or relevant technical discipline or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a US government clearance

• Familiarity with MBSE / model-based systems engineering.

• Proficiency in one or more of the programming languages for quantitative analyses (ex. MATLAB, Mathematica, Python, R).

• Documented success using modeling / simulations to illustrate and communicate options to stake holders.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Ingenuity for applying a set of technical skills across multiple subject matter domains such as healthcare and defense.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Systems/Industrial/Aerospace Engineering or other technical fields with a focus on multi-disciplinary issues.

• Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance

• Knowledge of systems architecture and systems design and development. Understanding of modern systems engineering methods.

• Experience with multi-disciplinary modeling and simulation (physics-level, engineering-level and/or operational-level).

• Knowledge of Analysis of Alternatives, Verification and Validation, Design of Experiments and data analytics.

• Object-oriented programming skills.

• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Java, C++, JavaScript, Ruby, HTML, SQL.

• Knowledge of and interest in Applied Mathematics.

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):

Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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