Lead and execute system test readiness and execution for space systems, develop test plans, manage mission requirements, and deliver technical briefings to stakeholders.
As a Mission Architect, you’ll serve as both the technical and programmatic centerpiece for mission integration, fusing together a ground system, Space Vehicle hardware, and various other system interfaces to enable new capabilities in orbit.
Compensation
eligible for a $10,000 sign-on bonus for external candidates.
Responsibilities
Developing and evaluating spacecraft and mission architectures, concepts of operations (CONOPS), design reference missions, and operational scenarios.
Performing mission-level analyses and technical trade studies.
Assessing spacecraft day-in-the-life operations and developing mission sequences for launch, commissioning, on-orbit operations, and contingency scenarios.
Collaborating across spacecraft, payload, guidance, navigation and control (GNC), software, communications, ground, and mission-operations teams to develop an integrated spacecraft and mission solution.
Working with mission partners to model and mature mission elements, operational concepts, interfaces, and execution plans.
Joining a cross-disciplinary team that develops, integrates, tests, and delivers advanced spacecraft and mission systems for space security missions, focusing on interface management across the full lifecycle.
Own the definition, control, and management of external system interfaces across complex, multi segment architectures.
Develop, maintain, and baseline Interface Control Documents (ICDs), interface requirements, and associated models to ensure consistent, traceable implementation throughout the program lifecycle.
Engage with stakeholders to provide recurring status (e.g., weekly metrics, execution health, schedule adherence).
Produce high level and detailed technical artifacts such as interface diagrams, sequence/flow diagrams, data models, and API/interface contracts.
Working with mission partners to model and mature mission elements, operational concepts, interfaces, and execution plans.
The Project Leader will provide overall direction and accountability for sponsor outcomes across efforts involving end-to-end NC3 modeling and threat analysis, Zero Trust protection of Qualifying NC3 Information (QNI), supply chain risk management, resilient communications for nuclear mission systems, mission effects and requirements analysis, and independent assessment of information exchange requirements.
Compensation
Salary compensation range and midpoint: $162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 Annual
Responsibilities
Provide overall leadership and accountability for project execution and sponsor outcomes, establishing project vision, objectives, priorities, success criteria, and an integrated technical strategy aligned with sponsor needs and MITRE’s FFRDC role.
Lead and integrate Deputy Project Leaders, Task Leaders, and multidisciplinary technical staff across NC3 systems engineering, mission engineering, cybersecurity and Zero Trust, communications, threat analysis, supply chain risk management, requirements analysis, and enterprise systems engineering.
Build and maintain trusted sponsor relationships, receive and validate formal sponsor tasks, translate emerging mission needs into executable work, and communicate project status, risks, accomplishments, recommendations, and opportunities to senior government and MITRE stakeholders.
Own project execution across scope, staffing, schedules, budgets, funding, dependencies, and risks, using MITRE processes and tools to maintain situational awareness and deliver high-quality outcomes on schedule and within available resources.
Ensure technical quality, mission relevance, and integration of analyses and deliverables, including end-to-end models, threat and gap analyses, reference implementations, technical guidance, performance metrics, vendor assessments, test plans, architecture recommendations, and decision products.
Systems Engineer (Technical Integration & Analysis)
Experienced systems engineer to support the development and integration of advanced space-based sensing and mission capabilities supporting US Space Force and national security, operating across multiple technical disciplines and leading engineering activities.
Compensation
Min: $110,204.91 Max: $191,624.96
Responsibilities
Support or Lead assigned systems and mission engineering threads across the system lifecycle, coordinating technical inputs, activities, actions, and deliverables.
Support the development and assessment of mission concepts, requirements, architectures, technical roadmaps, and system-level engineering products.
Integrate technical information from multiple engineering teams, requirements sources, architecture products, analyses, and government documentation to develop a coherent system-level understanding.
Perform system-level technical assessments and analysis, identifying dependencies, gaps, inconsistencies, risks, interfaces, and potential impacts to mission objectives.
Work directly with government customers, users, technical stakeholders, and engineering teams to understand priorities, clarify technical questions, and communicate engineering findings.
Senior technical expert in C5ISR sensor systems for a Department of Defense client, responsible for evaluating sensor capabilities, defining requirements, and ensuring interoperability.
Compensation
The projected compensation range for this position is $77,500.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD).
Responsibilities
Analyze sensor performance, interfaces, data flows, and operational requirements across complex systems of systems
Assess technologies such as radar, electro-optical and infrared sensors, electronic warfare systems, signals intelligence capabilities, and other intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms
Work with engineers, operators, acquisition professionals, and government stakeholders to identify capability gaps, develop integration strategies, evaluate technical alternatives, and support verification and validation activities
Translate operational needs into actionable technical requirements and assess system performance against mission objectives
Communicate complex findings to both technical and nontechnical audiences
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or Mathematics
Master’s degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or Systems Engineering
Nice to have: 8+ years of experience supporting Department of Defense acquisition, engineering, integration, test, or operational programs
Senior Systems Engineer; Support to the Intelligence Community
As a Lead Mission Engineer, you will support Army sponsors in the development of mission architectures, operational concepts, and system-of-systems solutions to address critical warfighting challenges, leading engineering analyses and architecture development with small multidisciplinary teams.
Compensation
Salary compensation range and midpoint: $146,400 - $183,000 - $219,600 Annual
Responsibilities
Partner with Army sponsors to execute mission engineering, architecture development, and capability assessment activities aligned to operational priorities.
Collaborate across the Systems Engineering Division and MITRE technical community to integrate expertise in systems engineering, digital engineering, communications, modeling and simulation, data analytics, and operational analysis.
Develop and assess mission architectures, operational concepts, and system-of-systems solutions using mission engineering, MBSE, digital engineering, and quantitative analysis techniques.
Evaluate capability gaps, mission effectiveness, operational risks, and technical tradeoffs to support government decision-making.
Apply modern engineering methods and tools, including Digital Engineering, MBSE, AI/ML, data analytics, and modeling and simulation, to support architecture development, requirements analysis, and modernization efforts.
Support the development and deployment of nationally important solutions through mission engineering, MBSE, and systems architecture.
Compensation
$77,600 - $97,000 - $116,400 Annual
Responsibilities
Apply Mission Engineering, Traditional Systems Engineering (TSE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in support of our sponsor’s mission objectives and outcomes
Translate mission needs, operational constraints, and capability gaps into system concepts, designs, and technical solutions
Develop and refine system architectures, requirements, interfaces, data flows, and integration dependencies
Support integration, testing, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on technical deliverables, documentation, and presentations
Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical field
Master’s or PhD in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical field
Nice to have: Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)
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