Systems Engineering Analysis, Senior

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The Systems and Operations Department (L626) within MITRE’s Systems Engineering Division in the Center for Engineering and Analysis delivers innovative, mission-focused solutions using a multidisciplinary systems engineering approach to address sponsor challenges critical to national security missions. We advance engineering rigor, operational relevance, and mission effectiveness across complex systems and enterprises, with core focus areas in Mission Integration, Lifecycle Systems Engineering, and Acquisition Systems Engineering. Our teams develop, assess, and transition engineering solutions, provide strategic technical vision, and deliver data-informed recommendations that enable sponsor mission success from tactical through enterprise levels.

The Systems and Operations Department is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support government customer mission and program needs across complex, evolving technical environments. The selected candidate will help define, design, architect, integrate, test, and transition complex systems using traditional systems engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering methods. The Systems Engineer will translate stakeholder needs into executable system concepts, architectures, requirements, technical roadmaps, integration plans, acquisition artifacts, and engineering recommendations.

Apply systems engineering principles throughout the system development lifecycle, including mission and stakeholder analysis, concept development, system design, architecture definition, requirements development, integration, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition

Translate customer needs, operational constraints, capability gaps, and program objectives into system concepts, functional designs, technical approaches, and implementation options

Develop, assess, and refine system architectures, including operational views, functional architectures, logical and physical architectures, interfaces, data flows, dependencies, and integration points

Apply traditional systems engineering and MBSE methods to capture system behavior, structure, requirements, interfaces, constraints, verification relationships, risks, trade space, and technical decisions

Facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, technical exchanges, and working groups to elicit, analyze, document, and validate mission, system, product, interface, performance, security, and operational requirements

Conduct engineering studies, trade analyses, alternatives analyses, and gap assessments to evaluate current-state systems, operational processes, technology limitations, interoperability challenges, cost and schedule considerations, and opportunities for improvement

Support system integration, test, verification, validation, deployment, and technical transition activities

Identify and manage technical risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and opportunities throughout the engineering lifecycle

Support technical reviews, including requirements reviews, architecture reviews, design reviews, test readiness reviews, and deployment readiness reviews

Advise government customers, program managers, and technical leaders on capability needs, technical priorities, system roadmaps, technology insertion opportunities, acquisition strategies, and engineering approaches

Support acquisition planning and execution by contributing to Statements of Work, Statements of Objectives, Performance Work Statements, market research, acquisition strategies, evaluation criteria, technical evaluation plans, vendor assessments, and source-selection documentation

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including software, hardware, cybersecurity, cloud, data, network, test, operations, and program management personnel

Develop and present architecture products, technical briefings, decision papers, trade-study results, requirements packages, interface documentation, engineering plans, and technical recommendations

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

Experience applying systems engineering practices to complex technical, operational, or mission-focused systems

Experience with one or more of the following: system design, system architecture modeling, requirements development, interface analysis, integration planning, verification and validation, and technical documentation

Familiarity with both MBSE and traditional systems engineering approaches such as requirements analysis, functional decomposition, interface control, trade studies, risk analysis, technical reviews, and engineering decision support

Ability to develop or review architecture products, requirements specifications, trade studies, technical plans, acquisition artifacts, and engineering recommendations

Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to define ambiguous problems, structure technical options, and brief technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

S Government issued Security Clearance. S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.

This position requires a minimum of 4 days/week on site

Degree or advanced degree in engineering, systems engineering, data science, or related field.

Active Top-Secret clearance

Experience applying MBSE methods using modeling languages and tools, such as SysML, Cameo, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, Sparx EA, or similar platforms

Experience advising the federal government on acquisition lifecycle activities, including Statement of Work/Statement of Objectives (SOW/SOO) development, market research, acquisition planning, technical evaluations, source selection support, or adoption of innovative acquisition approaches

Experience supporting system integration, test planning, verification and validation, deployment readiness planning, or technical transition of mission systems

Experience with digital engineering, mission engineering, enterprise architecture, software-intensive systems, cloud-based systems, data platforms, cybersecurity, or command-and-control systems

Experience leading technical tasks, facilitating stakeholder workshops, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams, or advising senior technical and program leadership

Experience with systems that have security, resiliency, interoperability, availability, performance, or regulatory requirements

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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