Wargaming Engineer, Principal

3 months ago

McLean, United States MITRE Full time

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Department Summary:

MITRE’s L142, Simulation, Experimentation, and Gaming Department provides a dynamic and agile workforce to design, develop, and employ simulation and game-based solutions to address our sponsors operational, engineering, and acquisition challenges. We offer a range of services within this domain from consultation, to designing and running simulation and/or game-based experiments in close collaboration with our sponsors, to developing new tools or integrated engineering environments as part of a system, digital, or digital twin engineering environment. L142 proudly serves all of the MITRE FFRDCs and we have an active and thriving research and development program within the organization.

Job Description:

  • Lead multidisciplinary wargaming projects to include wargaming methodology definition, team selection, and execution planning, management, and product delivery
  • Work directly with sponsor senior leaders to define wargaming requirements and recommend appropriate wargaming methodology to employ (table-top, workshop, board, digitized game, and/or computer simulation environment) for the project
  • Lead the sponsor engagement across the wargaming project
  • Design and develop wargames (across the set of wargaming methodologies identified above) for tactical, operational, and strategic military and non-military (e.g., diplomatic, information, economic, disaster response, etc.)) domains based on sponsor requirements
  • Lead, conduct, and participate in pre-exercise, execution, and post-execution activities for wargaming methodologies specified above

Basic Qualifications:

  • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 7 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with 4 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, social science, or related technical field such as statistics, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, computer science, or related STEM program.
  • 5 years of experience working in government or industry in relevant work areas including: game design / development, web or computer-based game, or simulation development
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to succinctly capture salient issues and provide seniors with fact-based, actionable and relevant technical solutions and recommendations.
  • This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s or PhD in engineering, social science, or related technical field such as statistics, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, computer science, or related STEM program.
  • Experience with two or more following roles: Game Director, Game Designer, Game Developer, Game Tool Developer, Game Analyst
  • 10+ years relevant work experience supporting government customers
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Preferred experience with three or more following roles: Game Director, Game Designer, Game Developer, Game Tool Developer, Game Analyst
  • Military Wargaming Certification

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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