Communications Systems Engineer

4 weeks ago


New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States MITRE Full time

At MITRE, we're committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges and creating lasting impact in fields like cybersecurity, healthcare, and defense. As a Communications Systems Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to work on next-generation DoD systems and make a difference in the lives of others.

Job Summary:

We're seeking a highly motivated and innovative Communications Systems Engineer to lead the specification development, integration, and test strategies of next-generation Military Satellite Communications systems. This is an excellent opportunity to apply and expand your systems architecture, modeling, and trade space analysis skills.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform systems engineering analysis for requirement trades, design and integration trades, end-to-end performance analysis, and identifying risk mitigation approaches
  • Articulate major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties
  • Communicate work program uncertainties, risks, and opportunities with department leadership and sponsors
  • Lead the development, decomposition, and review of system requirements
  • Support requirements management, interface management, and architecture change management processes
  • Translate analysis results into actionable recommendations for US Government agencies
  • Tasks may include leading working groups or studies covering multiple engineering domains while interfacing and collaborating across multiple stakeholders to create timely and actionable recommendations
  • Tasks may also include hands-on prototyping, integration, and testing activities

Requirements:

  • Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master'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
  • Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance
  • Demonstrated proficiency and strength in verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated proficiency in virtual and live presentation of complex technical issues
  • Experience with planning, executing, and presenting complex trade studies
  • Experience in systems engineering with expertise across the development lifecycle from concept development, through requirements definition, system development and integration, and into verification
  • Experience working with multiple engineering disciplines to provide solutions to complex problems that require unified software, hardware, mechanical, and reliability approaches while balancing cost and schedule constraints
  • Experience in the evaluation and testing of complex systems
  • Strong social skills to effectively collaborate across multiple organizations and engineering disciplines
  • This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Candidates that possess a current/active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance are preferred
  • Familiarity with Military Satellite Communications, especially familiarity with EHF and AEHF SATCOM and associated Satellite Communications terminals (MILSTAR, FAB-T, FET, SMART-T, SCAMP)
  • Familiarity with acquisition strategy including DODD 5000.01 and Middle Tier Acquisition (Section 804)
  • Experience with multi-disciplinary modeling and simulation (physics-level, engineering-level, and/or operational-level)
  • Documented success applying modern system engineering methods including MBSE
  • Experience with capabilities trade analysis, mission analysis, information assurance, systems integration, and understanding of the relationships between operational, technical, and system's architecture
  • Understanding of the nuclear environment
  • Familiarity with Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)

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

Secret

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:

Onsite

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