Lead SIGINT Ground Systems Engineer

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The MITRE Space Intelligence Systems Department is looking for a Lead SIGINT Ground Systems Engineer who wants to drive innovative solutions, thought leadership, and evidence-based recommendations so the Intelligence Community (IC) can deliver the benefits and services our Mission Partners depend on to make a positive impact in the world.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to identify innovative strategies, concepts, and technology applications to support the automation of sponsor architectures.
• Provide technical support to identify qualitative and quantitative measures of success (MoS) and processes to achieve mission success per DoD and IC directives.
• Perform needs assessments and gap analyses.
• Assess as-is and to-be mission architectures and provide recommendations to Government leadership.
• Capture sponsor impacts to agency leadership for strategic decision making.

Basic Qualifications:

• An active TS/SCI security clearance. Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Typically requires a degree in physics, applied mathematics, aerospace, software development for engineering/physical systems, mechanical engineering, or related discipline and work experience with a strong technical background.
• Demonstrated experience with modeling, simulation, and analysis of space systems and space-related operations.
• Understanding of space-related physics and engineering concepts, for example, orbital mechanics, satellite propagation, space-based ISR, satellite communications, space domain awareness, etc.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture.
• Ability to proactively formulate key analytical questions to drive modeling, simulation, experimentation, and prototyping.
• Proficiency in DoD and IC space sponsors and their role in the development, acquisition, and operational lifecycle and the ability to work across to achieve higher level strategic objectives.
• Experience with understanding & presenting technical studies to senior decision-makers to drive action and outcomes.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters or PhD with research experience in one of the above specified degree programs

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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