Department Chief Engineer with Security Clearance - MITRE Corporation
El Segundo, CA 90245
About the Job
Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges-and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day-working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE-and make a difference with us. Department Summary: MITRE's Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Protection Department (N112) is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to fill the role of the Department Chief Engineer. N112 works with its government sponsors across space warfighting, acquisition and other mission partners to improve actionable warfighter decisions through enhanced battlespace awareness and reduced F2T2EA timelines achieved by improved sensing and protection. Department projects focus on system integration efforts to successfully incorporate new technologies and software applications in support of a resilient Space enterprise infrastructure, sensing, and an integrated command and control (C2) system. N112 also performs numerous sensor system prototyping and analysis activities including modeling, software tool development, and analysis capabilities designed to enable MITRE and sponsor-driven analysis and research across multiple customers, missions, and technology providers. The research, development, and outcomes of these efforts provide high-quality, comprehensive, quantitative insights for senior government decision makers shaping the future of our nation's Space policy, operations, and systems. Roles & Responsibilities: MITRE's N112 Department is seeking a technically deep and operationally oriented Department Chief Engineer (CE) to provide technical leadership for a set of dynamic and impactful work programs to meet the challenges of realizing the future of Space Warfighting and delivering Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Protection to our mission collaborators & stakeholders. As DCE, you will be responsible for and have broad oversight of the technical integrity and quality of our work program, products & deliverables, the technical teams, and will partner with and support the Department Manager for strategic work-shaping and sponsor relationships. The individual will be a member of the core department leadership team, providing thought leadership and technical guidance to enable the projects within the department to successfully execute the mission areas of our sponsors. We seek a "thought leader" who will represent our department as the voice of technical excellence and integrity across MITRE, our sponsors, other UARCs/FFRDCs and industry. The successful candidate will be a critical thinker with deep technical skills and have a demonstrated track record of fostering, promoting and/or fielding innovative ideas and solutions for sponsors. In addition, the CE will be responsible for expanding SDA's reach and influence by actively participating in SDA capability development efforts and steering efforts to tackle this challenging problem from integrating new sensing techniques and innovation to assessing and recommending commercial SDA technology for incorporation. * Work across MITRE and the sponsor base to deliver actionable recommendations to improve SDA incorporation and shorten OODA/F2T2EA timelines
* Advise MITRE, sponsor, and partner investments in strategic SDA growth areas
* Recommend operational C2 advancements to better incorporate SDA data and capabilities for improved and faster decision-making. Key functions include: * Be recognized as expert in technical fields critical to the department's work program and directly contributes to high-impact solutions
* Grow the connective tissue across MITRE and our sponsors to both benefit from and contribute to other work, expertise, and capabilities, including identifying opportunities for integrating and accelerating the collective space work program to drive larger impactful outcomes
* Leverage enablers like internal research and development; modeling, simulation, and operational analysis; and laboratories to address warfighter gaps, aligned to our cross-cutting objectives
* Outreach, engage and collaborate across the corporation, with academia, industry, FFRDCs/UARCs and government to develop and bring the best solutions to our sponsors which demonstrate MITRE's FFRDC Differential Value and Culture
* Guide the Department's technical investments, technical initiatives, lab environments, and development of staff skills in support of MITRE's Strategy
* With the Department Manager, engage with sponsors and shape the work program to understand the sponsor domain and maximize sponsor value
* In close coordination with Department Group Leaders & Project Leaders, ensure the technical strength of our teams, the technical integrity and quality of our deliverables, and establish partnerships or develop lab & infrastructure environments to support the dept work program
* Support project leaders by ensuring that we are continuously and effectively leveraging staff, capabilities, and investments from across the corporation to maximize impact to our sponsors
* In support of the Space Warfighting Division vision and goals, assist the Managing Director, Department Manager, and Division Chief Engineer in the transformation of our work program through work-shaping and sponsor interaction to align our efforts to our sponsors' most pressing needs, priorities and outcomes; anticipate future needs; and apply critical and innovative thinking to help shape our work program to achieve significant impact on our sponsors' outcomes - now and in the future
* Focus on key "seam" mission threads between USSF sponsors and key stakeholders to evolutionally deliver space C2. Build and foster relationships, networks, cross-agency solutions, and potentially new organizational constructs across MITRE's Space Warfighting Division to drive cross-sponsor approaches to increase the impact of N112 Department and its stakeholders
* Assist MITRE and sponsors with comprehensive SDA and Space Warfighting commercial technology assessments and provide recommendations to incorporate relevant capabilities and technology
* Expand SDA involvement into joint and mission-focused prototypes, experiments, and exercises
* Work across the division and MITRE to partner with other chief engineers to establish and execute MITRE's Space Warfighting strategy
* Demonstrate and continually develop a consistent set of shared Leadership Competencies in support of our culture which endures through our people and leaders. These Competencies include Leading with a Strategic Mindset; Creating Value; Cultivating Inclusion; Communicating for Impact; and Committing to Action and Outcomes Basic Qualifications: * Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 10 years and a Master's degree or a PhD with 7 years' experience. * This position will require overnight travel up to 25% of the time as well as some local travel.
* Possess an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance. * Ten years of experience with SDA Systems and/or Space Operations
* Strong written and verbal communication skills - Able to communicate appropriately to influence and build trusted relationships
* Demonstrated success working collaboratively across diverse sponsors/stakeholders to propose, shape, and steer impactful work
* In-depth knowledge of sensing, communications, data integration, and BMC3 being applied to current and future space systems across domains, services, and agencies
* Proven experience in providing technical leadership to multi-discipline teams to drive the technical strength of the space warfighting work program, influencing sponsor and stakeholder thinking as a trusted advisor
* Experience mentoring and developing technical staff
* This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site Preferred Qualifications: * M.S./PhD in a STEM field and 15 years of experience in relevant domain
* Deep knowledge and experience with space surveillance sensor systems and mission engineering
* Understanding of legacy space sensing capabilities to provide recommendations on new approaches to solve future problems
* Demonstrated ability developing and leading cutting-edge technologies, concepts, analysis, and prototypes
* Knowledge and awareness of commercial SDA capabilities and conducting assessments and integration
* Understanding of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) tools
* Knowledge and experience with Space Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) capabilities and tools
* Demonstrated knowledge across the air, space, nuclear and cyber domains
* Proven ability to work with dynamic teams and lead by example
* Possess an active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance Our culture is a tangible asset that endures through our people and leaders. At MITRE, our leaders must also demonstrate and continually develop a consistent set of shared Leadership Competencies: * Lead with a Strategic Mindset: Drives alignment across MITRE to achieve our mission by engaging across and beyond the enterprise, making and executing decisions, and activating the Good Growth Strategy.
* Create Value: Takes a broad approach to solving com
* Advise MITRE, sponsor, and partner investments in strategic SDA growth areas
* Recommend operational C2 advancements to better incorporate SDA data and capabilities for improved and faster decision-making. Key functions include: * Be recognized as expert in technical fields critical to the department's work program and directly contributes to high-impact solutions
* Grow the connective tissue across MITRE and our sponsors to both benefit from and contribute to other work, expertise, and capabilities, including identifying opportunities for integrating and accelerating the collective space work program to drive larger impactful outcomes
* Leverage enablers like internal research and development; modeling, simulation, and operational analysis; and laboratories to address warfighter gaps, aligned to our cross-cutting objectives
* Outreach, engage and collaborate across the corporation, with academia, industry, FFRDCs/UARCs and government to develop and bring the best solutions to our sponsors which demonstrate MITRE's FFRDC Differential Value and Culture
* Guide the Department's technical investments, technical initiatives, lab environments, and development of staff skills in support of MITRE's Strategy
* With the Department Manager, engage with sponsors and shape the work program to understand the sponsor domain and maximize sponsor value
* In close coordination with Department Group Leaders & Project Leaders, ensure the technical strength of our teams, the technical integrity and quality of our deliverables, and establish partnerships or develop lab & infrastructure environments to support the dept work program
* Support project leaders by ensuring that we are continuously and effectively leveraging staff, capabilities, and investments from across the corporation to maximize impact to our sponsors
* In support of the Space Warfighting Division vision and goals, assist the Managing Director, Department Manager, and Division Chief Engineer in the transformation of our work program through work-shaping and sponsor interaction to align our efforts to our sponsors' most pressing needs, priorities and outcomes; anticipate future needs; and apply critical and innovative thinking to help shape our work program to achieve significant impact on our sponsors' outcomes - now and in the future
* Focus on key "seam" mission threads between USSF sponsors and key stakeholders to evolutionally deliver space C2. Build and foster relationships, networks, cross-agency solutions, and potentially new organizational constructs across MITRE's Space Warfighting Division to drive cross-sponsor approaches to increase the impact of N112 Department and its stakeholders
* Assist MITRE and sponsors with comprehensive SDA and Space Warfighting commercial technology assessments and provide recommendations to incorporate relevant capabilities and technology
* Expand SDA involvement into joint and mission-focused prototypes, experiments, and exercises
* Work across the division and MITRE to partner with other chief engineers to establish and execute MITRE's Space Warfighting strategy
* Demonstrate and continually develop a consistent set of shared Leadership Competencies in support of our culture which endures through our people and leaders. These Competencies include Leading with a Strategic Mindset; Creating Value; Cultivating Inclusion; Communicating for Impact; and Committing to Action and Outcomes Basic Qualifications: * Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 10 years and a Master's degree or a PhD with 7 years' experience. * This position will require overnight travel up to 25% of the time as well as some local travel.
* Possess an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance. * Ten years of experience with SDA Systems and/or Space Operations
* Strong written and verbal communication skills - Able to communicate appropriately to influence and build trusted relationships
* Demonstrated success working collaboratively across diverse sponsors/stakeholders to propose, shape, and steer impactful work
* In-depth knowledge of sensing, communications, data integration, and BMC3 being applied to current and future space systems across domains, services, and agencies
* Proven experience in providing technical leadership to multi-discipline teams to drive the technical strength of the space warfighting work program, influencing sponsor and stakeholder thinking as a trusted advisor
* Experience mentoring and developing technical staff
* This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site Preferred Qualifications: * M.S./PhD in a STEM field and 15 years of experience in relevant domain
* Deep knowledge and experience with space surveillance sensor systems and mission engineering
* Understanding of legacy space sensing capabilities to provide recommendations on new approaches to solve future problems
* Demonstrated ability developing and leading cutting-edge technologies, concepts, analysis, and prototypes
* Knowledge and awareness of commercial SDA capabilities and conducting assessments and integration
* Understanding of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) tools
* Knowledge and experience with Space Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) capabilities and tools
* Demonstrated knowledge across the air, space, nuclear and cyber domains
* Proven ability to work with dynamic teams and lead by example
* Possess an active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance Our culture is a tangible asset that endures through our people and leaders. At MITRE, our leaders must also demonstrate and continually develop a consistent set of shared Leadership Competencies: * Lead with a Strategic Mindset: Drives alignment across MITRE to achieve our mission by engaging across and beyond the enterprise, making and executing decisions, and activating the Good Growth Strategy.
* Create Value: Takes a broad approach to solving com
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