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Advanced System Engineer

Mission Driven Research
Huntsville, AL Temporary
POSTED ON 2/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2025

Job Description

Job Description

MDR is looking for an amazingly talented Advanced System Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to help define and evaluate Missile Defense System (MDS) Trade capability space envelope, architectural performance metrics, and other high-level performance metrics as applicable.

What You'll Be Doing :

  • Provide technical expertise on missile defense activities to include adversary capabilities, systems engineering, and evaluation.
  • Remain cognizant of intelligence updates of new threat systems that affect future missile defense architectures.
  • Evaluate the adequacy of the current MDS to include ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defensive architecture to counter the threat and recommend courses of action for concept of operations, system improvements; and identify alternate strategies for affordable, cost effective and technically advanced systems.
  • Evaluate and adapt analysis of Allied Missile Defense systems and how in defense of the Unified Command Theaters, those allied missile defense systems can be incorporated into U.S. missile defense systems to provide a more robust defense.
  • Provide reach-back for consulting services for key MDS development expertise; facilitating efforts across internal / external stakeholders such as Services and Combatant Commanders providing strategic advice, guidance and direction.
  • Support, evaluate, analyze and develop technical recommendations through exchanges with FFRDCs, UARCs, and OGAs to provide input on program process and technical improvement opportunities.
  • Support Defense Architecture evolution strategy and development through assessment of interim and final results of Analysis of Alternatives and other analysis activities to include top-level requirements.
  • Assist in the analysis, demonstrations, and tests to support early milestones and feasibility assessments, and to collect data to verify that architecture analysis assumptions are credible.

What Required Skills You'll Bring :

  • Master's degree in STEM field and 12 years of relevant experience.
  • Active Secret clearance.
  • Missile Defense experience.
  • Be able to successfully accomplish the duties by working with minimal guidance.
  • What Desired Skills You'll Bring :

  • Knowledge of Hypersonic weapons and their capabilities and limitations.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) with emphasis on PowerPoint
  • Experience working with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) or it's members.
  • Military or Logistics support with THAAD or other FMS programs with allied nations.
  • Experience working Early Warning Systems.
  • Have detailed knowledge of the MDS to include Command and Control networks, specifically C2BMC and LINK 16.
  • Joint Services experience or Combatant Command experience.
  • Space Systems experience.
  • Position Requirements

  • Clearance Required
  • Secret

  • Position Level
  • Principal

  • FT / PT
  • Full Time

  • Years Related Work Experience
  • Education Level Required
  • Master's

  • Travel Required?
  • True

  • Telework Allowed?
  • True

    Mission Driven Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you are interested in applying for employment with Mission Driven Research and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, please contact us by email (hr@missiondrivenresearch.com) or by phone by calling (256) 299-9288. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.

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