Project Leader, System Engineering Directorate

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MITRE’s N934 Space Intelligence Systems Department integrates technology and domain expertise to deliver solutions across our sponsor organization that develops, deploys, and operates spaceborne capabilities. We help ensure overhead users get the right data at the right place and time to deliver the mission.

We’re seeking an experienced Project Leader (PL) to take charge of the project supporting our National Space Program (NSP) sponsor’s Systems Engineering Directorate (SED). SED leads the end-to-end integration of space, ground, operations, launch, and technology insertion activities across the NSP sponsor organization. MITRE supports SED in analysis of critical system engineering best practices, particularly with regard to new methods, tools, and standards; identifies and evaluates primary capabilities, opportunities and challenges; provides enterprise analysis expertise, and aides development of future enterprise architectural solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities :

Serves as lead MITRE interface with SED leaders and managers, accountable for overall direction, technical quality, resource planning, internal and external coordination, execution, and outcomes of MITRE’s SED work

Builds the project team, collaborating with MITRE’s NSP leadership team and Innovation Center leaders to identify and assemble the right talent for the project

Develops detailed knowledge and insight of the sponsor’s organization, mission, strategic direction and challenges; works with NSP leadership to identify the priorities and objectives of SED and helps shape MITRE’s NSP strategy

Oversees and guides activities of individual contributors on the project

Serves as an individual contributor residing in SED spaces, providing technical and domain expertise to achieve project outcomes

Accountable as the day‐to‐day interface to the sponsor, developing trusted partner relationships with SED seniors and informing MITRE NSP leadership of significant developments

Works closely and regularly with SED to ensure most effective use of MITRE FFRDC resources, advising the government when MITRE FFRDC-appropriate work is approaching completion, developing transition plans (if appropriate) of completed MITRE work, proactively keeping the government informed on staffing and budget delivery, and working with the government on applying MITRE resources against their top challenges, to include changing the project skill mix, as necessary

Ensures quality, schedule, and delivery of SED MITRE products, to include appropriate level of peer review

Basic Qualifications :

Active TS / SCI

Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or technical equivalent

Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and participate in cross functional teams, build relationships and reach back into corporate expertise, and operate at high level of self-sufficiency

Excellent written and oral communications skills including presentation and facilitation; ability to succinctly provide courses of action, technical recommendations and products tailored to the sponsor’s mission, senior leader priorities and operating environments

Ability to work on-site with the sponsor in their secure Chantilly VA government facility as well as secure MITRE facilities

This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications :

Active TS / SCI with poly

Project Leader experience

Advanced degree in technical field of study with 10 years of relevant experience

Strong systems engineering skills

Experience with and expertise in national space systems and the national space community

Experience with the Intelligence Community and DoD

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 / Polygraph

Work Location Type : Onsite

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