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The MITRE Expeditionary Department is seeking a highly motivated candidate to serve as a Model Based Systems Engineer. The MITRE Expeditionary Department delivers innovative concepts, technologies, and methodologies enabling current and future Naval superiority.  Risk takers skilled in recognizing agility across a complex enterprise will find a home in the Naval Division where their skills will push the boundaries of military digital and mission engineering.  This position requires creative problem solving through novel applications of systems of systems engineering and strategic enterprise architecture to improve future system technology development, requirements development, and sponsor investments. 

The ideal candidate will have deep operational and domain knowledge of the Marine Corps meshed with an understanding of tactical architectures, capability and requirements analysis, and techniques. The successful candidate will enjoy working with diverse and geographically dispersed teams to answer our sponsors’ hardest questions regarding the application of systems engineering principles to critical systems employments.  

Roles & Responsibilities:

Modeling architectures of complex systems using standards-based languages (ex. SysML / UML)Evaluating and comparing alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniquesArticulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks, and opportunitiesSupporting requirements management, interface management, and architecture change management processesCollaborating closely with our sponsor and our team to identify critical problems and engineer approaches to address them. Applying systems engineering principles and approaches to inform evidence driven decision making by sponsorsClearly and concisely communicating highly technical analyses and recommendations to sponsors and partners in written and verbal products. 

Basic Qualifications:

Typically, Bachelor’s Degree in a technical engineering discipline and a minimum of 5 years of experience; or a Master’s and 3 years of experience; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.Related experience in systems analysis and integration, mission analysis, capabilities development, requirements analysis, and/or business process analysis Demonstrated application of model-based systems engineering and digital engineering using SySML and tools such as, Cameo, and RhapsodyFunctional knowledge of DoD’s acquisition and requirements processesDemonstrated experience performing impactful analytical work  Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely (oral and written)  Current DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearanceThis position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in a technical discipline (e.g., information systems, systems engineering, computer science, information technology)Knowledge of Navy, Marine Corps, Joint, and Interagency domainsCurrent DoD Top Secret clearanceDemonstrated application of model-based systems engineering and digital engineering using SySML and tools such as, Cameo, and RhapsodyDemonstrated technical management for SE projects that require cross-disciplinary collaborationKnowledge of Analysis of Alternatives, Verification and Validation, Design of Experiments, and data analytics.

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

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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