Hiring: Senior Systems Engineer Company: MITRE Location: Chantilly, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 17:23:09 Employment Type: Internship / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Enterprise Architecture, Security Clearance, Systems Design, Systems Engineering, Systems Integration About the job Experience: •Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience •5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience Required Skills: •Support system design and architecture activities by translating sponsor mission needs, operational constraints, and capability gaps into system concepts, functional designs, technical approaches, and implementation options •Develop, assess, and refine system architectures for complex mission systems, including operational views, functional architectures, logical and physical architectures, interfaces, data flows, dependencies, and integration points •Conduct stakeholder engagements, workshops, interviews, and technical working groups to elicit, analyze, document, and validate clear, testable, and traceable mission, system, product, interface, performance, security, and operational requirements •Conduct engineering studies, trade analyses, and gap assessments to evaluate current-state systems, operational processes, technology limitations, interoperability challenges, and opportunities to improve mission outcomes •Support integration, test, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition activities for complex systems, including integration sequencing, test objectives, success criteria, interface dependencies, and deployment readiness considerations •Participate in alternative analysis for government sponsors and program managers on mission context, capability needs, technical priorities, system roadmaps, technology insertion opportunities, acquisition strategies, and engineering approaches that support program objectives •Support acquisition planning and execution by contributing to Statements of Work, Statements of Objectives, Performance Work Statements, market research, acquisition strategies, evaluation criteria, technical evaluation plans, source selection documentation, and vendor assessments •Partner cross-functionally with multidisciplinary teams to develop and present technical artifacts, architecture briefings, decision papers, trade study results, requirements packages, interface documentation, and engineering recommendations for sponsor and leadership review Qualifications: •Operational familiarity with both MBSE and traditional systems engineering approaches, including requirements analysis, functional decomposition, interface control, trade studies, risk analysis, technical reviews, and engineering decision support •Demonstrated capacity to develop or review architecture products, requirements specifications, trade studies, technical plans, acquisition artifacts, and engineering recommendations •Demonstrated capacity to collaborate with government sponsors, program managers, technical teams, acquisition stakeholders, and mission users •Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to define ambiguous problems, structure technical options, and brief technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences •Demonstrated capacity to work both collaboratively and independently in a dynamic sponsor environment •Willingness to work at various sponsor locations in the Northern Virginia area as needed •This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site •Knowledge of intelligence operations, the intelligence lifecycle, and intelligence systems Compensation: •$121,200 - $151,500 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!