Hiring: Technical Staff - Digital Engineering Lead (Digital Engineering Center) Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Location: Lexington, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:18:49 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Product Lifecycle Management, SAP, Security Clearance, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •8+ years of experience supporting DoD, government, or industry in complex hardware prototyping programs Required Skills: •Influence Digital Engineering adoption across one of the nation's premier defense research and prototyping organizations •Engage directly with Laboratory leadership, program leaders, sponsors, and Department of Defense stakeholders •Shape Laboratory-wide engineering strategy, standards, and practices •Influence future DoD Digital Engineering and acquisition approaches •Work in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary environment focused on solving nationally significant challenges •The successful candidate will help define how Digital Engineering is applied to some of the nation's most challenging defense technology problems while shaping engineering practices that influence both the Laboratory and the broader DoD community. •Elevating Laboratory-wide and national awareness of DEC Digital Engineering initiatives, capabilities, and successes, strengthening the Laboratory's reputation as a leader in Digital Engineering innovation •Building trust, influencing decisions, and driving change across diverse stakeholders without direct authority Qualifications: •Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 8+ years of experience supporting DoD, government, or industry in complex hardware prototyping programs •Demonstrated ability to influence decisions, build consensus, and lead organizational change across technical, programmatic, and leadership stakeholders without direct authority •Comprehensive expertise in rapid prototyping environments and the practical challenges of balancing technical rigor, schedule, cost, and risk •Solid functional working knowledge of Digital Engineering principles and experience with Aras Innovator or comparable Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms and Digital Engineering capabilities •Demonstrated capacity to articulate the value of Digital Engineering and PLM, develop adoption strategies, and drive sustained improvement in program execution •On-site at least 60% of the time to build strong relationships, gain operational context, and effectively drive Digital Engineering transformation across the Laboratory •Strategic systems-thinking skills with the ability to connect technical execution, organizational objectives, and long-term mission outcomes •Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage technical staff, program leadership, sponsors, and senior management, translate complex concepts for diverse audiences, and build consensus around transformational initiatives •Applied hands-on capability in Aras Innovator, SAP, and other PLM and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environments, including digital thread implementation •Applied hands-on capability in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Modeling and Simulation (M&S), and digital thread methodologies. Compensation: •$145,200 - $170,000 / year 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!