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MITRE’s Army Program Division, part of MITRE National Security, is seeking a Department Chief Engineer (CE) for the Army Multi-Domain ISR Operations and Systems (N212) department. This department focuses on enhancing the Army’s ability to collect intelligence from multi-domain sensors and process it into actionable intelligence for decision makers and Warfighters. We assist the Army in designing, delivering, and sustaining leading edge technologies focused on Electronic Warfare, SIGINT, intelligence targeting systems, ISR sensors, assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), electromagnetic situational awareness, and non-kinetic effects to enable freedom of maneuver and achieve overmatch.

Ideal candidates for the N212 CE position will have a strong operational focus and deep technical expertise across a broad range of disciplines. The department’s primary locations are the McLean Campus and the Aberdeen, MD site, making it crucial for the CE to participate in regular in-person team and Sponsor engagements. This department directly supports Army Acquisition organizations within the Program Executive Office (PEO) Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) program offices, intelligence organizations such as Army G-2 and INSCOM, the Space and Missile Defense Command, and science and technology research with DEVCOM C5ISR. N212 supports PEO IEW&S Integration Directorate and Headquarters along with many of its Program Managers, including PM PNT, PDM Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP), PM Electronic Warfare & Cyber (EW&C), and PM Intel Systems & Analytics (IS&A).

The N212 CE will collaborate with the Department Manager (DM), Project Leaders (PLs), other stakeholder DMs and CEs, and Army division leadership to ensure the execution of a high-impact, high-quality technical work program that achieves Sponsor mission-critical outcomes. The Department CE is expected to make significant technical contributions and provide thought leadership in one or more technical areas central to the department’s work program. The CE will help develop and execute strategies that push technical boundaries for the Mult-Domain ISR and Operations work program and ensure the technical quality of the products delivered to our sponsors. Additionally, the CE will be expected to help develop and mentor the next generation of technical thought leaders.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Department CE is responsible for delivering innovative, high-impact, and high-quality solutions to address our sponsor’s critical mission challenges. The Department CE ensures these solutions exemplify MITRE’s FFRDC Differentiated Value and Culture. They are accountable for the quality of department products and processes and lead assessments to track and ensure excellence in all technical aspects of department operations. The Department CE reports to the DM but also receives technical guidance from the Division Chief Engineer. Key duties include:

• Manage Work Program Execution: Advise Project Leaders (PLs) on opportunities to better shape and align our technical work with the most critical sponsor priorities, maximizing our impact.

• Sponsor Engagement: Engage directly with sponsors to shape the work and influence decisions through data-driven recommendations.

• Project Planning and Execution: Assist PLs in developing executable plans and schedules for conducting the work, track status, manage risk, and ensure the quality and timeliness of the department’s work products.

• Laboratory Management: Manage laboratory capital investments and budgets, identify necessary software and tools critical to work program execution, and ensure their availability when needed.

• Collaboration and Resource Leveraging: Build and leverage connections with MITRE Labs, Technology-Aligned Research Program Leads, and Cross-Cutting Priority Leads, bringing the full resources of MITRE to support work program execution. Influence IR&D investments critical to the department portfolio and act as a connector between PLs and these essential resources.

• Support "Build Deep" Initiatives: Support the planning and execution of initiatives by leveraging technical and operational expertise in aligned areas.

• Manage Technical Quality. Manage the Mission, Value Chain (MVC) process within the department working with the Army Division CE and other Army department CEs. Review all deliverables and be ultimately responsible for the technical quality of all products provided to the sponsor.

• Technology Awareness. Work across MITRE enterprise and be aware of innovative technical solutions developed in the laboratories, Platforms, cross cutting initiatives that could be tailored and leveraged for Army applications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 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

• Demonstrated expertise in technologies critical to the department, including electronic warfare, software systems engineering, signal processing and fusion, data analytics, sensor systems engineering, and intelligence operations.

• Proven track record of leading innovative and complex projects and teams.

• Excellent program-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with experience growing and managing technical teams.

• Understanding of Army operations, organizational constructs, priorities, and missions, and how technology could be utilized to develop systems and processes to advance Army combat advantage.

• Knowledge and experience in navigating the Department of Defense Acquisition processes.

• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering and Mission Engineering.

• Familiarity with the DoD intelligence community and intelligence systems.

• Familiarity with intelligence workflows, target collection process, ISR (SIGINT, GEOINT etc.), PED, intelligence products and the kinetic/non-kinetic targeting process.

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site in either McLean or Aberdeen, with travel as needed between those two locations and meetings at Sponsor sites that include Aberdeen Proving Ground, Pentagon and Fort Belvoir, VA.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Possess and maintain an active DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Army PEO IEW&S and Army Intelligence organizations.

• Bachelor’s Degrees in one of the following disciplines: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Cyber

• Deep understanding of Army doctrine, systems, and policies.

• Mission knowledge of intelligence operations, the intelligence lifecycle, and intelligence systems.

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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$188,500 - $235,500 - $282,500 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website Know Your Rights Poster (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) .

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