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MITRE · 10 hours ago

AEHF Communications Engineer

Bedford, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$156K/yr - $235K/yr

8+ years exp

MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation focused on tackling the nation's toughest challenges. They are seeking an AEHF Communications Systems Engineer to lead the specification development, integration, and test strategies of next generation AEHF Military Satellite Communications systems.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNon ProfitQuantum ComputingSaaS

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform systems engineering analysis for requirement trades, design and integration trades, end-to-end performance analysis, and identifying risk mitigation approaches

Articulate major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties

Communicate work program uncertainties, risks and opportunities with department leadership and Sponsors

Support the development, decomposition, and review of system requirements

Support requirements management, interface management and architecture change management processes

Translate analysis results into actionable recommendations for the US Government agencies

Tasks may include leading working groups or studies covering multiple engineering domains while interfacing and collaborating across multiple stakeholders to create timely and actionable recommendations

Tasks may also include hands-on prototyping, integration, and testing activities

Qualification

Military Satellite CommunicationsEHFAEHF SATCOMSystems EngineeringTrade StudiesRisk MitigationRequirements ManagementPrototypingTestingInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration

Required

Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience

Active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI clearance

Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance

Proficient at communicating complex technical material in presentations and in writing

Experience planning, executing, and presenting complex trade studies

Experience in systems engineering with expertise across the development lifecycle from concept development, through requirements definition, system development and integration, and verification

Experience working with multiple engineering disciplines to provide solutions to complex problems that require unified software, hardware, mechanical and reliability approaches while balancing cost and schedule constraints

Strong interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate across multiple organizations and engineering disciplines

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

Preferred

Experience leading the evaluation and testing of complex systems

Experience with capabilities trade analysis, mission analysis, information assurance, systems integration, and understanding of the relationships between operational, technical, and system's architecture

Familiarity with Military Satellite Communications, especially familiarity with EHF and AEHF SATCOM and associated Satellite Communications terminals (MILSTAR, FAB-T, FET, SMART-T, GASNT, MMPU, VPS, SCAMP)

Familiarity with evaluation of RF communications

Possess a current/active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance are preferred

Experience with multi-disciplinary modeling and simulation (physics-level, engineering-level and/or operational-level). Documented success applying modern systems engineering methods including MBSE

Experience with system integration and testing (HW/SW) of COTS components for prototyping

Familiarity with Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3) and the nuclear environment

Company

MITRE

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The MITRE Corporation is working to solve some of the nation’s biggest challenges in defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, homeland security, the judiciary and transportation.

Founded in 1958

Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

5001-10000 employees