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This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.Department Summary:\nThis is an opportunity for a Space Modeling & Simulation Analyst to join MITRE’s Operations Analysis department. We are a large group of over 60 operations research professionals, including over 20 PhDs, who provide thought leadership on a variety of strategic and technical issues, perform analysis that enable our sponsors to make more effective decisions, lead internal research and development activities to bring new technical capabilities into the public sector, and serve as trusted third-party advisors to government sponsors on a variety of technical topics.\nIn short, we apply our problem-solving skills to complex interdisciplinary problems that occur within or at the intersection of organizations, operations, and technology. We support sponsor projects across the defense and public sectors including military logistics, radio-spectrum frequency management, health care delivery, cybersecurity analytics, fraud detection, satellite planning, homeland security and civilian aviation. We apply advanced analytic techniques such as longitudinal analysis, large-scale integer programming, metaheuristics, agent-based modeling, reinforcement learning, predictive modeling, mathematical modeling, forecasting, machine learning, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, Bayesian analysis, and different types of simulation to solve the nation’s toughest problems. And our research pushes the boundaries on topics such as complex scheduling, medical image analysis, and identifying changes in data streams.\nIf you are passionate about project-based analytical work in the public interest, you have found the right place.\nRoles & Responsibilities:\nApply advanced analytical and mathematical techniques to make difficult policy and acquisition decisions, to maximize operational effectiveness and efficiency, and achieve highest quality engineering solutions\nDevelop high-fidelity models of space systems (satellites, payloads, ground segments) to predict performance, behavior, and mission outcomes under realistic operating conditions.\nBuild and run simulations to evaluate system concepts, mission architectures, and trade-offs (cost, performance, risk) before hardware is designed or launched.\nAnalyze large volumes of simulation output to identify vulnerabilities, performance limits, and potential failure modes, and recommend design or operational changes.\nModel space environment effects (orbital dynamics, radiation, space weather, debris) and assess their impact on space systems over the mission life cycle.\nSupport mission planning and operations by simulating timelines, tasking strategies, and contingencies to inform decision-makers and improve resiliency.\nCollaborate with multidisciplinary teams (systems engineers, analysts, operators, intelligence professionals) to ensure models are accurate, validated, and aligned with mission needs and security requirements.\nBasic Qualifications\nTypically 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.\nU.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance; ability to obtain and maintain additional accesses as required.\nExperience applying modeling and simulation, operations research, systems engineering, or statistical analysis to national security, defense, intelligence, or space missions.\nExperience developing, executing, validating, and documenting analytical models, simulations, or decision-support tools for complex systems.\nExperience developing and presenting analytical findings, technical briefings, white papers, and recommendations for senior technical and executive stakeholders.\nDemonstrated ability to work across multidisciplinary teams, manage multiple analytic efforts, and independently drive work from problem definition through decision support.\nStrong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.\nMust have an active Top Secret/SCI U.S Government issued Security Clearance and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.\nThis position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster’s degree or PhD in operations research, applied mathematics, engineering, physics, computer science, systems engineering, or a related technical discipline.\nExperience with space-focused modeling and simulation tools, such as AFSIM, MATLAB, Python, STK, or equivalent platforms.\nExperience developing or validating large-scale simulations, databases of system capabilities, orbital models, link budgets, performance measures, or constellation-replenishment models.\nExperience supporting U.S. Space Force, National Reconnaissance Office, U.S. Space Command, Air Force, Intelligence Community, or other national space organizations.\nKnowledge of space-system architectures, including space vehicles, ground systems, communications, orbital dynamics, mission planning, and/or sensor operations.\nAbility to assess operational performance, availability, resiliency, and risk across integrated space and ground architectures.\nExperience with digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, mission engineering, architecture analysis, or data-driven decision support.\nExperience planning or facilitating wargames, operational analyses, tabletop exercises, or architecture trade studies.\nExperience translating operational gaps into technical requirements, acquisition strategies, or future-capability recommendations.\nExperience leading analytic teams and engaging senior leaders across government, industry, and mission-partner organizations.\nCurrent TS/SCI with polygraph and/or SAP/SCI access.\nThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):\nTop Secret/SCIThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):\nTop Secret/SCI/PolygraphSalary compensation range and midpoint:\n$155,200 - $194,000 - $232,800 AnnualWork Location Type:\nOnsiteCommitment to Non-Discrimination\nAll 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.\nMITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. 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