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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.The Influence and Integration Department advances IC’s enterprise priorities by translating policy intent into integrated, executable approaches across the Intelligence Community. The department supports IC’s policy and mission integration efforts by shaping policy frameworks, strengthening governance and oversight, and guiding capability development that connects strategic direction to mission execution. Through disciplined analysis, enterprise coordination, and sustained partnership, the department aligns policy, mission priorities, and analytic leadership to enable coherent implementation of modernization initiatives and reinforce the sponsor’s role as the strategic leader of the IC.\nRoles & Responsibilities:\nThe successful candidate for this position is a Space Systems Engineer and Acquisition Expert who combines strong foundations in space systems, systems engineering, technical analysis, and major systems acquisitions with hands-on experience supporting complex space and ground related acquisitions in the GEOINT or SIGINT disciplines. The Space Systems Engineer and Acquisition Expert will help our government sponsor establish, assess, and improve technical and programmatic approaches that support acquisitions across the Intelligence Community. The candidate will play a critical role in shaping acquisition strategy, evaluating program execution, informing policy and governance, and providing senior leader decision support.\nThe successful candidate will serve as a trusted technical advisor and may act as a primary point of contact for senior government sponsors. The candidate will be expected to develop clear, concise, and actionable deliverables; communicate complex technical concepts to senior decision makers; and align acquisition and engineering approaches to enterprise-wide mission needs.\nThe candidate should have hands-on experience in many of the areas specified below:\nTechnical and analytical support to space and ground related acquisitions - including risk, schedule, and cost assessments - across the Intelligence Community.\nDemonstrated working knowledge of and application of Intelligence Community acquisition policy, including the ICD 801 series\nStrong working knowledge of the General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) and experience supporting programs or acquisition efforts tied to National Intelligence Program (NIP) funding, mission priorities, and stakeholder coordination across the intelligence community and Department of War.\nDevelopment and assessment of acquisition strategies, technical plans, and programmatic blueprints for GEOINT or SIGINT related space-based capabilities\nSupport to significant milestone events and movement of major system acquisitions through key schedule milestones.\nTranslation of mission needs into acquisition recommendations, implementation plans, and senior leader decision support materials.\nEnterprise coordination that enables a Community-wide perspective to be incorporated throughout the acquisition cycle.\nAbility to assess interoperability, data sharing, and enterprise integration implications of new space and sensor capabilities and corresponding ground system capability needs.\nAbility to work with technical and program teams to translate strategy, policy, and mission intent into executable acquisition approaches.\nDeep analytic or systems engineering expertise in at least one of the following:Mission architecture analysis, including space, ground, transport, and user segment considerations.\nSensor system performance assessment, including coverage, sensitivity, revisit, latency, and data quality tradeoffs.\nRequirements analysis, traceability, and technical baseline management across the acquisition lifecycle.\nKnowledge of satellite payloads, remote sensing systems, ground processing, and mission operations concepts.\nCross-domain integration of space, airborne, terrestrial, and analytic capabilities.\nSupport to source selection, capability evaluations, and independent technical assessments.\nUnderstanding of resilience, survivability, cybersecurity, and supply chain considerations for space systems.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\nTypically requires a minimum of 10 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.\nRecognized as a technical expert in GEOINT or SIGINT applications enabled by space-based systems and associated ground segments.\nDemonstrated ability to apply expert-level experience and knowledge of GEOINT or SIGINT systems, practices, and procedures within acquisition, systems engineering, and analytic disciplines.\nDemonstrated ability to deliver clear and concise deliverables to senior Government decision makers on space system, sensor, and/or ground segment related topics.\nAbility to interface with and serve as a primary point of contact to senior leader government sponsors.\nOutstanding written and verbal communication skills, including developing and delivering well-structured presentations to Government senior staff.\nMust have an active Top Secret/SCI w/Poly 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.\nThis position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPrior experience supporting U.S. government intelligence and/or DoW organizations in acquisition, systems engineering, or technical advisory roles.\nExperience supporting space and sensor related acquisitions, milestone reviews, and enterprise coordination activities.\nAdditional preferred qualifications based on general knowledge:\nDegree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, or related field.\nExperience with space payloads, remote sensing, ground systems, and mission processing architectures.\nFamiliarity with DoD and IC acquisition processes and systems engineering reviews.\nExperience integrating technical, operational, and acquisition perspectives into executable recommendations for senior leaders.\nThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):\nTop Secret/SCI/PolygraphThis 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$162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 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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