Associate Aerospace Engineer

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Department Summary:

The Tactical Air Dominance Department (N151) is transforming warfighter operations by accelerating the fielding of advanced families of weapon systems through digital acquisition, advanced simulation and emulation, resilient communications, and autonomy experimentation. Our work programs contribute to the United States Air Force Operational Imperatives where we are enabling the warfighter to execute current and emerging kill chains effectively and efficiently in highly contested environments. We strongly value deep technical and operational expertise, a mission-oriented mindset, and a desire to firmly link the acquisition of advanced capabilities to operational warfighters, analysts, and end-users.

Our Department is seeking collaborative, risk taking, and innovative Aerospace Engineers interested in getting hands-on systems design experience with Tactical Air Dominance weapons, platforms, and sensors. We expect our Aerospace Engineers to be excellent problem solvers with thorough troubleshooting skills. They must have the ability to learn and apply new technologies to novel and complex problems. As our work directly supports US warfighters and Partner Nations, the ability to thrive in a cross-functional and diverse team environment consisting of MITRE colleagues, project sponsors, government contractors, and active-duty military personnel is critical.

Job Description:

The selected individual will be responsible for:

• Generating, decomposing, and reviewing system requirements.
• Modeling system requirements, behaviors and interfaces.
• Supporting systems development, analysis, and testing.
• Developing technical solutions and communicating these solutions in support of MITRE’s defense sponsors.
• Developing technical papers and presentations that can communicate such activities as engineering designs, Analysis of Alternatives, informational presentations, and technical analysis.
• Collaborating with other engineers across MITRE’s organizations in order to coordinate development efforts, bring the expertise of others to bear on projects, and to ensure common standards of product quality.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or similar STEM field with less than 1 year of related experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) SECRET security clearance.
• Strong collaboration and communications skills
• An eagerness to learn new skills related to leading edge technologies
• Strong interest in aircraft system design, aircraft integration, and early weapon systems engineering.
• Familiarity with object-oriented software languages (Java, C++, etc.), schema-based languages (JSON, XML, etc.) , and/or scripting languages (Python)
• Familiarity with system modeling and simulation tools such as MATLAB, Cameo, Rhapsody, AFSIM, etc.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively within multi-disciplinary teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or similar STEM field
• Active DoD SECRET Security Clearance.
• Academic and/or industry (i.e., internship or co-op) experience in applying Aerospace Engineering skills to solve real world challenges.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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