Fairfax County, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$146k–$220k/yr
At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit enginee…
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McLean, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
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At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit enginee…
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McLean, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
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McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
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ID.meMcLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
$222k–$258k/yr
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ID.meMcLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
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McLean, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$90k–$110k/yr
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McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
$100k–$200k/yr
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$209k–$262k/yr
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McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
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Arlington, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$78k–$176k/yr
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New York, New York, United States · On-site
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McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
$179k–$225k/yr
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McLean, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$126k–$140k/yr
At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the count…
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McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
$53k–$108k/yr
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McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
$129k–$194k/yr
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McLean, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$173k–$260k/yr
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McLean, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$146k–$220k/yr
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McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
$53k–$108k/yr
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New York, New York, United States · On-site
$179k–$246k/yr
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The Lead Systems Engineer will serve as a sponsor-facing leader to modernize test and evaluation (T&E) approaches for government stakeholders. Responsibilities include developing new policy, guidance, and frameworks while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to pilot innovative T&E methodologies.
Candidates must hold a technical degree in engineering, science, math, or cybersecurity with at least 6 to 8 years of relevant experience. Applicants are required to possess an active DoD Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
MITRE Technology and Engineering’s Systems Engineering Division delivers innovative, multidisciplinary systems engineering solutions that support MITRE and its diverse sponsor base. For this role, MITRE is seeking an accomplished, proactive individual capable of serving as a sponsor-facing work leader and strategic work shaper for MITRE’s work with government officials specifically focused on advancing the science of test and evaluation (T&E). This position supports the Office of the Undersecretary of War for Research & Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) Developmental Test, Evaluation, and Assessment (DTE&A) office.
This position will develop new approaches to modernizing T&E that enable practical approaches to connect T&E activities to acquisition, technical, programmatic, and operational decisions.The candidate will work closely with key government stakeholders, cross-functional working groups, and partner organizations across OSW and Service Developmental and Operational organizations and industry to develop new policy and guidance, strategies, and frameworks for fast and iterative T&E. The candidate will work across mission engineering, systems engineering, and T&E disciplines to develop and pilot new tools and methodologies in collaboration with MITRE Technology and Engineering talent.
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