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MITRE is seeking a technically deep and operationally oriented engineer to provide innovative solutions to critical Army challenges, in areas that include the application of Artificial Intelligence to help the Army design and deliver advanced technologies to meet the warfighter needs in a broad range of operating environments. The Army Intelligence and Sensors Department (N212) supports a geographically dispersed set of Sponsors largely based in Aberdeen, MD and the DC areas but with a presence in Colorado Springs, CO and Huntsville, AL. Our mission is to design, deliver and sustain leading edge capabilities focused on intelligence systems, sensors and non-kinetic effects to ensure Army soldiers are equipped with the technology and actionable battlefield intelligence to enable dominance.

The successful candidate will work across MITRE and the Army enterprise to develop solutions primarily in support of the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S). Efforts will include supporting their sensor modernization efforts with a focus on AI/ML to process, exploit and disseminate intelligence data and proposing solutions related to optimizing the sensor to shooter workflow. The ideal candidate will have broad technical skills to apply across multiple domains with experience in developing prototype capabilities in the areas of small form factor signal processing, command and control, and electronic warfare. In addition to PEO IEW&S, the candidate’s skills and knowledge will be applied in direct support of the Army G-2 and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR) Research and Technology Integration with the potential for larger cross cutting impact across the greater Army and Department of Defense enterprise.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide thought leadership to the application of innovative methods, solutions, and capabilities to our direct work program.

• Design, evaluate, and integrate AI/ML capabilities with a focus on sensors and intelligence domains.

• Adapts artificial intelligence, including machine learning, to areas such as command and control, surveillance, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, remote sensing, robotics, decision support, planning and other areas.

• Inform, advise and advocate for appropriate solutions given Sponsor needs, timelines, and infrastructure.

• Guide teams on the development of prototypes using modern software engineering techniques.

• Maintain awareness of the current State-of-the-Art techniques and actively look for ways in which they can be applied to MITRE and the sponsors.

• Identify opportunities for MITRE capabilities to fill gaps in operational workflows and experimentation activities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires 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.

• Demonstrated technical expertise in Artificial Intelligence and one or more of the following areas: Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Autonomous Systems, Embedded Systems, Software Architecture, Electrical Engineering.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with the ability to articulate complex concepts and topics to sponsors and staff.

• Demonstrated ability to work well in collaborative and dynamic environments that foster innovation in areas that provide enhanced capabilities to MITRE’s sponsors.

• Technical leadership demonstrated by proven experience in successfully leading diverse teams to accomplish significant technical outcomes and deliver data driven products to our sponsors.

• Ability to work independently to learn new technologies, techniques, processes, languages, platforms, and systems.

• Experience with programming languages such as C++ and Python.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government clearance (e.g., DoD Top Secret).

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A keen interest in learning about and rapidly responding to new problems across a variety of domains.

• Experience working in and understanding of the Army Domain.

• Demonstrated innovative impact affecting a large project or a portfolio.

• Proven track record of partnering with external organizations, including with the government, academia, and industry to deliver capabilities that meet operational needs.

• Understanding of Army operations, organizational constructs, priorities, and missions and how technology can be utilized to develop capabilities to advance Army combat advantage.

• Current Top Secret clearance.

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

Top Secret/SCI

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

Top Secret/SCI

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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