Principal Space Engineer

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Launched in 2025, Space Enterprise Mission Division (SEMD) was established to deliver economies in scope and scale across the MNS sponsor aligned space warfighting enterprise. SEMD supports critical organizations from headquarters through operational commands and acquisition centers including HQ USSPACECOM, Combat Forces Command, Space Forces PACIFIC, Space Training and Readiness Command, HQ USSF, Space Systems Command, SF/S9 Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) and Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP), and other space related agencies and offices. We deliver impactful technical capabilities with a focus on space warfighter integration, C2 integration, and space futures, partnering across the government and industry space enterprise to bring capabilities to bear to achieve Joint mission objectives, deliver joint space combat power, and enable superiority in all domains.

The Space Warfighting Integration Department brings the space enterprise to bear on the all-domain fight by aligning mission needs, technical capabilities, and sponsor priorities across the national security space enterprise. We provide mission integration, mission engineering, architecture performance and resilience analysis, and advanced modeling, simulation, and operational analysis to inform recommendations and strengthen decision-making. Our work helps the mission partners, operational users, and acquirers close kill chains, strengthen operational readiness, and connect operational needs to future force design, integrated test and evaluation, training, and the operationally relevant infrastructure needed to field combat-credible capabilities. We address mission-critical challenges across space operations, command and control integration, and future force design.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Space Operations Program Coordinator is responsible for providing technical solutions to advance mission outcomes for U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM), U.S. Space Forces-PACOM (SFP), Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM), Space Systems Command (SSC) Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI), USSF Combat Forces Command (CFC), and other space agencies and offices. The Program Coordinator aligns sponsor priorities, warfighter needs, and MITRE capabilities across the space operations portfolio to improve mission outcomes and broaden MITRE's impact in space warfighting.

Responsibilities

• Develop Space Operations Program short and long-term unified strategies, aligning across operational projects and programs, to support achieving the Division Strategy.
• Develop Space Operations Program motivation and enterprise level Outcomes to deliver impact across sponsors. Translate enterprise-level sponsor outcomes into individual, synchronized project technical objectives.
• Promote integrated solutions that improve readiness, tactics development, C2, operational acceptance, and the doctrinal delivery of space effects across commands and organizations.
• Shape, develop, and capture future work by translating space operational insights and conducting actionable analyses, exercises, and testing to enhance warfighting mission effectiveness and acquisition recommendations.
• Develop trusted relationships with senior government sponsors and with key company leaders across MITRE program divisions, MITRE Technology & Engineering (MTE), and Commercial Sector to deliver economies of scope and accelerate mission impact across MITRE aligned Sponsors.
• Guide mission engineering analysis across the space enterprise to identify mission and integration challenges and develop solutions that enable end-to-end capability.
• Coordinate with projects, commands, services, Departments, and mission partners to connect operational, acquisition, test, and training communities to close gaps and seams in current space operations.
• Coordinate and synchronize project execution for Space Operations Projects, namely USSPACECOM, SFP, STARCOM, SSC OTTI, USSF CFC, and other space agencies and offices.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically 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.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, influence stakeholders, and communicate effectively with senior government sponsors and internal technical leaders.
• Understanding of missions, components, roles and responsibilities of USSF and CCMDs with demonstrated expertise in Space Warfighting mission operations, e.g., Space Command and Control, Missile Warning, Tracking and Defense, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, Orbital Warfare, Space Electromagnetic Warfare, and USSF Capability Development, e.g., readiness, tactics development, command and control, operational acceptance processes.
• 8 years of Project Management experience and ability to conduct analysis and present findings to senior-level decision makers
• Demonstrated ability to build and effectively lead teams, build consensus across organization units, be a proactive problem solver and collaborator to accelerate mission impact.
• Must have an active Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI and SAP 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science degree in an Engineering discipline with 10 years of related experience in USSF missions or acquisitions
• Deep understanding of Department of War warfighting doctrine and emerging applications
• Demonstrated experience developing and aligning strategies across multiple stakeholders and mission areas to achieve broader space enterprise objectives
• Experience translating enterprise-level sponsor priorities and outcomes into synchronized technical objectives, plans, or work across multiple teams
• Experience guiding mission engineering and using its analysis to solve mission challenges, gaps, and seams and advocate for actionable recommendations across the space enterprise
• Experience mentoring and developing staff in understanding space missions in the context of multiple stakeholders and broader space warfighting
• Deep knowledge and experience in warfighter integration across NSSE program acquisition and operations beyond the USSF
• Applied technical experience in one or more relevant areas such as Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A), Space Command and Control, Operational Analysis, Operations Research, and Test & Evaluation
• Demonstrated knowledge across the air, space, and cyber domains

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

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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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