Lead the overall direction, technical quality, administration, resource planning, staffing, and internal and external coordination of the project as defined by MITRE and the Air & Space Forces Center. Partner with Department and Division Leadership in developing long term strategies for successful work plan growth and execution. Plan, schedule, and resource the project’s deliverable development and quality control activities commensurate to the Mission Value Chain (MVC) sponsor impact and technical characteristics. Establish regular battle rhythm for sponsor engagements and collaboration opportunities to include in-person meetings. Seek, engage, and apply resources and capabilities from the full range of MITRE’s organizations and locations to ensure the project employs best-fit talent to address its wide range of problem areas and technical domains. Basic Qualifications:Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of systems engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM related field; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. At least one year of Task or Project Leadership experience. Active DoD Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain a TS/ SCI clearance. U.S. Citizenship required. Knowledge of major government rapid, agile, and digital system acquisition processes/strategies and familiarity with program office organization and structure. Experience in one or more technical domain areas such as: experimentation, simulation, emulation, network modeling, digital engineering, mission thread development and analysis, and/or software-intensive systems. Demonstrated strong technical contributions and warfighting domain expertise in one or more of the project’s critical areas of tactical datalinks, interoperability, mission/operational analysis, and/or long-range kill chain integration. Directly contribute to technical work products and deliverables. Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across challenging and diverse sponsors and stakeholders to propose, shape, and lead impactful work. This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence. Preferred Qualifications: Active DoD TS/ SCI Security Clearance. Master’s degree in a STEM related field 3 years Task/ Project Leadership experience. Deep technical knowledge in one or more domain areas such as: Digital Engineering, Dev. Sec. Ops, Modeling and Simulation, Mission Engineering, Design of Experiments, Open Mission Systems (OMS), and/or Test and Evaluation. Familiarity with the Long-Range Strike Mission Capability Area. Previous experience working Special Access Programs (SA - Ps)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):Top Secret/ SCI - Salary compensation range and midpoint:$162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 Annual. Work Location Type:Hybrid. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Commitment to Non-Discrimination. All 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.