National Intelligence Systems Engineering Task Lead

The Strategic Technology and Economic Foresight Department seeks a Senior Systems Engineering Task Leader. We are seeking a motivated and creative candidate with proven experience in project management, technical and thought leadership in the mission space, sponsor relations, and team development. As a Senior Task Leader, you will be accountable for the overall direction, work shaping, programmatic support, internal and external coordination, execution, and outcomes of MITRE work for the sponsor’s evolving research objectives. The primary activities of the team are the development of a research computational framework, user interface and data processing pipelines.

• Lead MITRE’s technical efforts in support of the sponsor:
• Direct and oversee the development of all technical work products.
• Engage research teams in the use of those products and manage features requests from research teams.
• Engage T&E partner organizations to support all project needs.
• Communication across program efforts on best practices.
• Leverage MITRE expertise, research, approaches, frameworks, and technical solutions as appropriate to help achieve the sponsor’s mission outcomes.
• Serve as the Task’s primary point of contact across the program.
• Build and nurture a high-performing team that meets sponsor’s desired outcomes.

Sponsor/Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the lead MITRE point of contact for technical needs.
• Provide appropriate technical support and reach back to the Sponsor, T&E partners and research teams.
• Engage transition partners to understand their requirements and provide training as necessary.

Work Program Definition and Execution

• Understand the sponsor’s desired mission outcomes and participate in future work-shaping.
• Work with the project leadership team to develop and execute sponsor engagement strategy.
• Develop and maintain an executable support plan and execute the plan within allocation.
• Ensure the right staffing skill mix and resources are in place.

Communication

• Ensure that program area knowledge is shared openly to all task leaders and team members.
• Serve as communication conduit between project team and sponsor leadership.
• Seek internal feedback on project activities and sponsor engagements from project team.
• Recognize team accomplishments and achievement appropriately.

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver clear and concise deliverables to Government sponsors.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a staff in the production of deliverables for Government sponsors.
• Demonstrated ability to work with staff on other tasks to share applicable information to improve MITRE support to Government sponsors.
• Demonstrated leadership of project activities.

• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI w/Poly 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.

• This position has an on-site requirement of 3 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field.

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

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 engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.

The Strategic Technology and Economic Foresight Department strengthens the IC’s ability to anticipate, assess, and respond to global technological and economic competition. The department delivers analytic rigor, foresight, and strategic assessments that help the sponsor understand emerging technologies, geopolitical dependencies, economic risk, and supply chain vulnerabilities. It ensures MITRE provides clear, actionable insights that enable senior leaders to protect national advantage, strengthen resilience, and shape whole-of-government responses to global shifts.