Associate Autonomous Systems Engineer

The MITRE Corporation•Huntsville, AL

23h•Onsite

About The Position

MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. The Army Soldier and Weapon Systems Department (N214) mission is to provide world class engineering workforce for combat, testing, and training capabilities to provide the U.S. Army an asymmetric advantage. The work programs leverage a diverse set of technical disciplines from within the Department and across the corporation to maximize our impact in solving some of the Army’s toughest modernization challenges in the areas of systems engineering, agile software development, test and evaluation, digital engineering, autonomous systems, and training. The Army Soldier and Weapons Systems Department is seeking a technical oriented and strategic thought leader in the Autonomy space. Successful candidates will work closely with senior government civilian and military leaders to define and execute MITRE’s work across several Army acquisition offices. Regular sponsor interaction will be required. This position is in Huntsville, AL and open to qualified Lead step and above applicants.

Requirements

Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with related Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
U.S. Citizenship required
Technical background in disciplines of relevance in one or more of the following: computer vision, deep learning, machine learning, control theory, human machine teaming, and multi-robot systems.
Applicable school or work experience related to Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning, software and/or hardware engineering.
Experience with CUAS operations
Demonstrated ability to take risks and lead work with partial insights, and operate effectively autonomously
Demonstrated ability to build collaboration across organizational units.
Demonstrates collaboration and communication skills to support individual, team, and customer-related interaction.
Critical thinking, analytic, and problem-solving skills – comfortable working in dynamic settings where task objectives may evolve or need to be shaped, or creative solutions to task impediments must be identified.
Demonstrated ability to work in an interdisciplinary team environment, establish and leverage a diverse professional network, and integrate contributions from a variety of resources (people, tools, organizations).

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, etc.
Current/Active Secret Clearance.
Experience working on Autonomous Platforms.
Experience with Autonomy capabilities and features.
Experience with rapid prototyping, including fabrication and electronics
Experience with field testing autonomous systems
Experience with CUAS operations
Knowledge of advances of Autonomy evaluation capabilities in industry and academia
Domain knowledge of swarming systems, agentic AI, manufacturing robotics, and/or missile defense
Knowledge of Autonomy Techniques Real-time vehicle path planning, Sensor fusion, System identification, Model predictive control, Robust control design, Computational geometry, and/or Model-based design.
Work and/or leadership of teams to implement and evaluate AI and Autonomy algorithms

Responsibilities

Leverage expertise of real-time planning, optimization, and control algorithms for intelligent and autonomous systems to enable the Army’s strategic vision to reduce the burden on soldiers and increase combat power.
Work with sponsor and industry to develop, test, and acquire data-driven solutions that meet military operational needs.
Deliver strategic think and recommendations to deliver optimal Technical Performance through the application of autonomous engineering principles and best practices.
Recognize technical challenges and lead engineering activities to deliver appropriate solutions.
Driving the adoption for Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), use of commercial solutions, and partnerships with industry.
Leverage a technical understanding of Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) systems to ensure interoperability and complimentary integration, software modernization efforts, and prototype development of Counter Unmanned Aeriel Systems (CUAS) within PAE Fires.
Assist PAE Fires to identify gaps and shortfalls in operational performance and propose effective mitigations.
Developing CONOPs, TTPs, and business processes to support joint, interagency, and coalition interoperability.
Perform analysis to support operational and technical assessments of Army Fire Control Systems.
Assist with larger cross sponsor working group leadership and execution.
Develop, make recommendations, and implement systems engineering changes.
Deliver strategy and recommendations to deliver optimal Technical Performance through the application of system engineering principles and best practices.
Recognize technical challenges and lead engineering activities to deliver appropriate solutions.
Collaborate within MITRE to leverage ongoing Autonomy research and lab capabilities.
Identify and articulate program risks and associated opportunities.
Establish goals and communicate clear expectations and guidance that contribute to highest priority sponsor outcomes.
Establish strong relationships within the sponsor organization.
Define opportunities to collaborate with organizations outside of the sponsor to create a greater mission outcome.