Department Chief Engineer

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Job Description

The Data Engineering and Environments Department (L176) in the Data and Human Centered Solutions Innovation Center is seeking a qualified Department Chief Engineer to empower and enable the department to develop data engineering technologies for a safer world. L176 applies data engineering to software; systems; information; data science, data management; data and AI governance; and artificial intelligence/machine learning practices to enable people with diverse abilities to work together effectively across location, time, organization, work practice, and technology. L176 supports a wide range of sponsors and internal customers and is active in MITRE’s research program. As part of the department leadership team, the Department Chief Engineer will drive innovation by informing L176 strategy and focusing our capability development. The Department Chief Engineer will be responsible for ensuring technical excellence of our work, generating, and shaping new work, and growth and mentoring of staff.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Advocate for the department and create demand for our capabilities and services, including in data engineering and data management technologies.
  • Promote innovative solutions and leading practices by bringing together MITRE, external industries, and academia.
  • Partner with MITRE chief engineers and chief scientists across MITRE divisions and departments to support strategic planning and work program shaping.
  • Provide technical thought leadership, stay abreast of new trends and technologies, advise department staff on technical challenges and project risks, and oversee technical quality reviews.
  • Contribute to or lead technical projects and ensure project impact, transition, and technology transfer.
  • Mentor department staff and foster a culture of innovation and inclusion.
  • Propose research ideas that align with department strategy and focus.
  • Foster and coordinate the department’s involvement in internal and external symposia, publications, and seminars.
  • Increase the department’s growth and ability to execute by participating in the hiring process to identify and evaluate exceptional candidates. Proactively recruit, develop, and support a team with the technical expertise and skills needed for our diverse work program.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 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.
  • BS in computer science, statistics, operations research, systems engineering, software engineering, information systems, or a data management related discipline or related technical field with substantial relevant professional experience.
  • Experience in leading and managing diverse engineering teams.
  • Experience mentoring and coaching staff.
  • Experience in identifying program and project opportunities, generating new work, and scoping and shaping work opportunities.
  • Highly technical on all phases of the systems engineering and data engineering and data management life cycles.
  • Strong team player with problem-solving, systems thinking, planning, organizational and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills; ability to communicate and interact with executive level civilian and military leaders as needed.
  • Must have a DoD Secret clearance or above

Preferred Qualifications:

  • DoD Top Secret clearance

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

Secret

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

Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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Company Info.

MITRE Corporation

The Mitre Corporation is an American not-for-profit organization with dual headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, and McLean, Virginia. It manages federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) supporting various U.S. government agencies in the aviation, defense, healthcare, homeland security, and cybersecurity fields, among others.

  • Industry
    Public Services
  • No. of Employees
    8,425
  • Location
    Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia, United States
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