Model- Systems Engineer Mid-Senior Level-ACL

Overview

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem‑solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.

The Operations Research Branch (ORB) of the Signals and Systems Division (SASD) in the Advanced Concepts Laboratory (ACL) seeks qualified candidates for the position of Model‑Based Systems Engineer in Atlanta, Georgia. SASD engages in research related to high‑impact, technical analysis for U.S. Government projects. The division's mission is to shape the development of next‑generation technical capabilities and strengthen our national defense through leading‑edge research and analytic support, informed by a deep knowledge of operational capabilities, current intelligence, and the related information environment.

ACL develops tailored solutions for a broad range of national security challenges through disciplined application of physics‑ and effects‑based modeling to realizable systems, augmented with prototype development and testing. ORB research engineers and scientists work on a variety of tasks, varying from project to project and depending on the individual's skills and interests. Opportunity is provided to grow through learning experiences  types of tasks include:

• Model development
• Verification and validation of models
• Analysis of alternatives
• Systems performance evaluation
• Requirements analysis
• Risk assessments
• Evaluation of test results
• System performance prediction
• Development of revolutionary space systems technologies

The Model‑Based Systems Engineer (MBSE) develops and executes novel system model‑based approaches to define, design, analyze, and document system development. The MBSE researcher applies MBSE tool suites to enable the use of model‑based best practices in DoD acquisition and system life‑cycle support. This position supports stakeholders and sponsors in the application of MBSE to trade‑space analysis, design, acquisition, and sustainment. The MBSE executes System Engineering and MBSE processes including system definition, functional decomposition, requirements development, architectural development and analysis, design synthesis, system analysis, data modeling and architecture development, test program development, and sustainment activities.

The MBSE researcher also presents technical and program management presentations to government sponsors.

• Lead task teams in the authoring of UAF models capturing stakeholder needs and resulting enterprise architectures, SysML models capturing system requirements and design, and data models capturing system data requirements and design.
• Direct sponsor engagement and facilitate product or system requirements gathering and analysis.
• Verify systems engineering product life‑cycle including definition, requirements analysis, synthesis, systems analysis and implementation.
• Conduct product or system design synthesis translating requirements into physical architectures for systems of moderate complexity.
• Develop technical reports and diagrams detailing product or system attributes in a SysML model.
• Implement approaches that foster reusability of existing model expressions.

• Use government open architecture standards in modeling, especially Big Iron, AMS GRA, and A‑GRA.
• Integrate with study planning, mission modeling, and data analysis functional teams.
• Generate and document systems requirements and design implementations.
• Develop skills and training as part of the greater GTRI workforce using professional development funding.
• Contribute to the innovative, cutting‑edge software research using Independent Research and Development (IRAD).

• BS in Systems…