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System Requirements Engineer Security Clearance

Job in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02138, USA
Listing for: Draper
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 75000 USD Yearly USD 75000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: System Requirements Engineer with Security Clearance
Overview:
Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation.

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Job Description

Summary:

The System Requirements Engineer 2 is responsible for the definition, analysis, and verification of a system and subsystem requirements to shape the overall system design. The role entails application of systems engineering methods within a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and/or digital engineering framework. Responsibilities include the elucidation of mission needs, definition of use cases/CONOPS, functional system modeling, requirement tree development and flow-down, analysis-based requirement trades/balancing, simulation-based performance trades/analysis, simulation-based requirements verification, test strategy development, test design, and requirements management through product life-cycle.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

• Coordinate, schedule and participate in the requirements assessments.

• Assists in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.

• Conducts requirements engineering, scheduling, reliability, development, and evaluation, maintainability and analysis for training.

• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements.

• Assists in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.

• Lead assessment effort in conducting both formal and informal evaluations and analysis.

• Analyze assessment results and make improvement/change recommendations.

• Ensure assessment results and recommendations can be incorporated into the requirements documentation.

• Help define and execute system engineering lifecycle assignments and analysis approaches for a particular problem and independently execute assignments

• Contribute high quality content for technical reports and presentations with minimal guidance

• Proactively identify needs and concerns associated with design decisions and communicate them to project leadership Skills/Abilities

• Highly-organized, capable of approaching problems with a system-level perspective

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Practical experience with the systems engineering process

• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and/or digital engineering (DE) tools/methods

• Roles may require proficiency with modeling/simulation, computer coding languages, SysML, STPA, DOORs, and/or other engineering analysis tools

• Knowledge of GN&C, avionics architectures, fault tolerance, cyber/security, comms/encryption, or other technologies may be required as defined in the summary. Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or related field. Masters degree preferred. Experience
3-5 years experience in systems engineering with emphasis in requirements engineering. Additional

Job Description:

Ability to support on-site consistently is highly preferred. Applicants selected for this opportunity will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. Connect With Draper for Future Opportunities! If you don't find the right posting in our Career Opportunities, you may submit your resume for future consideration.

Job Location - City:
Cambridge

Job Location - State:
Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:  The US base salary range for this full-time position is $75,000.00 - $ Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related…
Position Requirements
5+ Years work experience
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