Senior Systems Engineer - MBSE

JOB DESCRIPTION

Our client, a large defense contractor, has an immediate opening for a Senior Systems Engineer - MBSE to work from one of three locations in Plano, TX, Dayton, OH, or Denver, CO. Our client has led thoughtful and disruptive change in the aerospace and defense industry. And now they are applying this tenacity and expertise to the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) mission.

Join the SNC-led SAOC team and be a part of exciting and meaningful work to modernize and deliver the next-generation SAOC aircraft trusted by the President, Secretary of Defense and Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure continued critical command, control and communication during national emergencies. If you're passionate about building the airborne command post of the future, consider our client for your next mission.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will use your skills and expertise to research, architect, model, simulate, test, certify, and improve cutting-edge defense solutions. Your responsibilities will include developing complex system architectures within contextual modeling platforms, guiding them from operational concept through preliminary and detailed design, simulation, and test using progressive tools. As a cross-functional engineer, you will take system-level ownership of new products and processes throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring they meet rigorous performance and reliability standards.

You will collaborate closely with project engineers, external customers, and field-based employees to integrate various technological components into cohesive and effective defense mechanisms. Additionally, you will work alongside our software team to develop and field software for these systems, ensuring seamless integration and functionality. You will also collaborate with internal hardware design engineers, including mechanical and electrical engineers, to ensure that all components work together harmoniously.

Your ability to bridge the gap between software and hardware, and coordinate efforts among different engineering disciplines, will be crucial to the success of our projects. The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems.

Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4

ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground / flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

• Experience or certification in INCOSE standards
• Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry
• Experience leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of high impact trade studies and other measures
• Thorough understanding of establishing and tracking key Technical Performance Measurements (TPM)
• Experience integrating with existing or legacy aircraft platforms
• Experience working agile methodologies with Atlassian tools
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity principles and safety-critical software standards
• Active U.S. Security Clearance

• Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Analyzing context of deliverable solutions against constraints and available technology
• Lead system architecture, design and development

• Bachelor's of Science degree in System Engineering or related discipline and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering principles and practices
• Progressive experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
• Advanced understanding of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles
• Knowledge of industry standard Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools

• Software Systems Experience
• Working knowledge of Python, C++.
• Modeling and Simulation
• Controls System
• SIL Software Integration
• Advanced
  
  Experience with requirements management and system modelling tools, such as Jama, No
  
  Magic, MATLAB

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities

While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to : job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and…