MBSE Engineer for Space System Application

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory•Cambridge, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Draper’s Digital Engineering and Integrated Capabilities group is seeking a Model Based Systems Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team developing system concepts, test concepts, requirements, and architecture for a new space-based application. The engineer will use Model Based Systems Engineering approaches to support systems development, from identifying system needs and generating use cases through developing system architecture and requirements. Work may also include mission-needs elucidation, mission engineering, trade-space exploration for integrated hardware/software systems, simulation-based performance analysis for complex systems and systems of systems, digital engineering and/or MBSE architecture definition, and briefing results to leadership or government sponsors. The candidate will work as part of an interdisciplinary team, becoming knowledgeable in different problem domains, selecting relevant modeling and analysis techniques, developing or integrating multi-domain models at the required fidelity, and presenting results that support system-level analysis, performance trade-offs, and decision-making. Effective communication of technical concepts to customers, engineers, managers, and other stakeholders is essential. Applicants selected for this position must obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. Consistent on-site availability is required. Draper is an independent nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with more than 2,000 employees. The posted U.S. base salary range is $75,000–$156,000. Draper offers programs intended to support work-life balance, including workplace flexibility, employee clubs, health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. Compensation details list base salary only and do not include bonuses or benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related field.
Three to five years of experience as a systems engineer or in a related role.
Practical experience with simulation-based performance analysis.
Practical experience with the systems engineering process.
Ability to support work on-site consistently.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Highly organized, with the ability to approach problems from a system-level perspective.
Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to customers, engineers, managers, and other relevant stakeholders.
Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams and independently execute assignments.
Applicants selected for the position must obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
Depending on the role’s needs, proficiency may be required in modeling and simulation, computer language coding, descriptive modeling such as SysML, STPA, and/or other engineering analysis tools.
Knowledge of GN&C, avionics architectures, fault tolerance, cyber/security, communications/encryption, threat modeling, or other technologies may be required as specified by the role summary.

Nice To Haves

A master’s degree or higher is preferred.
Experience with SysML and implementation tools such as MagicDraw.
Familiarity with space missions operating in LEO, MEO, or GEO.
Familiarity with GNC concepts and space sensors.
Experience with requirements verification traceability, system/product compliance plans and reporting, and system verification development, management, and execution.
Familiarity with interface standards and interface-coordination documentation, such as the OSI Framework, DoDAF, SysML, deterministic communication interface-coordination documentation, or interface signal and message databases or products.
Knowledge of or interest in interdisciplinary work spanning systems engineering, modeling and simulation, trade-space exploration, machine learning, and data engineering.
Experience with one or more of DOORs, MATLAB/Simulink, and Python.
Experience integrating descriptive modeling tools with other simulation tools.

Responsibilities

Execute systems engineering assignments across the full development lifecycle, from requirements capture to deployment, with some oversight.
Support development of system concepts, test concepts, requirements, and architecture for a space-based application.
Contribute to identifying system needs and generating use cases, system architecture, and requirements using MBSE approaches.
Support mission-needs elucidation, mission engineering, and architecture or design trade-space exploration for integrated hardware/software systems.
Perform simulation-based performance analysis for complex systems and systems of systems.
Define architectures using digital engineering and/or MBSE frameworks.
Brief results to leadership or government sponsors.
Provide content for technical reports and presentations, with guidance or minimal guidance as appropriate.
Adapt to changes in program priorities and requirements.
Identify challenges, design-related needs, and concerns, and communicate them to project leadership.
Follow established best practices and Quality Management System processes.
Continue developing technical knowledge through formal and informal learning.
Work independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
Help define, plan, and execute engineering analyses and design trades.
Develop or integrate multi-domain models at appropriate fidelity and present results that support system-level analysis, performance trade-offs, and decision-making.
Perform other duties as assigned.