MBSE Systems Engineer

KBR, Inc. • Albuquerque, NM

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. This position involves work that has a profound impact on the country’s critical role of protecting national security. KBR is seeking a senior Model Based Systems Engineer (MBSE) to support the Air Force Research Lab’s Space Warfare Directorate (AFRL/RJ) in Albuquerque, NM. The role requires an active DoD Top Secret security clearance. As an MBSE Systems Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and work in collaborative small team environments to conduct research and analysis, develop models and scenarios, and perform analysis on a variety of current and future space technologies. This work will drive the development and refinement of existing program system requirements and influence the pursuit of future technologies and capabilities. You will work with research & development engineers, as well as with program and customer leadership, to provide better requirements traceability, efficient design of components and systems, improved quality (by catching defects early), reduced costs, and shortened concept system research & development timelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math or Science
• Active Top Secret security clearance (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience
• Advanced SysML skills
• Experience with the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination and task execution situations involving the full spectrum of systems engineering and integration activities
• Hands-on technical drive and accountability
• Collaborate well with a diverse group of skill sets and backgrounds
• High motivation, creativity, and flexibility to work in a dynamic environment
• Excellent communicator

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Math or Science
• Proficiency in Cameo and/or SparxEA applications
• Experience with space technologies and/or space operations
• Object Management Group (OMG)-Certified Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Certification
• Statistical techniques for approaching complex problems with large amounts of data
• Application of operations research techniques and supporting skills such as database query languages, design of experiment and response surface methodologies, scripting language programming, and development of appropriate models and simulations
• Experience with agile development processes
• Familiar with M&S tools such as AFSIM, Systems Tool Kit (STK), Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM), and/or System Effectiveness Analysis Simulation (SEAS)

Responsibilities

• Guide efforts to create and extend system models using existing requirements, interface documentation, and related design and systems engineering documents
• Enable mission-level modeling, simulation and analysis using Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) by defining and structuring MBSE elements and data flow
• Guide system-level integration, verification, and validation activities
• Define and analyze directed energy system missions and evaluating mission capabilities/performance for various scenarios and vignettes
• Expert level support for framing conceptual challenges, developing and documenting methodologies to model, simulate, and analyze those challenges
• Communicate (both written and verbal) clear insights and observations based on complex analytical models and technical data interpretation to senior-level leadership and external customers
• Collaborate with a range of organizations and customers to obtain necessary authoritative data, analytic techniques, and assumptions so that results from the above activities remain consistent with the general analytic community
• Lead technical support and knowledge transfer as needed, to facilitate the successful adoption of technologies newly introduced into the AFSIM suite
• Demonstrate technical ownership and accountability
• Provide MBSE and SysML or UML expertise and related support to the modeling, simulation & analysis (MS&A) studies team

Benefits

• KBR is an equal opportunity employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior