Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE)
About The Position
The Odyssey Technical Center has an exciting new opportunity for a principal engineering technical leader to drive digital transformation internal to Odyssey and across DoW contracts. This role sets strategy, defines digital engineering ecosystems, and delivers enterprise-level modeling, architecture, and ontology solutions supporting complex systems and systems‑of‑systems. This role owns the cross-cutting technical charter and operating model for systems engineering and supports growth and development of the Technical Center and of the larger Odyssey Technical community. This position can be in Huntsville, AL, Lincoln, MA, or REMOTE.
Requirements
- Must be a US citizen
- Ability to Acquire Secret Clearance
- Bachelor of Science, Engineering or Computer Science
- 12+ years’ systems engineering experience; Prefer 10+ years in DE/MBSE leadership
- Deep expertise in architecture frameworks, ontology engineering, and digital ecosystem design
- Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, Atlassian, SysML modeling tools (e.g. CAMEO, MagicDraw or similar)
- Requirements Management Tools (DOORS or equivalent)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop and present technical briefings and recommendations
- Ability to explain technical concepts to audiences at different levels
- Ability to work effectively within Integrated Product Teams (IPT)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to collaborate with Government, military, and contractor personnel
Nice To Haves
- Ability to Acquire Top Secret Clearance
- Master of Science, Systems Engineering
- 14+ years of experience
- Prefer experience with Digital Twin/Thread implementations, and MBSE integration with DevSecOps
- Experience with fielded ground or spacebased sensor systems is highly preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead digital engineering (DE) strategy, vision, governance, and implementation across the acquisition lifecycle.
- Architect integrated digital ecosystems including Digital Thread, cloud-hosted toolchains, CI/CD (DevSecOps) pipelines, and where applicable, Digital Twins.
- Establish modeling standards, design patterns, meta‑models, ontologies, data dictionaries, and style guides.
- Apply standard tools and frameworks for general engineering, systems engineering, and model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
- Conduct systems engineering planning, requirements development, interface design, V&V, risk management tools and methods.
- Lead trade studies and make-buy decision analysis.
- Mentor and lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams; develop modeling workforce capability, define and grow Odyssey's technical identity and technical depth.
- Support growth through proposal technical volume narrative development, white papers, proof of concepts, and solution development and demonstration.
Benefits
- OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
