Senior System Engineer

Astrion • Bedford, MA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM). Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF, USSF, Joint, and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BM’s main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE), Operational Response Team (ORT), and multiple mission integration teams such as Air, Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space. The candidate will provide Systems Engineering assistance that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system engineering to the acquisition process. The candidate will also provide engineering support in the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components that cover tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle (requirements analysis through system disposal).

Requirements

• Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret clearance
• Must be a US citizen

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• 10 years of directly related experience with 5 years of experience in a DoD setting
• Requirements management and traceability expertise using tools such as DOORS or Jira
• Ability to develop System Requirements Documents (SRDs) and related documentation
• Familiarity with DoD architecture frameworks (UAF, DoDAF)
• Ability to translate technical specifications into operational impacts
• Working knowledge of the systems engineering “V” model and DoD 5000 series acquisition principles
• Experience with agile systems engineering principles
• Practical MBSE experience (Cameo/MagicDraw), SysML modeling, and digital engineering integration
• Ability to develop and analyze structural, behavioral, and parametric system models
• Ability to conduct trade‑space analyses assessing cost, schedule, performance, and risk
• Experience in verification & validation planning, test matrix development, and requirements verification
• Ability to serve as a technical liaison across government program offices, contractors, and operational users
• Familiarity with cloud‑based systems, cost/performance management, Agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and DevOps
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition principles (DoDI 5000.02, 5000.75)
• Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Cameo
• DOORS
• MagicDraw
• Leadership capability with minimal oversight
• Ability to perform at a high level
• Ability to work across multi‑disciplinary and cross‑functional team
• Ability to engage with senior civilian and military stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Serves a Mission Integration Team (MIT) system of systems architecture design and development engineers.
• Reviews current Department of Defense (DoD) architecture models and designs a migration path to a future state that enables seamless sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
• Drives interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.
• Captures as is and to be states driven by MIT stressing engagement scenarios.
• Engages the joint and coalition community to design and evaluate an architecture that will connect any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.
• Identifies, assesses, and matures innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi-domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.

What This Job Offers

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