Systems Engineer (MBSE)

Bowhead • Stafford, VA

2d • $100,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Bowhead is seeking a Systems Engineer (MBSE) to join its Tactical Communications and Electromagnetic Warfare (TCE) team in Stafford, Virginia. The position provides systems engineering knowledge, technical guidance, and support to the program management office. The engineer supports program engineering activities through systems engineering, model-based systems engineering, modeling and simulation, architecture development, requirements analysis, configuration management, and technical review coordination.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field.
• Two to five (2–5) or more years of systems engineering experience, with demonstrated experience supporting MBSE, modeling and simulation, system architecture development, requirements analysis, or related engineering activities.
• Intermediate knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Teams, Word, Excel, and SharePoint.
• Ability to communicate effectively with employees at all levels and outside contacts.
• Strong interpersonal skills and good judgment, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Must be able to maintain a Secret-level security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required for Secret clearance at this location.
• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds, stand and walk for prolonged periods, and periodically twist, bend, and squat.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting government or military environments is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of engineering or scientific work on projects, or perform work involving conventional engineering or scientific practices.
• Generate specifications or plans to support development of acquisition documentation.
• Support technical findings, opinions, and recommendations.
• Serve as a customer liaison, make presentations, and attend customer meetings.
• Consult with stakeholders on technical applications to support program management decisions.
• Provide administrative and technical support for Systems Engineering Technical Reviews, including developing and updating event documentation, preparing summary reports, meeting minutes and action-item trackers, and updating event information on calendars and Government-specified websites.
• Support Configuration Management in accordance with approved program plans, including developing and reviewing baseline documentation, Engineering Change Proposals, and plan annexes; participate in configuration review boards, configuration control boards, and configuration audits.
• Support configuration and version control of system models and architecture artifacts so MBSE products remain synchronized with the approved system technical baseline.
• Use systems engineering process knowledge to inform the Integrated Master Schedule about key engineering events and documents, including expected durations and dependencies.
• Analyze user requirements and contribute to system specification documents and Requirements Traceability Matrices; update the RTM after each test event.
• Develop, execute, and analyze models and simulations supporting requirements analysis, architecture development, system behavior and interface analysis, trade studies, performance assessment, and verification and validation.
• Use modeling and simulation results to evaluate system alternatives, identify technical risks, assess system performance, and support engineering decisions.
• Develop and maintain operational, functional, logical, and physical architectures.
• Model system capabilities, behaviors, interfaces, and dependencies.
• Analyze system requirements and develop functional and performance allocations.
• Establish and maintain traceability across requirements, architecture, design, and verification.
• Support system integration and interface definition across hardware, software, and subsystems.
• Conduct architecture and design trade studies using model-based analyses.
• Coordinate with government and contractor engineering teams to ensure the model reflects the current system baseline.
• Support verification and validation planning by linking requirements and architecture to test and verification activities.

What This Job Offers

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