Systems Engineer

Tangram Flex • Dayton, OH

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Tangram Flex is seeking a Systems Engineer to work within a specialized small team whose core mission is to establish, deploy, refine, and oversee Systems Engineering standards and best practices across the enterprise. At Tangram Flex, we provide engineering products, solutions, and services that enable innovators to design, develop, verify, and deliver software advancements to critical systems faster. By transforming how our nation solves complex software challenges, our work accelerates innovation that strengthens national security. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader and change agent. Your immediate focus will be embedding with a customer/end-user focused group to drive early-lifecycle Systems Engineering: collecting Voice of the Customer (VOC), defining stakeholder needs, modeling the problem space, and deriving rigorous stakeholder requirements. This role is a hybrid position that requires at least 2 days a week at WPAFB, though additional in-office days will often be required due to in-person meetings and Secret/Top Secret work.

Requirements

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of Systems Engineering experience
• 3+ years Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience using SysML v1 and tools such as Cameo Enterprise Architecture
• Familiarity with proper requirements decomposition and requirements management
• Knowledge of established MBSE methodologies (e.g., MagicGrid, OOSEM)
• Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive adoption of new processes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interface effectively with technical teams and government stakeholders
• Required to work at WPAFB a minimum of two days a week, other work can be remote, or in Dayton office.

Nice To Haves

• Active Secret or Top Secret Clearance or within the last 12 months
• Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, or related technical field
• 3+ years of experience performing Systems Engineering activities in DoD or defense-related programs
• Familiarity with Air Force or DoD acquisition processes and systems engineering standards (e.g., MIL-STD-499C, IEEE 15288)
• Experience in authoring technical standards, style guides, or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Familiarity with the INCOSE Guide for Writing Requirements or other industry-standard requirement quality frameworks
• Familiarity with JAMA (or other requirement management tools)
• INCOSE ASEP/CSEP certification
• Familiarity with UAFML, BPMN, and/or DODAF
• Experience in technical mentorship, peer coaching, or leading training workshops for engineering teams.
• Experience working within Agile, DevSecOps, or integrated digital engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Execute Requirements Decomposition in the problem space
• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze Voice of the Customer (VOC)
• Translate VOC into Stakeholder Needs and derive Stakeholder Requirements
• Build out the behavior of MBSE models that helps derive stakeholder requirements and clearly defines the problems for the solution space
• Perform requirements gap and overlap analysis against existing requirements
• Train and mentor members on requirements decomposition and MBSE modeling
• Manage requirements in JAMA Connect
• Drive the development, documentation, promotion, and enforcement of enterprise-wide systems engineering standards
• Build and maintain an MBSE Governance model for program processes, group functions, and strategic objective alignment.
• Develop and conduct training to ensure adoption and compliance with Systems Engineering Standards
• Execute additional systems engineering activities across the program lifecycle as needed

Benefits

• Hybrid work options
• Flexible Working Hours
• 10 paid holidays
• generous Paid Time Off
• Employer Paid Medical, Dental, Vision and Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Access to group rating plans for Life Insurance
• Employer contribution to Health Savings Account
• Competitive 401K employer match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree