Principal Systems Architect Engineer

Description

The company is hiring a Principal Systems Architect Engineer for its Systems Engineering group within the aeronautics systems unit.

You will work on model based systems engineering, requirements, and architecture for a complex aerospace system, using Cameo as the main tool across the full program lifecycle.

Working under general direction, you will build and maintain system models in Cameo, applying broad systems engineering and MBSE knowledge.

You will also help project leadership shape the architecture so that requirements and interfaces are clear, traceable, and in line with program goals.

Responsibilities

• Write, decompose, and allocate requirements in Cameo, turning customer and stakeholder needs into system, segment, and subsystem requirements with traceability intact.
• Build and upkeep operational, functional, and physical architectures in SysML using MBSE methods such as use case, activity, sequence, block definition, and internal block diagrams.
• Bring requirements, behaviors, interfaces, and constraints together into one coherent model that supports mission analysis, design, and verification and validation planning.
• Follow established modeling conventions and suggest changes that make the system model more consistent and easier to use.
• Align requirement and architecture changes with engineers from mission systems, avionics, ground systems, communications, and vehicle teams.
• Produce model based views and reports for technical reviews such as SRR, PDR, and CDR, showing requirements coverage and architecture status.
• Work with requirements and configuration management to baseline the Cameo model and keep it aligned with DOORS and DOORS Next.
• Offer Cameo and MBSE support and informal mentoring to engineers adding content to the model.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in a STEM field plus at least 5 years of relevant military or professional experience, or a master's degree in a STEM field plus at least 3 years of relevant military or professional experience, or a PhD plus at least 1 year of relevant military, professional, or academic experience.
• An active US Government Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Systems engineering experience, especially in requirements development, decomposition, and architecture definition for complex systems.
• Hands-on experience with Cameo/MagicDraw or an equivalent MBSE tool for SysML modeling at system or subsystem level.
• Experience delivering technical solutions to a broad range of complex, difficult problems in line with organizational goals.
• Preferred: experience supporting mission planning or ground systems, including defining operational concepts, workflows, or interfaces between air vehicle and ground mission systems.
• Preferred: experience with air vehicle or mission system requirements, such as performance, avionics, mission, or integration requirements, captured in an MBSE Cameo model.
• Preferred: exposure to mission systems and communications architectures, such as data links, networks, and interfaces among onboard systems, ground segments, and external assets.
• Preferred: experience using MBSE and SysML to represent mission threads or operational scenarios across vehicle, mission systems, and ground systems.
• Preferred: experience linking Cameo models to requirements tools such as DOORS and DOORS Next, or producing basic traceability and coverage reports.
• Preferred: prior work supporting design reviews with model based artifacts on defense or aerospace programs.

Conditions

Based in Melbourne, FL.

Travel is about 10% of the time.

A Top Secret clearance is required for start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Base pay range is $98,400.00 to $147,600.00, a general guideline set against scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions.
• Eligible employees may receive overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary annual bonus that rewards individual work and shared company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.