MBSE Mission Engineer

Location: Chantilly, VA. Travel: Yes - 10% of the time. On-site; potential for remote work. Active TS/SCI security clearance required.

About the role

Join a team supporting the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 3 Program Integration (T3PI) program. This position focuses on analyzing space and ground system architectures through mission thread development and simulation. The role involves maturing models and building scenarios (GRMs and DRMs) to capture system-of-systems effects in complex operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop model scenarios (GRM/DRMs, threads, and use cases) and simulations to support capability assessments (MVC), risk assessments, and other mission-level evaluations.
• Review government scenarios from PWSA enterprise and prior tranches to ensure T3 scenarios remain consistent.
• Develop, simulate, evaluate, document, and present space and ground-based system-level performance analysis and trades for space concepts.
• Support analysis activities by integrating performance models with MBSE models and tools.
• Quantify performance impacts and sensitivity to changes in CONOPS, scenarios, or threats.
• Develop and brief data packages to present analysis results for government decision-makers.
• Collaborate with prime contractors, team contractors, government civilians, FFRDC, SETA, and SDA members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Science, or Engineering with fourteen (14) or more years of demonstrated systems engineering and integration experience with space, ground, operations, and sustainment segments of DoD or NRO programs; OR a Master’s degree in Math, Science, or Engineering with twelve (12) or more years of demonstrated experience.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Overhead Persistent InfraRed (OPIR) or other missile defense or related space-based ISR mission experience.
• Experience working across space and ground segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements ensuring end-to-end mission performance.
• Strong understanding of modeling, simulation, and mission analysis techniques and tools.
• Self-starter with the ability to seek solutions and work well in a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with SDA/DoD/NRO customers in an acquisition environment, particularly with space and/or ground systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as organizational and interpersonal skills.

Skills

• Experience with MATLAB, STK, MODTRAN, or other comparable modeling and simulation tools.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience using Cameo or comparable tools.
• Space operations experience.

Pay

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate represents the typical salary range based on experience and other factors.