Senior Model Based System Engineer

At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline. We work hard, and take care of our customers, employees, and families. Recognized as thought leaders in our industry, we are motivated by creating and delivering innovative solutions to our nation and global customers. Kratos provides leading-edge capabilities for communication with satellites, spacecraft, missiles, and airborne platforms. From factory test to flight, from ground data networking to RF Links – commercial, intelligence, and defense users trust Kratos to solve their most difficult RF problems.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Model Based System Engineer (MBSE) Modeler with a strong background in the DoD space industry to support the development and sustainment of complex space and ground systems. The ideal candidate will be responsible for modeling and system engineering of task order execution in support of the highly successful Command and Control Consolidated System supporting the C-SAR program based in Colorado Springs, CO.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and refine system models using MBSE tools to support architecture definition, requirements development, and design analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure model accuracy and alignment with the evolving design.
• Transform stakeholder needs, operational concepts, and system requirements into formal models and architectural artifacts.
• Ensure traceability and consistency across requirements, behaviors, structure, interfaces, and verification activities within the model environment.
• Support system integration planning, verification/validation strategy development, and technical reviews using model-derived artifacts.
• Help maintain interface control documents and system design baselines.
• Participate in configuration management and governance of MBSE repositories and modeling environments.
• Contribute to risk identification, requirement gaps resolution, and architecture/implementation issue analysis through model insights.
• Support all required technical reviews, IPTs, TIMs, WGs.
• Develop and deliver effective customer presentations (support design reviews, status reports, kickoff meetings, test plans) demonstrating an ability to communicate comfortably at a system level.
• Travel as necessary to attend conferences and customer meetings.

Requirements

• 10+ years engineering experience.
• BS in SE, CS, EE, ME, or other engineering equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with SysML and MBSE tools (preferably Cameo).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering fundamentals: requirements, architecture, verification and validation, interface control, life cycle processes.
• Experience developing logical and physical architectures, behavior diagrams, activity/state/sequence diagrams, parametric diagrams, etc.
• Support programs through SRR, PDR, CDR or equivalent design reviews.
• Experience with SCN or satellite ground systems.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology.
• Self-motivated and comfortable with supporting multiple groups of developers, engineers, and testers.
• Able to articulate technical concepts orally and in written forms both internally to the team as well as externally to the customer and users.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Working knowledge of space systems, including ground systems and system development processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• INCOSE ASEP/CSEP/ESEP certification.
• Experience integrating MBSE tools with requirements management systems (e.g., DOORS, Jama).
• Working knowledge of DoDAF.
• Space to Ground ICDs.
• Familiarity with modern IT infrastructure capabilities to include virtualization, cloud deployment and containerization (CNFs).
• Experience with satellite ground systems.
• Experience with SCN.

Pay

Competitive salary based on experience and education. Salary Range: $140,000-$175,000.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage.
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance.
• 401(k) Savings Plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time-Off (PTO).
• Holidays.
• Education Reimbursement.