Senior Systems Engineer – Mission Engineering, Modeling & Simulation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and facilitate mission engineering studies utilizing the MEG v2.0 methodology.

• Establish mission problem statements, characterize missions, and outline analyses for acquisition, modernization, or resource allocation decisions.

• Create and sustain digital mission architectures in UAF/UAFML, encompassing mission threads and mission engineering threads.

• Implement the UAF grid across strategic, operational, services, resources, personnel, security, projects, and standards domains.

• Produce DoDAF-compliant views from UAF models when necessary.

• Define mission metrics such as MOEs, MOPs, and MOSs, ensuring traceability to SysML requirements and design parameters.

• Construct and uphold enterprise, mission, and system architecture models in CATIA Magic/Cameo utilizing UAFML and SysML.

• Design and carry out mission-level modeling and simulation using AFSIM, MATLAB/Simulink, or Ansys STK.

• Integrate architecture models, engineering analyses, and simulations into a cohesive digital thread.

• Verify, validate, and document models and simulations in accordance with DoW M&S policy.

• Generate mission engineering and systems engineering deliverables, including architecture views, analysis plans, study reports, briefs, CONOPS, requirements documentation, and interface definitions.

• Assist with experimentation, prototyping, and wargaming activities.

• Align Coast Guard mission architectures with DHS, DoW, Joint, and partner architectures.

• Set UAF modeling standards, style guides, governance, and configuration management practices.

• Collaborate with cloud, cybersecurity, and data teams to ensure secure model and simulation environments.

• Present results to both technical and non-technical audiences at governance boards, mission reviews, technical reviews, and program briefings.

• Support technical roadmaps, ecosystem strategies, implementation plans, risk monitoring, and workforce competency development.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related field, along with 8–10 years of relevant experience, or 6–10 years with a Master’s degree; additional experience may be accepted in place of a degree.

• Proven experience in developing enterprise and mission architectures in UAF/UAFML (UAF 1.2 or later) using Cameo Enterprise Architecture or CATIA Magic, along with multi-domain traceability across the UAF grid and integration with SysML system models.

• Demonstrated capability in conducting or directly aiding mission engineering studies, which includes mission characterization, mission thread and mission engineering thread development, mission metric definition, and analysis of alternative mission architectures.

• Familiarity with the DoW Mission Engineering Guide v2.0, DoWI 5000.88, and DoWI 5000.97.

• Experience with modeling and simulation using AFSIM, MATLAB/Simulink, or Ansys STK, which includes scenario development, execution, and result analysis.

• OMG Certified Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Model Builder certification.

• Background in supporting complex federal IT, systems engineering, or modernization programs.

• Understanding of systems engineering lifecycle and requirements management practices.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Public Trust clearance.

• Preferred: OMG Certified UAF Professional (OCUP or UAF certification).

• Preferred: Experience with DoWAF-to-UAF migration or DoWAF view generation from UAF models.

• Preferred: Experience integrating UAF/SysML mission architectures with AFSIM or Ansys STK scenarios.

• Preferred: Experience supporting OUSD(R&E) mission engineering activities, Service mission engineering organizations, or experimentation campaigns.

• Preferred: Knowledge of SysML v2, its API and services, and model interoperability approaches.

• Preferred: Proficiency in Python or MATLAB for simulation automation, model queries, and data analysis.

• Preferred: Familiarity with operations research methods, HLA/DIS, or cloud-based simulation environments.

• Preferred: Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard, DHS, or DoW mission engineering, wargaming, or analytical modeling and simulation programs.

• Preferred: INCOSE CSEP/ESEP, DAU or Service mission engineering coursework, or Ansys STK / AFSIM training.

🏝️ Benefits

• Camera-on interview with the interviewer taking a picture for identification purposes if an offer is extended.

• Opportunity to contribute to digital transformation, mission engineering, modeling, and simulation initiatives.