Model-Based Systems Engineering

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a temporary Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Lead to join the team with Mb Solutions, a teammate company.

** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **

The Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Lead will:

• Be a leader in defining NASA's integrated digital engineering transformation effort at JSC and the Agency from the standpoint of utilizing MBSE and the appropriate modeling language.
• Lead and develop the scope of what the digital transformation environment looks like for digital engineering at NASA.
• Work with a variety of NASA leadership teams including JSC engineering and other NASA centers to develop the needs of the NASA integrated digital engineering environment.
• Monitor system integration and interface management and coordination.
• Work with NASA to identify risks, develop risk statements, and help them plan risk mitigation responses.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, collaboration, and coordination skills.
• Ability to organize engineering cycle reviews for products and identify stakeholders.
• Work in a team environment and provide status on progress and issues reports to the team lead and NASA customer.
• Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors.
• Work in a fast-paced, Agile environment.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requisition Qualifications:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area
• Engineer must have experience in multiple areas including:
  • Knowledge of systems engineering principles and associated documentation
  • Unified Architecture Framework UAF or DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF) experience
  • Hands on experience using MBSE tools such as MagicDraw and Jama
  • System level development experience
  • Employ System Engineering techniques of developing Use Cases and working with NASA engineers to develop CONOPS for the NASA
  • Digital Engineering transformation effort.
  • Employ System Engineering techniques of developing functional architecture and requirement decomposition for NASA Digital
  • Engineering transformation effort.
  • Demonstrate the ability to develop working groups and defend System Engineering and Model Based work products.
  • Ability to prepare the appropriate presentation material and to verbally present at various meetings preferably in the model.
  • Ability to demonstrate models to leadership and garner stakeholder advocacy.
  • Must be able to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation and coordination skills and strong customer service attitude.
  • Fostering and working in a collaborative team environment.
  • Proficiency with team collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, WebEx, SharePoint.
  • Ability to be a self-motivator and self-driver.
  • Previous NASA experience is a big plus.

Requisition Preferences:

• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering, including experience with multiple MBSE environments.
• Familiarity with SysML
• Familiar with transferring of traditional engineering information (schematics, specifications, requirement documentation, integration documentations, etc.) into digital representations (e.g., MBSE SySML)
• MBSE Simulation
• Familiarity with standard systems engineering processes databases as well as typicalsystems engineering products
• Engineering Processes and Requirements
• Applied experience and knowledge of systems engineering principles and practices as applied across the life cycle for project development, including experience with systems engineering tools.​​