MBSE Systems Architect — Secret Clearance & Relocation

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Bonuses possible

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks an experienced MBSE Systems Architect Engineer to join our RAD team in California, supporting a next-generation campaign. You will apply MBSE with SysML v2 and UAF to define architecture, requirements, interfaces, and traceability for advanced aerospace and defense applications.

The role requires a strong self-starter with the ability to operate in ambiguity, delivering model-based artifacts with minimal oversight while maintaining eligibility for US Government clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in STEM with 5+ years of related military/pro experience, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Senior Principal: Bachelor's with 8+ years, or Master's with 6+ years, or PhD with 4+ years.
• Experience applying MBSE to aerospace/defense projects.
• Experience with SysML v2 and UAF.
• Experience in system architecture, requirements development, interface analysis, and technical decomposition.
• Active US Government Secret or higher clearance (or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain SAP clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain MBSE architecture products for advanced concept and campaign efforts.
• Apply SysML v2 and UAF to capture system structure, behavior, interfaces, and traceability.
• Translate mission needs and objectives into clear, model-based architecture artifacts.
• Support concept exploration, trade studies, and technical decisions for next-gen capabilities.
• Decompose complex problems into actionable engineering products and modeling tasks.
• Partner with systems, software, hardware, and mission teams to align models with direction.
• Contribute to modeling methods, architecture standards, and digital engineering practices.
• Communicate technical insights, assumptions, risks, and recommendations to teams and leadership.

Skills

MBSE

SysML v2

UAF

Systems architecture

Requirements development

Interface analysis

Technical decomposition

Clear communication

Active clearance

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Digital engineering tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks an experienced MBSE Systems Architect Engineer to join our RAD team in California, supporting a next-generation campaign. You will apply MBSE with SysML v2 and UAF to define architecture, requirements, interfaces, and traceability for advanced aerospace and defense applications.

The role requires a strong self-starter with the ability to operate in ambiguity, delivering model-based artifacts with minimal oversight while maintaining eligibility for US Government clearance.