Mission-Centric Systems Engineer II — MBSE & Simulation

Caribou Thunder; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO and work schedule

Education and certification reimburse

Job summary

Caribou Thunder is seeking a Systems Engineer 2 in Colorado Springs, CO to support missile defense and space surveillance missions. You will develop MBSE artifacts, derive requirements, and contribute to simulation environments used by national defense programs.

The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI access, and a willingness to travel up to 10%. You will work alongside senior engineers to advance threat modeling and engineering workflows in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field from an accredited institution.
• 2 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 0–2 years of relevant experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI access.
• Experience with military Modeling & Simulation (M&S) frameworks.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with missile defense concepts and MBSE principles.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Support capability elicitation and derive system requirements for new development.
• Collaborate to define and improve systems engineering processes.
• Research missile defense concepts, sensor phenomenology, and orbital mechanics.
• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts for software development and testing.
• Assist MBSE model development and maintenance.
• Create technical documentation, interface definitions, and user guides.
• Analyze data and support automation to improve engineering workflows.
• Provide briefings to customers and program leadership.
• Support training and onboarding for modeling and simulation tools.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to reflect current threat environments.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

C++

MBSE

Data analysis

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

CAMEO

MagicDraw

Job description

Caribou Thunder is seeking a Systems Engineer 2 in Colorado Springs, CO to support missile defense and space surveillance missions. You will develop MBSE artifacts, derive requirements, and contribute to simulation environments used by national defense programs.

The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI access, and a willingness to travel up to 10%. You will work alongside senior engineers to advance threat modeling and engineering workflows in a