Mission Engagement Engineer

Strategic ACI; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic ACI seeks a Mission Engagement Engineer to translate mission needs into threads and performance measures for a Digital Engineering Ecosystem supporting NGA. You’ll bridge mission stakeholders with DE/MBSE teams, ensuring artifacts align with program specs and enterprise Digital Twin concepts.

Responsibilities include developing mission plans, MoPs/MoEs, and SysML models; coordinating with intelligence, GIS, and analysis teams; and delivering a repository of engineering data for

Qualifications

• Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility and CI polygraph ability within 30 days.
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, OR related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in mission engineering, operations analysis, or systems engineering in IC/DoD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the mission engineering plan, threads, and MoPs/MoEs.
• Support SysML models representing workflows interoperable with MBSE/MS&A tools.
• Coordinate with intelligence and mission stakeholders to translate requirements.
• Link mission engineering data with MBSE/MS&A tool chain and Digital Thread.
• Contribute to expansion and tracing of mission threads across NGA/stakeholders.
• Deliver repository of mission engineering data including threads and MoPs/MoEs.
• Participate in Release demos and sprint reviews for government stakeholders.

Skills

Clearance: TS with SCI eligibility

MoPs/MoEs methodologies

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Engineering, or related field

Tools

SysML

UAF

MBSE modeling

AFSIM

STK

Unreal Engine

ArcGIS

Job description

Strategic ACI is seeking a Mission Engagement Engineer to support mission engineering activities for a Digital Engineering Ecosystem (DEE) supporting NGA. This role works within the Domain Engineering & SME swimlane, bridging mission stakeholders (intelligence and threat analysis, operational and kill web analysis, GIS applications) with the program's digital engineering and MBSE teams.

The Mission Engagement Engineer translates mission needs into mission threads, measures of performance/effectiveness (MoPs/MoEs), and model-based artifacts, supporting the program's effort to link mission engineering activities directly into the enterprise Digital Twin. This role supports engineering assignments in conformance with program specifications and ensures assigned tasks are completed within estimated time frames and budget constraints.

Salary will be commensurate within the advertised range, based on applicable qualifications.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the mission engineering plan, mission threads, and associated measures of performance and effectiveness (MoPs/MoEs) in coordination with mission stakeholders and the DE/MBSE Engineer.
• Support preparation of SysML models representing mission engineering workflows, ensuring interoperability with MBSE and Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MS&A) tools.
• Coordinate with intelligence and threat analysis, mission engineering, operational and kill web analysis, and GIS application stakeholders to capture mission requirements and translate them into engineering artifacts.
• Support model interoperability efforts linking mission engineering data with the broader MBSE/MS&A tool chain and enterprise Digital Thread.
• Contribute to expansion of mission thread support and tracing of external mission threads as the ecosystem integrates additional NGA and external mission stakeholders in later Releases.
• Support delivery of the repository of mission engineering data, including mission threads and MoPs/MoEs, as a Release-based deliverable.
• Participate in Release demonstrations and sprint reviews to present mission engineering progress to government stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Active TS clearance, with SCI eligibility and the ability to pass a CI polygraph within 30 days.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related field, or additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of experience supporting mission engineering, operations analysis, or systems engineering activities within the IC or DoD.
• Familiarity with mission thread development and measures of performance/effectiveness (MoPs/MoEs) methodologies.
• Ability to translate mission and operational requirements into technical and model-based artifacts in coordination with engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across mission and technical stakeholder groups.

Desired:

• Experience supporting NGA, DoD, or Intelligence Community mission engineering or operations analysis programs.
• Familiarity with SysML, UAF, or other MBSE modeling approaches.
• Exposure to Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MS&A) tools such as AFSIM, STK, or Unreal Engine, or geospatial platforms such as ArcGIS.
• Familiarity with intelligence and threat analysis, operational/kill web analysis, or related mission domains.
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum delivery environments tracked in Confluence/Jira.