Models Based Systems Engineer

Saic; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Modeling and Simulation Engineer to support the Chief Architect office on the Landmark AOS program in Chantilly, VA. The role covers governance, agile practices, and integration of digital engineering across GED.

Responsibilities include strategic assessment, policy support, and collaboration with program leads to align acquisition strategy with architecture standards. Active clearance is required and prior DoDAF/MBSE experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of related experience; or Master's with 3+ years; PhD optional.
• Active Top Secret / SCI with CI Poly required.
• 5+ years in modeling and simulation; experience with MBSE and DoDAF.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic assessment, resource gap analysis, and policy support.
• Coordinate with directorate to provide cost, schedule, standards, accreditation, and performance assessments for M&S strategy and evolution.
• Support oversight and stewardship of DE technical standards for seamless architecture integration.
• Assist with identifying and prioritizing Directorate gaps and needs to inform resource planning.

Skills

Modeling & Simulation

MBSE

DoDAF

Systems engineering

Agile / Digital Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5+ yrs

Master's degree +3+ yrs

PhD +0 yrs

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Modeling and Simulation Engineer y with a strong background in ground architecture and government acquisitions to fill a critical position on SAIC’s Prime Program, Landmark AOS located in Chantilly, VA. Landmark AOS is a large SETA program that supports the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), which is responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle. This will be a position supporting our customer’s Ground Enterprise Directorate in the Chief Architect office.

As the Modeling and Simulation Engineer you will support the Chief Architect's Systems and Digital Engineering Teams across the Chief Architect’s Office. You will also provide oversight and stewardship of DE technical standards to enable seamless integration of architecture.

Job duties to include:

• Provide strategic assessment, resource gap analysis, and policies support including:
• Assist the coordination with organizations across the directorate to provide cost, schedule, standards, accreditation, technical, and performance assessments supporting the M&S strategy and future evolution and investment. Develop briefings and background papers to identify potential impacts and proposed courses of action.
• Support executing oversight and stewardship of DE technical standards to enable seamless integration of architectures
• Assist and support efforts to identify and prioritize Directorate gaps and needs. These efforts will provide information necessary to determine various aspects such as emerging/existing resource/availability/capability gaps, inefficiencies, and ineffectiveness of current efforts within Modeling and Simulation development.
• Assist and support efforts in the development, integration, propagation, and enforcement of DE policies, guidance, rules, and standards.
• Assist with facilitating the integration of best practices via access to M&S related knowledge and resources. Develop processes to identify, define, assess current/ emerging standards. Nominate, review, and provide recommendations on updates to the standards.
• Support government lead with executing tasks such as development/ curation of DE standards profile, updates to DE standards policies
• Develop and host DE training events and demonstrations to highlight best practices and use cases for when and how to apply standards
• Collaboration and Agile Practices:
  • Work closely with System Program Office Thread Leads and program managers to ensure alignment and efficiency in acquisition strategy execution.
  • Participate in Agile development teams and provide technical direction for the implementation of engineering tools, processes, and digital solutions.
  • Provide feedback on GED policies related to Agile, Digital Engineering, and DevSecOps based on observations of implementation challenges to drive improvements in suitability of governance and increase consistency of adoption across GED.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret /SCI with CI Poly
• 5+ years of experience working in the area of modeling and simulation
• Demonstrated ability to develop system behavior, structure, data, and requirements models employing leading modeling tools/applications in a team environment
• Experience in systems engineering or digital engineering discipline
• Experience working with DoDAF and/or other MBSE architecture guidelines
• Demonstrated experience in resolving technical standards and interoperability issues
• Experience with operations in either the air, space, or cyber domain.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategies to accomplish organizational initiatives.
• Experience with coordination processes, policy development and strategic communications at a senior level.
• Knowledge to plan, schedule, conduct and facilitate projects and studies to evaluate and recommend ways to improve the productivity of operations in a program or support setting.
• Knowledge in adapting analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to the measurement and improvement of program effectiveness or organizational productivity.
• Experience in preparing and presenting high level briefings, and technical reports.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.