Senior GEOINT MBSE Systems Engineer

Arcfield; Chesterbrook (PA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcfield in the United States seeks a senior MBSE-focused Systems Engineer with TS/SCI clearance to support space system acquisitions and GEOINT programs. You will collaborate in IPTs, review teams, and engineering groups to mature artifacts, CONOPS, interfaces, and architecture products.

The role emphasizes developing architecture baselines, establishing mission capabilities, evaluating schedules and risks, and guiding verification strategies while applying MBSE across customer and company

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field is required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8–10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree or 6–8 years with a master’s or 3–5 years with a PhD.
• Experience in Requirements Engineering, Systems Integration, and Risk/Opportunity management (RIO).
• Proven ability to identify and solve problems to meet organizational goals.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead multiple projects.
• Ability to operate within SETA/FFRDC and government lines of authority.

Responsibilities

• Support capability and solution definition for future space systems through readiness events and independent review teams.
• Support systems engineering efforts for space system acquisitions in GEOINT.
• Participate in IPTs and engineering groups assessing artifacts, CONOPS, interfaces, and architectures.
• Develop architecture baselines and assess mission capabilities, schedules, risks, and verification strategies.
• Assist in creating quantifiable requirements from customer needs and acquisition logistics.
• Ensure requirements comply with client and government standards via formal verification.
• Assess performance using evaluation criteria and Technical Performance Measures.
• Participate in design reviews to ensure traceability and applicability of requirements.
• Adopt MBSE in customer and company domains; apply MBSE principles to major acquisitions.
• Develop models of mission systems using an MBSE tool suite with architecture modeling, workflow management, analytics, and data visualization.
• Facilitate meetings with space system SMEs and MBSE/SysML experts to implement modeling solutions.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Systems engineering

Requirements engineering

Risk/Opportunity (RIO)

MBSE experience

Communication skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Customer-focused

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Master’s degree or PhD in Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

MBSE tool suite

Job description

Arcfield in the United States seeks a senior MBSE-focused Systems Engineer with TS/SCI clearance to support space system acquisitions and GEOINT programs. You will collaborate in IPTs, review teams, and engineering groups to mature artifacts, CONOPS, interfaces, and architecture products.

The role emphasizes developing architecture baselines, establishing mission capabilities, evaluating schedules and risks, and guiding verification strategies while applying MBSE across customer and company