Senior MBSE Systems Engineer - DoD Helicopter Programs

Sabre Systems Inc.; Lexington Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabre Systems, LLC is recruiting a Senior MBSE Systems Engineer to support PMA-261 at Patuxent River NAS in Lexington Park, MD. Local hybrid work with on‑site as required and a Secret/TS eligibility clearance are required.

The role emphasizes model-based engineering for CH-53K, capability definition, interfaces, and verification readiness. Travel is limited and security clearance is mandatory for program success.

Qualifications

• Master’s or bachelor’s in a technical/scientific field plus four years of relevant experience.
• 10+ years of systems engineering/MBSE on DoD mission systems or equivalent complex programs.
• Hands-on SysML modeling experience and ability to produce clean, reviewable views for technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with interface definition practices and verification fundamentals.
• Active DoD secret clearance or higher.
• Able to operate in a fast-moving, review-driven environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Performs tasks with little or no guidance or leads the execution of complex tasks.
• Applies systems engineering experience to perform functions such as system integration, configuration management, quality assurance testing, or acquisition and resource management.
• Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, tests, or evaluates software, components, or systems related to engineering or functional requirements of military weapons systems, associated support systems
• Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan and design, develop, implement, test, or evaluate military weapons systems.
• Reviews and prepares engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation.
• Support interface alignment across subsystems and external dependencies by maintaining model-backed interface definitions and connection logic.
• Assist with requirements traceability and change impact analysis using model structure to expose downstream effects (interfaces, behaviors, verification).
• Contribute to model-based verification planning support (what gets verified, where, and how) and help prepare stakeholder-ready views for reviews.
• Apply program modeling conventions and support model housekeeping, governance, and publishing (packages, viewpoints, and review sets).

Skills

SysML modeling

DoD mission systems

Interface verification

Stakeholder collaboration

US Citizenship

Education

Master's degree in technical/scientific field

Bachelor's degree in technical/scientific field + 4 years experience

Job description

Sabre Systems, LLC is recruiting a Senior MBSE Systems Engineer to support PMA-261 at Patuxent River NAS in Lexington Park, MD. Local hybrid work with on‑site as required and a Secret/TS eligibility clearance are required.

The role emphasizes model-based engineering for CH-53K, capability definition, interfaces, and verification readiness. Travel is limited and security clearance is mandatory for program success.