Senior MBSE Systems Engineer – DoDAF/CONOPS Focus

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) in Poway, CA seeks a Systems Engineer with MBSE/DoDAF background to lead and assist on programs needing model-based architecture development.

You will work with customers and end users to define CONOPS and translate them into detailed system requirements. The role requires deep knowledge of system architectures, interfaces, and modeling tools, with the ability to communicate design decisions clearly to software and hardware teams.

Qualifications

• Typically requires an engineering degree with progressive experience (nine+ years with bachelor's, seven+ with master's, or four+ with PhD).
• Experience developing CONOPS with operators/users or surrogates.
• Proficiency with modeling tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, or Enterprise Architect.
• Experience developing SysML models and comprehensive architectures.
• Ability to communicate design and requirements to software/hardware teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop CONOPS with customers, operators, and surrogates to drive detailed system design and requirements.
• Lead system architecture development via MBSE to create a shared architecture model used by multiple teams.
• Serve as focal point for system knowledge and design decisions on programs.
• Understand system, subsystems, components, and interfaces across architecture domains.
• Design interfaces between software and hardware using architecture models as truth source and manage model changes.
• Develop data flows and diagrams to define hardware and software systems.
• Work on a range of products from Command/Control to Payloads and Exploitation systems, collaborating with diverse technical disciplines.

Skills

MBSE

CONOPS development

SysML

System architecture

Clearance awareness

Education

Engineering degree (bachelor+)

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

Enterprise Architect

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) in Poway, CA seeks a Systems Engineer with MBSE/DoDAF background to lead and assist on programs needing model-based architecture development.

You will work with customers and end users to define CONOPS and translate them into detailed system requirements. The role requires deep knowledge of system architectures, interfaces, and modeling tools, with the ability to communicate design decisions clearly to software and hardware teams.