Senior Systems Engineer

griffonaerospace; Madison (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Job summary

Griffon Aerospace in Madison, Alabama, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead MBSE activities and system architecture for complex aerospace programs. You will establish SysML models in Cameo/MagicDraw, manage requirements, and guide cross-functional architecture decisions with stakeholders.

The role requires deep systems engineering judgment, strong leadership, and experience delivering safety-critical systems in fast-paced programs, with eligibility for a U.S. SECRET clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of systems engineering experience on complex systems.
• 5+ years hands-on experience developing and governing system models in Cameo/MagicDraw or related MBSE tool.
• Advanced SysML knowledge with ability to connect mission needs to verification.
• Experience leading architecture, requirements decomposition, interface management, and lifecycle baselines.
• Ability to identify cross-domain risks and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and customer-facing communication skills.
• U.S. SECRET security clearance or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of authoritative SysML models in Cameo/MagicDraw, including mission context and verification relationships.
• Define system concepts, architectures, interfaces, and technical baselines across configurations.
• Lead requirements decomposition, allocation, and bidirectional traceability.
• Chair architecture and risk reviews with software, hardware, integration, test, safety, and cyber stakeholders.
• Establish model structure, conventions, and libraries to improve quality and reuse.
• Lead readiness for SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR and integration events; present results to leadership.
• Develop and oversee system verification plans and evidence showing requirements satisfaction.
• Mentor systems engineers and drive improvements in MBSE methods and model maturity.

Skills

Systems Engineering

MBSE

SysML

Cameo/MagicDraw

Requirements Decomposition

Traceability

Leadership

Clearance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Master's degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

Cameo Systems Modeler

MagicDraw

CAMEO Teamwork Cloud

CATIA No Magic

Job description

Company Overview

Griffon Aerospace is a trusted aerospace solutions provider based in Madison, Alabama, specializing in the design, development, and operation of advanced unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Since 1995, we have delivered over 12,000 unmanned air vehicles to the Department of Defense, allied nations, and commercial customers. We pride ourselves on being a lion-hearted partner, designing, building, and flying the most capable and intelligent aerial systems that give our servicemen an unfair advantage wherever they fly.

Position Overview

The Senior Systems Engineer will lead system architecture, requirements, and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) activities for complex aerospace and defense programs. This role will establish and mature authoritative SysML models in Cameo Systems Modeler/MagicDraw, guide multidisciplinary engineering decisions, and ensure traceability from mission needs through architecture, interfaces, implementation, and verification. The ideal candidate brings deep systems engineering judgment, strong technical leadership, and experience delivering integrated, safety-critical systems in a fast-paced program environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of authoritative SysML models in Cameo Systems Modeler/MagicDraw, including mission context, requirements, behavior, structure, interfaces, allocations, and verification relationships.
• Define and communicate system concepts, functional and physical architectures, operational scenarios, interface strategies, and technical baselines across multiple configurations or program increments.
• Lead stakeholder-needs analysis and the decomposition, allocation, and management of system requirements, ensuring complete bidirectional traceability and technically sound acceptance criteria.
• Chair or facilitate cross-functional architecture, interface, trade-study, and technical-risk decisions involving software, hardware, integration, test, safety, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders.
• Establish model structure, conventions, validation rules, libraries, configuration controls, and review practices that improve model quality, reuse, collaboration, and baseline integrity.
• Lead technical readiness for SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, customer reviews, and major integration events; present architecture and analysis results to technical and program leadership.
• Develop and oversee system verification strategies, methods, plans, and evidence, and ensure requirements are demonstrably satisfied through analysis, inspection, demonstration, or test.
• Mentor systems engineers, coordinate MBSE work across teams, and drive measurable improvement in systems engineering methods, model maturity, and technical decision quality.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of systems engineering, architecture, requirements, integration, verification, or related engineering experience supporting complex systems.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience developing and governing system models in Cameo Systems Modeler/MagicDraw or a closely related MBSE tool.
• Advanced working knowledge of SysML and demonstrated ability to build coherent, reviewable models that connect mission needs, requirements, behavior, structure, interfaces, and verification.
• Demonstrated experience leading system architecture, requirements decomposition, interface management, trade studies, technical reviews, and lifecycle baselines.
• Ability to identify cross‑domain technical risks, resolve ambiguity, balance competing constraints, and provide clear, evidence‑based recommendations to decision‑makers.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, facilitation, technical writing, presentation, and customer‑facing communication skills.
• Must have or be able to obtain a U.S. SECRET security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience leading architecture or MBSE activities for UAS, aerospace, defense, avionics, mission systems, autonomy, or other safety‑critical systems.
• Deep experience with Cameo Teamwork Cloud/CATIA No Magic collaboration, model governance, custom profiles, model libraries, validation suites, report generation, or automation.
• Knowledge of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 and 29148, DoDAF/UAF, MIL-STD-882, digital engineering strategy, and government acquisition or contract‑deliverable environments.
• INCOSE CSEP/ESEP, OMG OCSMP certification, or comparable advanced systems engineering or MBSE credentials.

Job Location

• Madison, Alabama, United States

Position Type

• Full‑Time/Regular/Salary

Compensation/Benefits

• Competitive Salary/Comprehensive Benefits Package

US Citizenship Required

• Yes

Ability to Obtain Security Clearance

• Yes