Senior Systems Engineer

McBride International; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Referral program

Job summary

McBride Consulting seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to support the C3BM division at Hanscom AFB, MA. You will contribute to architecture definition, risk assessment, and execution management across multiple mission areas including Air, Maritime, and Cross Cutting efforts.

The role emphasizes MBSE (Cameo/MagicDraw), SysML modeling, and DoD 5000-series acquisition principles, with a focus on interagency collaboration and agile system engineering practices.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• 10 years of related experience with 5 years in a DoD setting.
• Experience with DOORS or Jira for requirements management.
• Familiarity with DoD architecture frameworks (UAF, DoDAF).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop system architecture as part of a Mission Integration Team (MIT).
• Translate requirements into technical architecture and ensure interoperability.
• Drive interconnectivity among DoD program offices and weapon systems.
• Capture as-is and to-be states driven by MIT in engagement scenarios.
• Collaborate with joint and coalition partners to connect sensors to shooters across services.
• Develop and analyze structural, behavioral, and parametric system models.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Agile systems engineering

DoD acquisition principles

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

DOORS

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Hanscom Afb, United States | Posted on 08/26/2026

McBride is a certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) management and IT consulting firm with significant professional services experience that includes IT transformation, project management, digital transformation, strategic planning, business process improvement, change management, human capital management, disaster recovery, and operations.

Job Description

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM).

Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF, USSF, Joint, and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BM’s main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE), Operational Response Team (ORT), and multiple mission integration teams such as Air, Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space.

The candidate will provide Systems Engineering assistance that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system engineering to the acquisition process. The candidate will also provide engineering support in the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components that cover tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle (requirements analysis through system disposal).

This is a full-time position at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA.

Duties includ e, but not limited to:

Candidate selected will be aligned to 1 of 5 Mission Integration Teams (MITs) duty stationed at Hanscom AFB, MA. The five mission areas are Air, Maritime, Land, Homeland Air Defense, and Cross Cutting.

Members of the MITs manage the DAF C3BM MIT Process for their respective MIT. The DAF C3BM MIT Process receives operational and functional requirements from the Operational Community and conducts a(an):

1. Operational Analysis to translate operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.

2. Architecture Definition to design the capability’s architecture while ensuring integration/interoperability with the broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.

3. Risk assessment of the capability, and if risk needs to be mitigated, the MIT works with the Science & Technology Community to address.

4. Execution management strategy providing the capability’s requirements to the Acquisition Community.

5. Test and Evaluation Strategy with the Acquisition Community to work with the Test and Evaluation Community for exercise and experimentation activities before delivery to the Operational Community.

Position duties include but are not limited to:

• Serves a Mission Integration Team (MIT) system of systems architecture design and development engineers.
  
• Reviews current Department of Defense (DoD) architecture models and designs a migration path to a future state that enables seamless sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
  
• Drives interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.
  
• Captures as is and to be states driven by MIT stressing engagement scenarios.
  
• Engages the joint and coalition community to design and evaluate an architecture that will connect any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.
  
• Identifies, assesses, and matures innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi-domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.
  

Requirements

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Years of Experience:10 years of directly related experience with 5 years of experience in a DoD setting

Requirements management and traceability expertise using tools such as DOORS or Jira

Ability to develop System Requirements Documents (SRDs) and related documentation

Familiarity with DoD architecture frameworks (UAF, DoDAF)

Ability to translate technical specifications into operational impacts

Working knowledge of the systems engineering “V” model and DoD 5000 series acquisition principles

Experience with agile systems engineering principles

Practical MBSE experience (Cameo/MagicDraw), SysML modeling, and digital engineering integration

Ability to develop and analyze structural, behavioral, and parametric system models

Ability to conduct trade‑space analyses assessing cost, schedule, performance, and risk

Experience in verification & validation planning, test matrix development, and requirements verification

Ability to serve as a technical liaison across government program offices, contractors, and operational users

Familiarity with cloud‑based systems, cost/performance management, Agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and DevOps

Knowledge of DoD acquisition principles (DoDI 5000.02, 5000.75)

Technical Skills

• Excel, Word, PowerPoint
  
• Cameo
  
• DOORS
  
• MagicDraw
  

Interpersonal Skills

• Leadership capability with minimal oversight
  
• Ability to perform at a high level
  
• Ability to work across multi‑disciplinary and cross‑functional team
  
• Ability to engage with senior civilian and military stakeholders
  

Additional Information

Location:Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA

Travel:10%

• 401(k)
• Dentalinsurance
• Healthinsurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referralprogram

Our people and culture

McBride is an Equal Opportunity Employer. McBride Consulting does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.