Space Systems Kill Chain Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory seeks a Kill Chain Engineer to apply systems thinking to space-based defense problems. You will work on end-to-end kill chains, define traceability from needs to systems, and employ advanced simulation tools to meet warfighter requirements.

Strong collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams is essential. The role emphasizes delivering concepts from requirements through field-ready systems, with opportunities to lead modeling efforts and coordinate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or science field.
• 10+ years of professional experience in systems engineering of kill chains, weapons systems, or C2 systems.
• Ability to derive top level requirements and decompose to lower levels.
• Strong analytical, verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
• Experience MBSE on programs and communicating results to team and sponsors.
• Big-picture thinker with tracing data flows across a multi-organizational architecture.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% and eligibility for US citizenship with TS/SCI potential.

Responsibilities

• Conceive novel kill chains using space-based systems to meet needs of warfighters and intelligence.
• Define and maintain traceability between enterprise needs and developed systems.
• Use systems engineering and simulation tools to understand requirements and performance.
• Author system functional and performance requirements.
• Design and refine interface messages between federated systems.
• Work through all project lifecycle phases to ensure fielded systems meet needs.

Skills

MBSE techniques

Systems thinking

Kill chain understanding

System requirements

Analytical communication

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, CS, physics, math, stats, or related discipline

Master's degree or higher in engineering or related field

Tools

Cameo

Rhapsody

SPARX EA

AFSIM

NGTS

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory seeks a Kill Chain Engineer to apply systems thinking to space-based defense problems. You will work on end-to-end kill chains, define traceability from needs to systems, and employ advanced simulation tools to meet warfighter requirements.

Strong collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams is essential. The role emphasizes delivering concepts from requirements through field-ready systems, with opportunities to lead modeling efforts and coordinate