Systems Engineer III with Security Clearance

AFORGE LLC; Bloomington (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AFORGE LLC is seeking a Systems Engineer III to serve as a senior technical contributor for NSWC Crane programs. You will lead complex modeling, requirements analysis, architecture, and verification activities to preserve traceability and configuration control across weapon-system acquisition programs.

The role requires extensive SysML modeling, systems engineering, and the ability to coordinate with government and industry stakeholders onsite at NSWC Crane, focusing on delivering timely,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, integration, maintenance, and technical review of system models and simulations.
• Guide requirements elicitation, decomposition, allocation, and traceability across stakeholders.
• Apply modeling standards to program baselines and architecture development.
• Develop and evaluate system architectures, interfaces, and verification strategies.
• Coordinate model and simulation integration with multiple offices and contractors.
• Provide technical support for system integration, test analysis, and evidence evaluation.
• Support documentation, baselines, and configuration management.
• Present analyses and recommendations for reviews and milestones.
• Mentor less-experienced engineers to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Skills

SysML modeling

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Architecture design

Verification & validation

Model integration

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

The Systems Engineer III serves as a senior technical contributor for NSWC Crane Code GXP and SSP model-based systems engineering. This Key Personnel position leads complex systems-engineering, requirements, architecture, model integration, verification, and simulation activities that preserve technical traceability and configuration control across Strategic Weapon System acquisition and modernization programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development, integration, maintenance, and technical review of SysML Descriptive System Models, Integrated Verification Models, interface models, and system-level simulation artifacts.
• Guide requirements elicitation, decomposition, allocation, traceability, validation, and verification across multiple systems, technical branches, and acquisition stakeholders.
• Apply SSP systems-engineering policies, modeling standards, ontology profiles, and integrated modeling and simulation standards to program technical baselines.
• Develop and evaluate systems architectures, design alternatives, interfaces, verification strategies, engineering risks, and lifecycle technical plans.
• Coordinate model and simulation integration with SSP offices, NSWC Crane organizations, prime contractors, and subsystem teams; identify inconsistencies and drive issues to resolution.
• Lead technical support for system integration, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop events, test analysis, and evaluation of requirements-satisfaction evidence.
• Support configuration and technical-data management for documentation, models, simulations, verification reports, and established technical baselines.
• Prepare and present model views, analyses, recommendations, and technical evidence for systems-engineering reviews, working groups, and acquisition milestones.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to less-experienced systems engineers and modelers while ensuring quality, consistency, and timely delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• At least seven years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience with SysML modeling, systems engineering, requirements, design, analysis, verification, and simulation.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance at the time of award and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary technical efforts onsite at NSWC Crane and communicate effectively with senior Government and industry stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Systems Engineering, Engineering, Physics, or another technical discipline.
• Ten or more years of relevant professional experience.
• Advanced experience applying SysML across requirements, architecture, design, analysis, verification, and simulation.
• Ship or submarine weapon-system experience, particularly within Navy or SSP environments.

About AFORGE: AFORGE is a federal contractor providing innovative solutions and engineering services to the DOD and Intel space. AFORGE is a well-respected, up-and-coming veteran owned small business with approximately 50 employees and growing. Our philosophy is to provide our employees with a rewarding career in support of the warfighter.