Systems Engineer III

Bloomington, IN

Full-time

Salary Range: $95,000-$205,000

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Engineer, Systems III (ESY3): AFORGE is seeking an experienced EC3 to serve 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.

Clearance: Active Secret at time of award; must remain eligible for Top Secret/SCI

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.

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 Skillsets and 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.