Senior Systems Engineer - Airborne Networking Systems (Active Top Secret Clearan

Position Summary: Lead model-based systems engineering and architecture efforts for the Air Force's flagship airborne node, delivering flight-ready capabilities for Major Release. Drive requirements management, technical baseline maintenance, and integration leadership across hardware, software, and operations domains1. Key Responsibilities:

• Lead creation and upkeep of the government-owned SysML / CAMEO model, DoDAF views, and interface-control documents (ICDs) capturing hardware, software, and operations interactions with Digital Infrastructure (DI), SATCOM links, and cross-domain solutions.
• Ensure traceability of every requirement to verification method and mission threads supporting CJADC2 and Operational Imperative #2 objectives.
• Elicit, decompose, and manage stakeholder needs in DOORS-NG or equivalent.
• Chair requirements reviews, delta boards, and configuration-control boards.
• Maintain the technical baseline and drive change packages through digital workflows, preserving model/document synchronization.
• Partner with IPT leads to translate digital designs into Integration SIL builds and resolve interface issues surrounding cross-domain, crypto, power, and data-bus.
• Feed schedule, maturity, and performance metrics into Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and digital dashboards.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems, Electrical, Aerospace, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of systems engineering experience on DoD C4ISR, avionics, or open-architecture programs, including requirements management, architecture, and integration.
• INCOSE CSEP / ESEP or DAU ENG/SAE Level III certification preferred.