Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

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Project/Unit Description

The Applied Systems Laboratory (ASL) Air and Missile Defense Systems (AMDS) Division of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Model-Based Systems Engineer. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, ASL conducts world-class applied research in system modeling, simulation, analysis, testing, evaluation, and software development in support of the government sponsors.

Job Purpose

The Model-Based Systems Engineer (MBSE) develops and executes novel system model-based approaches to define, design, analyze, and document system development. The MBSE Researcher applies MBSE tool suites to enable the use of model-based best practices in DoD acquisition and system life cycle support. This position supports stakeholders and sponsors in the application of MBSE to trade space analysis, design, acquisition, and sustainment. The MBSE executes System Engineering and MBSE processes including system definition, functional decomposition, requirements development, architectural development and analysis, design synthesis, system analysis, data modeling and architecture development, test program development, and sustainment activities. The MBSE researcher also presents technical and program management presentations to government sponsors.

Key Responsibilities

• Create product or system definitions and conduct initial requirements analysis.
• Author UAF models capturing stakeholder needs and resulting enterprise architectures.
• Author SysML models capturing system requirements and design.
• Author data models capturing system data requirements and design.
• Conduct top-down functional analysis and translate requirements into detailed performance design criteria.
• Design and build templates to assist Subject Matter Experts in providing critical system information.
• Conduct product or system design synthesis translating requirements into functional, logical, and physical architectures captured in a SysML model for systems of low complexity.
• Analyze product or system functionality as defined by requirements.
• Develop technical reports and diagrams detailing product or system attributes in a SysML model.

Additional Responsibilities

• Document system design, processes, interactions in SysML model.
• Interface with other systems engineers and software engineers to update and manage documentation.
• Define and improve MBSE processes for capturing system design and behavior.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in systems engineering and MBSE principles.
• Experience running working groups.
• Experience defining and documenting system requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• 3 - 10 years of experience in systems engineering and MBSE principles.
• Experience with Army Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS).
• Experience with Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system.
• Experience with CATIA MagicDraw MBSE environment.
• Experience with Digital Engineering.
• Experience with system architecture modeling.
• Experience with requirements modeling.
• MBSE experience with SySML UAF (Unified Architecture Framework) or UPDM (Unified profile for DoDAF/MODAF).

Travel Requirements

<10% travel

Education and Length of Experience

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, SW Engineering, or related field.
• 0 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, SW Engineering, or related field.

Please refer to our Research Faculty Technical Level Guidelines for minimum requirements at the higher levels.

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Benefits at GTRI

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

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