McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM).
Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF, USSF, Joint, and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BM’s main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE), Operational Response Team (ORT), and multiple mission integration teams such as Air, Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space.
The candidate will provide Systems Engineering assistance that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system engineering to the acquisition process. The candidate will also provide engineering support in the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components that cover tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle (requirements analysis through system disposal).
This is a full-time position at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA.
Duties include, but not limited to:
Candidate selected will be aligned to 1 of 5 Mission Integration Teams (MITs) duty stationed at Hanscom AFB, MA. The five mission areas are Air, Maritime, Land, Homeland Air Defense, and Cross Cutting.
Members of the MITs manage the DAF C3BM MIT Process for their respective MIT. The DAF C3BM MIT Process receives operational and functional requirements from the Operational Community and conducts a(an):
1. Operational Analysis to translate operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.
2. Architecture Definition to design the capability’s architecture while ensuring integration/interoperability with the broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.
3. Risk assessment of the capability, and if risk needs to be mitigated, the MIT works with the Science & Technology Community to address.
4. Execution management strategy providing the capability’s requirements to the Acquisition Community.
5. Test and Evaluation Strategy with the Acquisition Community to work with the Test and Evaluation Community for exercise and experimentation activities before delivery to the Operational Community.
Position duties include but are not limited to:
- Serves a Mission Integration Team (MIT) system of systems architecture design and development engineers.
- Reviews current Department of Defense (DoD) architecture models and designs a migration path to a future state that enables seamless sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
- Drives interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.
- Captures as is and to be states driven by MIT stressing engagement scenarios.
- Engages the joint and coalition community to design and evaluate an architecture that will connect any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.
- Identifies, assesses, and matures innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi-domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.
Requirements
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Minimum Required Qualifications:
Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related field
Years of Experience: 10 years of directly related experience with 5 years of experience in a DoD setting
Requirements management and traceability expertise using tools such as DOORS or Jira
Ability to develop System Requirements Documents (SRDs) and related documentation
Familiarity with DoD architecture frameworks (UAF, DoDAF)
Ability to translate technical specifications into operational impacts
Working knowledge of the systems engineering “V” model and DoD 5000 series acquisition principles
Experience with agile systems engineering principles
Practical MBSE experience (Cameo/MagicDraw), SysML modeling, and digital engineering integration
Ability to develop and analyze structural, behavioral, and parametric system models
Ability to conduct trade‑space analyses assessing cost, schedule, performance, and risk
Experience in verification & validation planning, test matrix development, and requirements verification
Ability to serve as a technical liaison across government program offices, contractors, and operational users
Familiarity with cloud‑based systems, cost/performance management, Agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and DevOps
Knowledge of DoD acquisition principles (DoDI 5000.02, 5000.75)
Technical Skills
- Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Cameo
- DOORS
- MagicDraw
Interpersonal Skills
- Leadership capability with minimal oversight
- Ability to perform at a high level
- Ability to work across multi‑disciplinary and cross‑functional team
- Ability to engage with senior civilian and military stakeholders
Additional Information
Location: Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA
Travel: 10%
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental
insurance
- Health
insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional
development assistance
- Referral
program
- Vision
insurance