Arlington, VA

Salary
$69,550–$125,725from the description
Posted
Jul 24, 2026
Location
Arlington, VA
Last confirmed open
Jul 25, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A Model-Based Systems Engineer role supporting defense programs at an Arlington, VA office, requiring an active Secret clearance. The work centers on building and maintaining system architecture models using SysML tools such as Cameo/MagicDraw, capturing and tracing requirements, and defining interfaces across hardware and software teams. The position suits an early-to-mid career systems engineer with hands-on MBSE experience in a DoD or defense-adjacent environment.

Mid level · 2+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time

Must have (3)
SysMLCameo/MagicDrawMBSE
Nice to have (6)
AgileSCRUM or KanbanJIRAConfluenceBitbucketMagicgrid

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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Why we read it this way (8)

The role is titled 'Model-Based Systems Engineer' with no explicit seniority level in the title; the title states no level. The minimum qualification of a Bachelor's + 2 years (or Master's + 1 year) supports a Mid-level band.

The JD requires an active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS. Active TS is listed under Preferred Qualifications and is therefore not a hard gate.

SysML and Cameo/MagicDraw appear in the Basic Qualifications section ('Experience with SysML, preferably using Cameo/MagicDraw'). The 'preferably' qualifier refers to the specific tool preference within the requirement, not to the requirement itself — SysML experience is a hard gate.

Experience in a SIL (System Integration Lab) environment is listed as a Basic Qualification but names no specific technology or tool, so it is not emitted as a skill.

OCSMP certification is listed under Preferred Qualifications with no associated technology tool; omitted from skills as it is a certification rather than a named technology.

Executable SysML simulation capabilities and scripting languages are listed as preferred but no specific scripting language is named, so no separate skill entry is created for scripting languages.

SOC classification is Medium confidence: MBSE roles blend systems analysis (15-1211) with specialized engineering methodology work that could also fit 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other), as MBSE is not a perfect fit for any single standard SOC.

Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.

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