Model-Based Systems Engineer - Level III

Job description

**\*\*\* This position is contingent upon ACI’s successful award of the associated government contract.** **\*\*\* All prospective applicants will be contacted to discuss contract timelines, the process associated with hiring for this role, and award decisions progress.** Augustine Consulting, Inc. is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced Model-Based Systems Engineer to serve as part of ACI’s Government Programs Team supporting CPE ISW for IEW&S HQs SETA. **Duties and Responsibilities:** A Models-Based Systems Engineer at ACI is responsible for focusing on leveraging model-based systems engineering tools and practices to enable efficient planning, integration, and validation of tactical applications supporting situational awareness platforms. A successful Model-Based Systems Engineer at ACI will: - Develop and maintain SysML/UML-based models to support system architecture, behavior, interface definitions, and requirements traceability for ATAK plugins and core functionality. - Translate stakeholder requirements into functional models that inform software development and integration plans. - Support system decomposition and definition of component-level interactions across ATAK plugins, core services, and TAK Server interfaces. - Collaborate with software developers, integration engineers, and program stakeholders to ensure alignment between modeled architecture and software implementation. - Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies, technical interchange meetings (TIMs), and design reviews as a representative of the systems engineering team. - Support verification and validation activities by aligning test cases with modeled requirements and scenarios. - Contribute to documentation deliverables, including interface control documents (ICDs), system design documents (SDDs), and modeling standards. - Design and implement network solutions, including LAN/WAN/VPN architectures and secure topologies. - Troubleshoot complex system and network issues, utilizing both hands-on diagnostics and automated tools. - Apply network security best practices to protect systems and data from internal and external threats. - Write scripts for automation and system management using Python and PowerShell. - Collaborate on multidisciplinary R&D projects, integrating scientific and engineering approaches. - Maintain technical documentation including system diagrams, configuration guides, and SOPs. **A Model-Based Systems Engineer who fits our team is:** **Dynamic**: contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission. **Thorough:** possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission-focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter. **Mature:** respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders. **Forthright**: speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully **Inquisitive:** seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface-level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick-fetching” to connect the unconnected. **Timely:** shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time-sensitive, reasonable requests. **Honest:** knows what’s right, what’s legal, what’s appropriate; acts accordingly.