# Lead System Engineer, Model Based System Engineering

Hiring organization: [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/1cc333b5-794c-4422-8394-de8839acddb2

Listed on AeroVironment's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Dayton, OH
- Salary: 111500 – 170000 USD per year

## Summary

AeroVironment seeks a systems engineer to lead model-based system engineering and digital engineering initiatives across the full development lifecycle, from concept through operational deployment. This role suits experienced engineers with a background in MBSE, aerospace systems, and DoD environments who can drive architectural decisions and program execution.

_Our summary, not AeroVironment's wording._

## Skills named

Systems Engineering, Verification and Validation

## Required

- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical, Software, or Computational Neuroscience Engineering (or equivalent)
- 5+ years of systems engineering experience including system design, functional decomposition, requirements development, analysis, verification, and validation
- Experience with MBSE, Cameo/MSOSA, and/or SysML
- U.S. citizenship
- Existing DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI and special access

## Nice to have

- Experience developing and managing program baselines
- Demonstrated experience developing system architectures for complex aerospace vehicles or subsystems using MBSE (SysML/MSOSA)
- Experience developing or supporting architecture, requirements, and verification for RF systems (communications, radar, electromagnetic environmental effects) or RF test systems
- Prior leadership in system architecture or lead systems engineering roles with experience communicating architectural tradeoffs
- Understanding of engineering analyses including affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, and susceptibility
- Knowledge of system security, regulatory, certification, and product assurance factors
- Background in systems engineering processes such as RIO and TPM management and technical review planning

Apply on AeroVironment's site: https://avav.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AVAV/job/4391-4401-4433-Dayton-Xenia-Rd-Dayton-OH/Lead-System-Engineer--Model-Based-System-Engineering_7863-1