nLogic is seeking an experienced Lead System Architect to join our team in El Segundo, CA.

You will serve as the technical lead for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) activities supporting next-generation Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) capabilities for the United States Space Force (USSF). In this role, you will provide leadership, direction, and oversight for system modeling efforts, ensuring consistency across architecture, requirements, interfaces, verification, and technical baseline management activities.

The MILSATCOM Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (MSEIT) effort provides leading-edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) support for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). We support the acquisition of state-of-the-art MILSATCOM systems, delivering secure, survivable, and protected communications capabilities to warfighters worldwide. We seek technical professionals who thrive in collaborative environments and are passionate about solving complex engineering challenges across integrated space and ground systems.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Lead System Architect for MBSE activities, providing technical leadership and oversight for system modeling efforts
Develop and maintain the program's MBSE strategy, architecture, governance, standards, and implementation roadmap
Define and maintain model architecture structures, viewpoints, decomposition strategies, relationships, naming conventions, and modeling standards
Lead development and maintenance of integrated system models representing architecture, requirements, behavior, functions, interfaces, and verification relationships
Establish and maintain traceability between mission needs, operational capabilities, requirements, interfaces, verification activities, and supporting engineering artifacts
Define approaches for integrating and federating models and engineering data produced by government organizations, contractors, and stakeholders
Evaluate contractor-developed models and modeling approaches for consistency with program architecture and technical baseline objectives
Manage Teamwork Cloud repositories supporting multiple project usages and model integrations
Manage connectivity and traceability between Cameo Systems Modeler and IBM Rational DOORS environments
Collaborate with requirements engineers to maintain alignment between model architecture and authoritative requirements
Coordinate with interface engineering teams to ensure logical and physical interfaces are accurately represented and maintained
Support integration of verification and validation data into MBSE environments
Facilitate technical reviews and provide architectural guidance to government and contractor stakeholders

Required Qualifications

Must currently possess an active Secret security clearance with eligibility for TS/SCI access
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical discipline
5+ years of experience supporting satellite systems, spacecraft development, or aerospace engineering activities
Demonstrated experience leading MBSE efforts for complex systems
Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles including architecture, requirements, interfaces, verification, validation, and configuration management
Demonstrated experience developing and managing SysML-based system models
4+ years of hands-on experience using Cameo Systems Modeler, MagicDraw, or comparable MBSE tools
Experience developing model architectures, reusable model structures, viewpoints, and traceability frameworks
Experience supporting model configuration management, version control, and governance
Ability to assess technical completeness, consistency, and quality of complex engineering models
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to engineering teams, government leadership, and stakeholders
Experience coordinating activities across multidisciplinary technical organizations

Preferred Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance
8+ years of systems engineering experience supporting space, ground, or integrated space/ground systems