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PR026-004 - MODEL BASED SYSTEM ENGINEERS - General Consideration

QTEC AerospaceHuntsville, ALPosted Jul 16, 2026 · open 102 days

Last confirmed open Oct 26, 2026

Full-timeSecret

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Secret clearance
An active clearance is required to start.
Bachelor's degree
The lowest degree the posting accepts.

QTEC Aerospace is consistently seeking Model Based Systems Engineers to join our team of professionals in Huntsville, AL. If you do not see a job posting on our Employment Opportunities Page which fits your specific skillset and would like to submit your application for us to keep on file for general consideration, please complete our application process here.

Selected applicants will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government. The successful candidates will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.

The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support to Defense programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Perform Systems Engineering functions such as requirements decomposition and interface definition
  • Complete use case development and preparing systems engineering artifacts as a part of program Cross-Functional Product Teams to implement customer-requested capabilities
  • Follow an Agile framework to manage the backlog and document progress
  • Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
  • Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
  • Work with teams crossing multiple functions in order to drive data connectivity from architecture to requirements to test

Minimum Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related STEM field with at least 2 years' related experience

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment daily
  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes and related tools (e.g., Cameo, MagicDraw)
  • Should possess the ability to be part of an integrated team tasked with developing and maintaining the physical, functional, and technical requirements baselines
  • Skills in generating system/element level functional, performance, and interface specifications to document and control the achievement of the desired capabilities
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed
  • Self-motivated and customer-oriented

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • The candidate should have an understanding of the Systems Engineering 'V' and be capable of performing engineering analysis, requirements allocation, requirements decomposition
  • Experience in mission analysis with skill in the development of use cases, sequence diagrams, and creation of Interface Documents
  • Experience with requirements solicitation, derivation, and decomposition to lower-level subsystems and components
  • Experience using Atlassian Tools such as JIRA
  • Familiar with Agile terminology and best practices
  • Expert in all MS Office applications and familiarity with DOORS
  • Familiar with Systems Modeling Language (SysML)

Security Clearance

Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.

Location

Huntsville, AL

QTEC, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and advancement in employment without regard to any applicable local, state or federally protected class, characteristic or non-merit based factor.

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Job Details
Location
Huntsville, AL
Type
Full-time
Experience
2+ years
Posted
Jul 16, 2026
Required Skills
Model Based Systems EngineeringCameoMagicDrawRequirements decompositionInterface definitionFunctional analysisTimeline analysisTrade studiesRequirements allocationSystems EngineeringAgile
Preferred Skills
Systems Engineering VEngineering analysisMission analysisUse casesSequence diagramsInterface DocumentsRequirements solicitationRequirements derivationJiraAtlassian ToolsAgile terminologyMS OfficeDOORSSysML

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