MBSE Principal Engineer

Belcan is hiring an MBSE Principal Engineer to lead customer consulting, implementation, and transformation initiatives. The role modernizes systems engineering processes through MBSE and Digital Engineering, while advising customers and guiding multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical lead and solution owner for MBSE consulting, implementation, and transformation initiatives
• Define solution approaches aligned with customer objectives, industry best practices, and Belcan methodologies
• Develop implementation roadmaps supporting MBSE, Digital Engineering, and Digital Thread adoption
• Lead technical planning, architecture development, and deployment strategies for customer programs
• Guide multidisciplinary engineering teams executing MBSE initiatives
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer engineering and program leadership
• Facilitate discovery workshops, assessments, and future-state planning activities
• Translate customer objectives into executable MBSE implementation strategies
• Present technical concepts to technical, operational, and executive audiences
• Support executive briefings, customer demonstrations, and strategic planning sessions
• Lead implementation of MBSE methodologies supporting requirements, architecture, analysis, verification, validation, and lifecycle management activities
• Guide development and governance of systems models and architecture frameworks
• Support deployment of MBSE environments, processes, and organizational operating models
• Ensure solutions align with customer objectives, industry standards, and engineering best practices
• Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout implementation activities
• Promote adoption of MBSE standards, methodologies, and best practices
• Mentor engineers and technical specialists supporting customer programs
• Partner with Chief Engineers to ensure consistency of technical approaches across engagements
• Support technical reviews, peer evaluations, and solution assessments
• Contribute to the growth and maturity of Belcan's MBSE practice
• Partner with Capability Engineers to capture lessons learned and improve reusable methodologies
• Contribute to development of templates, frameworks, playbooks, training materials, and advisory offerings
• Support creation of technical content, white papers, presentations, and reusable intellectual property
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery efficiency and customer outcomes through standardization and innovation
• Evaluate emerging technologies, Digital Engineering trends, and industry best practices
• Support proposal development, technical content creation, and customer pursuits
• Assist Senior Customer Integration Managers with opportunity shaping and solution development
• Participate in workshops, demonstrations, and customer strategy discussions
• Identify opportunities for expanded customer engagement and business growth

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Active security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in systems engineering, digital engineering, requirements management, systems architecture, or related technical disciplines
• Demonstrated experience leading technical projects or engineering transformation initiatives
• Experience implementing Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and practices
• Experience with requirements development, systems architecture, verification, validation, and lifecycle engineering activities
• Experience with SysML modeling and MBSE tool environments
• Strong communication, facilitation, and customer engagement skills
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams and influence stakeholders
• Experience with Cameo Systems Modeler, MagicDraw, Cameo Enterprise Architecture, or similar MBSE platforms
• Experience with IBM DOORS Next, Jama, Polarion, or related requirements management tools
• Familiarity with SysML and SysML v2 methodologies
• Experience supporting Digital Engineering and Digital Thread initiatives
• Experience integrating MBSE environments with PLM, MBDMI, or enterprise engineering ecosystems
• Knowledge of DoD Digital Engineering Strategy and industry MBSE best practices
• INCOSE ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP certification
• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering or related technical discipline
• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, industrial, or advanced manufacturing customers