
Model-Based Systems Engineer, Mid
Lexington Park, MDFull-time$62–141K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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The Model-Based Systems Engineer will create, integrate, and apply digital models across product lifecycles and provide technical direction for complex systems engineering. The role supports government defense systems through model-based system design, digital twins, and architectures, while helping modernize the use of digital tools in systems engineering, cybersecurity, and product development.
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Model-Based Systems Engineer, MidThe Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big-picture thinking to make an impact in national defense? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.
As a Model-Based Systems Engineer (MBSE) on our team, you have the chance to create, integrate, and apply interdisciplinary digital models of products from concept throughout the product lifecycle. You will provide engineering technical direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development, and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical objectives. You have the chance to design model-based systems and develop digital twin models and architectures in support of government defense systems. Your technical expertise will be vital as you evaluate and modernize how our clients go about linking digital tools and techniques with system engineering, fostering a new way of cybersecurity and product development. You’ll develop your skills in MBSE while gaining experience across a complex, integrated system. Grow your skills by merging your system and digital engineering skills to create new and innovative solutions for our clients. Join our team and help turn requirements into accomplishments that drive change.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:
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3+ years of experience with systems engineering and integration, and MBSE
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3+ years of experience using digital engineering tools to design DoD systems
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Experience with architecting solutions from user requirements and use cases to be applied across a systems engineering life cycle
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Experience with modeling tools, including Magic Draw or Cameo, Sparx Enterprise Architect, or IBM Rhapsody, and with the practical application of Unified Modeling Language (UML) or Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
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Knowledge of modular open systems approach (MOSA) design principles and technologies, DoD architecture standards and framework, and Agile systems engineering methods and tools
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Ability to use MBSE tools and processes to create and manage tailored MBSE artifacts that capture analysis and the resulting engineering decisions and trades made during acquisition and development
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Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary, dynamic team environment, including internal staff, external contractors, and government clients to increase the use of MBSE for client acquisition programs
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Secret clearance
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Bachelor’s degree
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Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeling Language Professional (OCSMP) Model User or Builder Certification or INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification, including ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP Certification
Nice If You Have:
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Experience with supporting acquisition programs and government clients
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Experience with extending systems models into other tools for analysis, including MATLAB, Simulink, or STK, and model-based product support, including Teamcenter or Windchill
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Experience with scripting languages, including the Velocity Template Language
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Experience using system models during government engineering reviews and other system engineering disciplines, including configuration management, risk management, cybersecurity, and cyber certification processes
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Knowledge of DoDD 5000.01, DoDI 5000.02, the System Development Life Cycle, and object-oriented programming languages, including C++, Java, or Python
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Master's degree in Engineering, Science, or Mathematics
Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.
Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
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How this job compares
Set against the 3,102 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$62–141K/yr
- Maryland median$133–206K/yr123 salary ranges
- US median$133–206K/yr2,215 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $101K, is 40% below the Maryland median midpoint ($170K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineering salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 150 open Systems Engineering jobs in Maryland and 3,102 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
- Northrop Grumman23 open
- Leidos9 open
- BAE Systems8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 2,466 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,042 of the 3,102 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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