Bowhead seeks new team members in their support to the Navy High Energy Laser Weapon System (HEL-LWS) program by refining, updating, and managing a comprehensive Cameo Systems Modeler architecture. Join a mission-driven team at the forefront of shaping the future of directed energy warfare. This high-impact team is modernizing the HEL-LWS architecture using cutting-edge MBSE practices, Atlassian integration, and digital engineering tools that tie requirements, safety, testing, and modeling into one living ecosystem.
ResponsibilitiesJob duties to include but are not limited to:
Cameo Model Development & Refinement
- Update and refine the HEL-LWS Cameo model across top-level, subsystem, and component-level structures.
- Develop and maintain Block Definition Diagrams (BDDs),Internal Block Diagrams (IBDs), Activity, Sequence, and State Machine Diagrams, System Requirements Tables.
- Ensure model consistency, traceability, and alignment with HEL-LWS architecture and program documentation.
Requirements Management & Integration
- Import and synchronize Jira-managed requirements into Cameo to maintain authoritative, configuration-controlled requirement elements.
- Establish and maintain traceability between requirements, behaviors, interfaces, and structural model elements.
- Support verification and validation alignment between Zephyr test procedures, execution logs, and Jira requirements.
System Safety Modernization
- Utilize the Cameo 882 Plug-in to modernize HEL-LWS system safety artifacts.
- Import and integrate Hazard Tracking System (HTS) data into Cameo.
- Support hazard analysis, mitigation tracking, and safety-related requirements development.
Digital Engineering Ecosystem Support
- Maintain cross-tool integration between Cameo, Jira, Zephyr, and Confluence to support government reporting, configuration management, and digital thread continuity.
- Ensure seamless linkage between requirements, test artifacts, and model elements to support program reviews and technical baseline updates.
Systems Engineering Support
- Contribute to the development of SE documentation including SRDs, SSRDs, ICDs, and interface definitions.
- Support technical reviews, design updates, and engineering discussions with Navy stakeholders.
- Provide MBSE expertise to improve modeling practices, digital engineering workflows, and system architecture clarity.
- Other duties as assigned technical duties as assigned
Qualifications- Bachelor of Science (BS) in System Engineering (SE), Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a closely related technical discipline.
- 3+ years of experience using Cameo Systems Modeler for MBSE, including architecture development, requirements modeling, interfaces, and behavior modeling.
- 3+ years of Systems Engineering experience supporting Naval weapons systems.
- Preferred experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Zephyr, Confluence) for requirements, test case development, and reporting.
- Preferred Experience with Navy System Safety processes and MIL-STD-882.
- Preferred 3+ years of SE experience with High Energy Laser or Directed Energy Weapon systems.
- Preferred Experience generating SE artifacts such as System Requirements Documents (SRDs), Subsystem Requirements Documents (SSRDs), and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
Target salary is $100,000/annually to $135,000/annually commensurate with experience
Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Bowhead considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer.Physical Demands:
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
- Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time
- Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically
SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.
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