Systems Engineer
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- Translate mission intent into traceable requirements and architecture
- Manage trades, interfaces, technical performance and risk
- Integrate, verify, certify and sustain complex systems
Benchmark: Boeing + Lockheed Martin + NASA/INCOSE (Sep 2026): CONOPS/requirements, MBSE/SysML, interfaces, trades/TPMs/risk, integration/V&V, certification + lifecycle Mastery ladder: 2 job-market competencies per level; 2 substantive expert VIDEO bridges per competency (12 total).
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Translate mission intent into traceable requirements and architecture
Stakeholder needs, CONOPS + verifiable requirements
Coverage: Requirements Engineering / Systems Architecture
MBSE/SysML, decomposition + traceability
Coverage: Systems Engineering / Model-Based Engineering
Manage trades, interfaces, technical performance and risk
Trade studies, technical performance + risk retirement
Coverage: Trade Studies / Technical Design / Program Risk
Interface control, integration + digital-thread coherence
Coverage: Integration Strategy / Systems Engineering
Integrate, verify, certify and sustain complex systems
Verification, validation, certification + evidence
Coverage: Verification & Validation / Statistical Evidence
Commissioning, operations + lifecycle sustainment
Coverage: Systems Engineering / Lifecycle & Operations
Role-Readiness Proof / Capstone
Create a production-grade systems-engineering package: mission/stakeholder analysis and CONOPS; measurable requirements with bidirectional traceability; SysML/MBSE architecture and functional allocation; ICDs; trade study with cost/schedule/performance assumptions and TPMs; risk/opportunity register; integration strategy; V&V/certification matrix with objective evidence; technical-review package; commissioning, operations and sustainment plan.
Proof Rubric
- Demonstrate requirement quality and traceability
- keep architecture, interfaces and verification evidence coherent
- quantify trade-space and TPM/risk decisions
- show integration sequencing and failure modes
- define objective V&V/certification evidence
- communicate technical baselines and lifecycle decisions clearly to customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary teams