# Senior Systems Engineer - MBSE/Simulink

We don’t just build technology-we engineer the future. From next-gen aerospace to cutting-edge defense systems, we tackle the toughest, mission-critical challenges that keep people safe and push the limits of innovation. This is where problem-solvers, innovators, and big thinkers thrive. We are seeking a Senior MBSE Systems Engineer. This position for an individual with educational and/or professional experience in the development of solutions to GPS Navigation Systems. This individual will be required to run and test modeling and simulation of algorithmic models using Simulink and MATLAB. The work is highly technical, and the individual must be comfortable with documenting equations, derivations, and generating plots in MATLAB. The individual must be comfortable with data and statistical analysis. In addition to Model-based Development work, the role will also include lab-based contributions on the target products. Hiring in multiple locations: Cedar Rapids, IA. Fullerton, CA. Sterling, VA Relocation assistance is available U.S. citizenship is required. What You’ll Do Test and validate navigation algorithms and algorithmic models using MATLAB and Simulink. Develop tools and test

- **Id**: 3416280
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/quest-defense-senior-systems-engineer-mbsesimulink-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cedar Rapids, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-28T18:35:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-04T22:37:42Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-04T22:37:42Z
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5544
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development, Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Military, Embedded & Electronics Design, Avionics & Flight Control, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 618
- **Name**: Quest Defense
- **Domain**: quest-defense.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/quest-defense>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 15
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.733
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 160000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 160000

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **MBSE** — Optional: no
- **Simulink** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **Iowa** — Kind: city
- **Virginia** — Kind: city
- **California** — Kind: city

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-28T19:32:20Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-04T22:37:42Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 160000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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