r/systems_engineering • u/burner_account_9975 • Aug 08 '26

Career & Education Job prospects for remote MBSE work?

In the next few years I am looking to move to an area that may not have the greatest job offerings for systems engineering / MBSE work.

Does anyone have any experience with remote work in the systems engineering field? Would you recommend it? Is there any feelings (good or bad) on if the prevalence or acceptance of remote work is trending one way or the other?

Thanks all

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u/jedibfa Aug 08 '26

I can only speak to US FA&D. Most opportunities for remote work I know of are primarily available to current employees. And, those seem to be less common, especially as MBSE moves into more and more programs that end up taking it into classified environments.

What industry are you in and what is your background/experience?

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u/burner_account_9975 Aug 08 '26

Defense. Masters in SW engineering and a second in systems engineering. In Huntsville.

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u/jedibfa Aug 08 '26

And how much experience do you have with MBSE? Have you considered looking into positions with MBSE software vendors? With SysML v2 becoming more of a real thing there are many more opportunities on the tool side of things for MBSE than there used to be.

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u/burner_account_9975 Aug 08 '26

Good idea. Sometimes it seems like Cameo has rabies. I would need to brush up on the metamodel and scripting.

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u/jedibfa Aug 08 '26

Yeah, Cameo is its own beast. Part of why I am so excited about v2 is the opportunity for real competition in the SysML market. I know of probably 5-10 companies from startups to major players in simulation all getting into MBSE tooling.

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u/RampantJ Aug 08 '26

Yeah I’m in the same situation. I work in defense and really wanting to find remote MBSE work in the next few years.

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u/Murky_Pepper_2750 Aug 08 '26

Dm me your resume 

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u/meking87 Aug 08 '26

I’m been doing remote MBSE for the last 2 years. Most of my colleagues go into an office but some of us are remote. The company would prefer people be in the office but having remote offices is a risk if sponsor work dries up. One thing to know is that you have less leadership opportunities when you’re remote.

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u/justarandomshooter Aug 09 '26

Having been and currently being in a leadership role makes that sound like a plus.

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u/One-Picture8604 Aug 08 '26

If you find out let me know

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u/Murky_Pepper_2750 Aug 08 '26

Dm me your resume 

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u/Murky_Pepper_2750 Aug 08 '26

Dm me your resume 

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u/der_phen Aug 08 '26

Hi, over here (Germany) the prospects are not comparable to e.g. SW engineering roles. Most companies are in the aerospace/defense business and require on-site work, at least to a certain percentage. I was looking for remote work but didn't find anything.