Senior Technical & Managerial Lead - MBSE & System Simulation - Center of Excellence
Role Purpose
Lead the Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) & System Simulation Center of Excellence as the principal technical and managerial authority for system architecture, requirements engineering, model-based development, multidisciplinary simulation, virtual validation, and digital engineering. The role establishes standardized methods, tools, governance, and reusable models to improve product quality, reduce development time and cost, and enable first-time-right engineering across complex vehicle and product-development programs.
Key Technical Responsibilities
Define the MBSE & System Simulation CoE vision, roadmap, governance framework, engineering standards, modelling guidelines, and technology strategy.
Establish end-to-end systems-engineering processes covering stakeholder needs, requirements, functional analysis, logical architecture, physical architecture, interfaces, verification, validation, and traceability.
Lead development of system architectures using SysML and model-based engineering methodologies.
Ensure complete traceability from customer and regulatory requirements to system, subsystem, software, hardware, test cases, and validation results.
Drive adoption of model-based development across mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, controls, thermal, powertrain, chassis, body, energy, and vehicle systems.
Define and govern system-simulation methodologies including 0D/1D simulation, control modelling, multi-body dynamics, thermal, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, energy-flow, performance, and co-simulation.
Lead integration of Model-in-the-Loop (MiL), Software-in-the-Loop (SiL), Processor-in-the-Loop (PiL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL), and Vehicle-in-the-Loop (ViL) validation.
Develop reusable system models, reference architectures, simulation libraries, parameter databases, interfaces, and digital twins.
Define model-verification, validation, correlation, calibration, configuration-control, version-management, and release processes.
Chair system-architecture, requirements, interface, model-quality, simulation-readiness, technical-risk, and virtual-validation reviews.
Lead multidisciplinary trade-off studies covering performance, efficiency, energy, range, thermal behaviour, controls, safety, reliability, cost, weight, and packaging.
Ensure integration of MBSE tools with PLM, ALM, requirements-management, simulation, test-data, configuration-management, and enterprise engineering platforms.
Support functional safety, cybersecurity, diagnostics, failure analysis, FMEA, fault-tree analysis, and safety-oriented system design.
Drive simulation-led issue resolution, design optimization, sensitivity studies, uncertainty analysis, and design-space exploration.
Promote automation, AI-assisted engineering, surrogate modelling, reduced-order models, cloud simulation, data analytics, and virtual product development.
Ensure alignment with applicable systems-engineering, functional-safety, software, quality, and regulatory standards.
3. Managerial Responsibilities
Build, lead, mentor, and retain a high-performing, multidisciplinary MBSE and simulation team.
Define organization structure, technical roles, competency matrices, career paths, technical-authority levels, and succession plans.
Plan manpower, budgets, software licences, computing infrastructure, simulation platforms, laboratories, training,



and external engineering support.
Allocate resources across programs based on technical complexity, business priority, system risk, and milestone requirements.
Establish annual objectives, KPIs, model-quality metrics, simulation-coverage targets, and delivery dashboards.
Manage departmental budgets, capital expenditure, tool costs, cloud-computing costs, consulting expenditure, and technology investments.
Review project progress, model maturity, requirements coverage, simulation accuracy, resource utilization, risks, and milestone adherence with senior management.
Develop make-or-buy strategies for tools, modelling activities, simulation services, and engineering partnerships.
Manage tool vendors, engineering service providers, universities, research institutions, and technology partners.
Coordinate with Product Planning, Program Management, Domain Engineering, Software, Controls, E&E;, CAE, Testing, Manufacturing, Quality, Homologation, IT, and Finance.
Promote technical training, certification, knowledge management, best-practice deployment, innovation, patents, and continuous improvement.
Represent the organization in executive reviews, customer discussions, supplier meetings, technical forums, and strategic partnerships.
Ensure compliance with engineering processes, data security, intellectual-property protection, quality systems, and organizational policies.
4. Business Development, Pre-Sales & Delivery Accountability
Own end-to-end delivery accountability for all ongoing MBSE and system-simulation projects and programs within the CoE, remaining answerable for both technical outcomes and operational performance (quality, timelines, effort, utilization, and profitability).
Lead technical responses to RFQs, RFIs, RFPs, and Statements of Work — including solution architecture, technical scoping, assumptions, risk assessment, and win-theme development.
Define winning solution architectures, delivery models (onsite / offshore / hybrid, CoE-based, T&M; / fixed-price), team structures, and execution approaches for new MBSE and system-simulation opportunities.
Prepare and validate effort estimations, resource plans, schedules, and costing inputs for proposals, ensuring competitiveness, technical feasibility, and delivery-risk coverage.
Develop high-quality technical proposals, capability presentations, and bid-defence material; lead proposal reviews and approval gates.
Support pre-sales activities — customer presentations, capability demonstrations, technical workshops, due-diligence discussions, clarification rounds, and contract-scope negotiations.
Identify, shape, and convert new business opportunities; support account growth, cross-selling capabilities, and expansion into adjacent engineering domains.
Build reusable estimation models, solution accelerators, reference architectures, case studies, and proposal collateral to improve bid quality and turnaround time.
Act as the single point of technical and operational accountability toward senior management and customers — for delivery health, escalations, customer satisfaction,



and corrective actions.
5. Technical Scope
Systems engineering, requirements management, and architecture development
SysML-based functional, logical, physical, and interface modelling
Vehicle, product, subsystem, software, hardware, and control-system modelling
0D/1D simulation, multi-domain modelling, co-simulation, and digital twins
MiL, SiL, PiL, HiL, and virtual validation
Model libraries, parameter management, model correlation, and configuration control
Functional safety, cybersecurity, FMEA, fault analysis, and system reliability
PLM, ALM, requirements, simulation, test-data, and digital-thread integration
6. Qualification & Experience
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics, Controls, Systems Engineering, Software, or a related discipline.
Minimum 15 years of experience in systems engineering, MBSE, system simulation, controls, CAE, embedded systems, vehicle integration, or technical leadership.
Proven experience implementing MBSE or simulation-led development across complex product or vehicle programs.
Strong expertise in at least two areas such as system architecture, SysML, requirements engineering, controls, multi-domain simulation, virtual validation, functional safety, or digital twins.
Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, budgets, tools, vendors, engineering partners, and global stakeholders.
Working knowledge of tools such as Cameo, Enterprise Architect, Rhapsody, MATLAB/Simulink, Simcenter Amesim, GT-SUITE, Modelica, Dymola, CarMaker, CarSim, dSPACE, ETAS, CANoe, and PLM/ALM platforms.
7. Core Competencies
Systems thinking, MBSE, SysML, system architecture, requirements traceability, multi-domain simulation, model-based development, virtual validation, digital twins, functional safety, configuration management, technical governance, strategic planning, budgeting, resource management, vendor management, team leadership, mentoring, stakeholder management, decision-making, and executive communication. Additionally: solution architecture, effort estimation, proposal development, pre-sales support, RFQ / RFI management, and delivery-operations governance.
8. Key Performance Indicators
MBSE adoption and requirements-traceability coverage across programs
Reduction in physical prototypes, test effort, development cost, and engineering lead time
Improvement in first-time-right design, model accuracy, and simulation-to-test correlation
On-time architecture, model, simulation, and virtual-validation delivery
Reuse of validated models, libraries, methods, and reference architectures
Budget adherence and effective resource and licence utilization
Reduction in late interface, integration, requirement, and validation issues
Growth in team competency, digital-engineering maturity, innovation, patents, and knowledge reuse
RFQ / RFI win rate, proposal quality and turnaround time, pre-sales conversion, and new-business growth
What you'll love about working here
We offer a range of career paths and internal opportunities within Capgemini group.
You will get comprehensive wellness benefits including health checks, telemedicine, insurance with top-ups, elder care, partner coverage or new parent support via versatile work.
At Capgemini, you can work on cutting-edge projects in tech and engineering with industry leaders or create solutions to overcome societal and environmental challenges.

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