Christopher Delp
Model-Based Systems Engineering
An industry-recognized leader in Digital Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering, and open-source practice for systems engineering. With more than 25 years of experience spanning systems architecture, safety-critical software, and model-based engineering environments, his work has helped move the discipline itself toward open, model-centric ways of working.
About
Christopher Delp is recognized industry-wide for his leadership in Digital Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering, and open-source tooling for systems engineering. Across more than 25 years on JPL flight projects, his work has spanned system architecture and design, safety-critical software development and test, and the application of systems engineering discipline across the full project lifecycle.
He has played a leading role in JPL's transition to MBSE and digital engineering practice, including a multi-year effort to rearchitect JPL's Model-Based Engineering enterprise for Systems and Software Engineering within the lab's Computer-Aided Engineering program — building a modern, open environment for system modeling, analysis, and simulation.
He co-founded OpenMBEE, an open-source initiative for model-based engineering environments, and leads the INCOSE Model-Based Environments workshop, with a continued focus on open-source approaches to systems modeling.
Areas of Focus
Advancing MBSE and Model-Based Engineering practice and environments across JPL's flight project lifecycle.
Architecting open, model-centric engineering environments for system modeling, analysis, and simulation.
System architecture and design, and development and test of safety-critical flight software.
Co-founding and steering open-source tooling that brings model-based practice to the broader SE community.
Notable Work
Leads a group building robust, model-based software environments that deliver digital engineering solutions across JPL.
Spearheaded the development of the model-based engineering environment supporting the Europa Clipper mission.
Led a multi-year effort rearchitecting JPL's Model-Based Engineering enterprise for Systems and Software Engineering, grounded in open engineering principles.
Co-founded the open-source project bringing model-based engineering environments to the wider engineering community.
Leads the workshop with a continuing focus on open-source modeling approaches for systems engineering practitioners.