Peraton Overview Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 22,000 employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.
As a government contractor, Peraton abides by the following provision
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination ProvisionThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of the other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).
Qualifications Requires Bachelors degree (in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or related field) or equivalent, and twelve to fifteen years of related experience, advanced degree a plus.
Requires 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS/MA or 7 to 9 years with Ph.D.
The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to analyze and assess a problem, decompose complex issues, and develop solutions and strategies to operational scenarios. Additional qualifications include:
- Background in RF and VSAT
- Working knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes
- Experience with various development approaches, e.g., agile programming, crowd sourcing, waterfall, etc.
- Applied knowledge of the systems development life cycle, including requirements analysis, documentation development, control gates, and system verification
- Ability to work within and across multi-discipline teams to ensure interfaces are thoroughly defined, properly designed, and correctly implemented
- Familiarity with IC organizations and experience working across multiple organizations within the IC
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities Peraton, provides high-end Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to government clients.We are currently seeking a SeniorSystemsEngineer with aRF and VSAT background to providetechnical leadership and supportfora program that delivers a broad range of engineering and scientific services to a national level customer.The Program provides cradle-to-grave engineering support for the definition, design, development, integration, verification, fielding, and eventual termination/disposal of the system and system components.Peraton is looking for team memberswith the depth and breadth to answer complex technical questions across the program.
The candidate will oversee the engineering activities of component system and software developers, verify the capabilities and interfaces of their developed products, integrate the components into a system, support system test and deployment activities, and perform tier-2 support for fielded systems.Thecandidate will interface with clients and other contractors.Communicationis key to success in this position. Background in the following Systems Engineering areas is key to success:
- Participate in the design and definition of system functionality and component interfaces
- Develop system solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas, and following the system development life-cycle
- Work with contractor development teams on requirements definition, development, standards, and testing
- Interact with clients on technical matters, often requiring coordinated activity across organization lines
- Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, and charts
- Troubleshoot system problems
