Senior Systems Engineer- Sensor Integration and Modernization

Overview: As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will lead engineering teams in the application of multi-disciplinary approaches to a wide range of engineering processes, including requirements engineering, solutions design, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, system integration, testing and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis. You will collaborate across the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and federal agencies to ensure the delivery of timely and accurate GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence) solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Guidance: Mentor and guide Mid-level and Junior-level Systems Engineers in performing key engineering tasks such as requirements engineering, solutions design, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, system integration, testing, and evaluation within the NSG, ASG, and federal agencies.

• Requirements & Architecture Planning: Lead the planning, analysis, and traceability of user requirements, system architectures, procedures, and problem-solving efforts to enhance or automate existing systems. Evaluate cloud services, workflow, and scheduling capabilities to identify limitations and improvements.

• Solution Design & Development: Direct the design and development of system solutions by analyzing user requirements and leveraging new technologies.

• Mission & Requirements Translation: Assist the government in capturing and translating mission and customer needs into clear systems and capability requirements, ensuring alignment with overall goals and objectives.

• Systems Architecture & Allocation: Support the analysis and allocation of requirements across system architecture components, ensuring effective execution of related programs.

• Systems Integration: Oversee and perform systems integration activities to ensure seamless operation across all system components.

• Analysis & Assessment: Conduct Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments to guide decision-making and optimize solutions.

• Strategic & Technical Planning: Assist the government in technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.

• Cross-Agency Integration: Lead efforts to integrate multiple systems, services, processes, and interfaces within Major Systems Acquisitions, ensuring collaboration across various organizational and agency boundaries.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which includes heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in a related technical or scientific field such as Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related equivalent additional experience of 4 years with no degree or 2 years with a non-STEM degree.
• 12+ years of experience working in government or industry in relevant work areas including DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or systems engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture environments residing in cloud, on premises, or hybrid infrastructures.
• Working knowledge of RFC capabilities within customer's space
• Working experience with NGA/NRO joint integration activities.
• Working knowledge of NGA IPO infrastructure.
• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain and maintain SCI and pass a polygraph

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.