Sr Aerospace Systems Engineer

Senior Aerospace Systems Engineer is responsible for coordinating and supporting system-of-systems requirements, CONOPS, and architectures in the Space domain; supporting enterprise and system level requirements for current and future systems; overseeing the allocation and closure of acquisition-level requirements with developers; independent verification, validation and test in support of delivered system capabilities and mission closure, participation in readiness events in support of enterprise, system and acquisition-level ground milestones; leading and supporting project planning; assessing schedule and risk; generating and presenting engineering briefings; and interfacing with numerous customers. 

This position requires an understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure. The candidate will support customer chief systems engineer initiatives for future systems through various system readiness events and independent review teams and is required to have strong systems engineering background and significant aerospace domain knowledge. The candidate will conduct trade studies and assessment of alternatives. The candidate will evaluate various architecture concepts and present recommendations to customer based on customers established criteria. It is desired that the candidate has experience with MBSE practices and tools. The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and supporting contractors, and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple contractors and users, and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.

Required Skills:

• US Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance and current polygraph
• Requires 8 years with BS/BA 
• 8+ years’ experience with aerospace systems engineering/architecting
• BS in engineering, physics or related technical degree
• Integration and closure experience within overall customer domain, Tech Insertion experience.
• Detailed knowledge of space systems and overall architectures
• Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
• Experience identifying user & enterprise needs/requirements and gap identification, analysis and assessment
• Experience in supporting Enterprise Architectures, Requirements Engineering, CONOPS development, and system integration to accommodate the End to End Systems Engineering.
• Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority

Strongly Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with government customer as well as technical familiarity with mission processing or mission control of one or more space systems, including sensor knowledge.
• Ability to work for specific IC customer and familiarity with that customer’s processes and organization.

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.