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The Networking Systems RF Design Engineer at Peraton Labs will support RF design for a mmW RF front end to a high speed signal processing system. The responsibilities will include RF simulation, implementation, and testing. The RF engineer will also support board layout and design for test prototypes as well as form factor optimization. The RF Design Engineer will interface closely with the digital CCA and FPGA development teams. The successful candidate will have a track record of effectively working in teams, proactively identifying issues, independently solving problems, and creating novel solutions. The candidate must have strong communication skills that enable collaboration on large development projects.

Role and responsibility for this position:  The Senior AI Planning Research Scientist will solve hard, real-world planning problems requiring nothing less than state-of-the-art solutions. You’ll take responsibility for accomplishing specific deliverables within a small team setting of fellow engineers.  You’ll communicate and collaborate with fellow team members and help guide junior staff.    Peraton Labs generates transformative applied research to fuel solutions for our customer’s unique challenges. We are a self-sustaining research center within Peraton that provides applied research and engineering to enable government agencies, utilities, and commercial enterprises to fully exploit the future of communications, analytics, and cyber security.   Who we’re looking for:  - Cyber: We are looking for staff with a strong interest (and ideally a track record) in cybersecurity research and development. - Generalists: You should have a breadth of knowledge across multiple domains.  You’ll typically focus your work on the domain(s) of your specialty or preference, but a strong multi-domain awareness and ability is required.  You should have a curiosity to learn new technology.   - Tangible: You’ll work on applied research programs to conceive and develop prototypes to solve cutting-edge, complex problems.  

Role and responsibility for this position: As a hands-on Cybersecurity Research Scientist, you will be at the forefront of developing, testing, and fielding novel network cybersecurity appliances for the Department of Defense. Working with systems engineers and researchers, you will be responsible for researching, developing, configuring and integrating state-of-the-art cyber deception tools into enterprise-like environments, developing and managing a pipeline that integrates ML models with existing detection capabilities, and enabling transition of research prototypes to new environments. You will develop tools for facilitating management and operations of Peraton Labs’ cyber range product and for enhancing its capabilities. You will participate in the planning, setup, and conduct of cyber exercises using this cyber range, including red-teaming.   Who we’re looking for: - Cyber: We are looking for staff with a strong interest (and ideally a track record) in cyber security research and development. - Generalists: You should have a breadth of knowledge across multiple domains. You’ll typically focus your work on the domain(s) of your specialty or preference, but a strong multi-domain awareness and ability is required. You should have a curiosity to learn new technology. - Tangible: You’ll work on applied research programs to conceive and develop prototypes to solve cutting-edge, complex problems.

Peraton Labs is seeking an experienced developer with strong skills specific to signal processing algorithms and waveforms for communications, networking, and electronic warfare systems. The role will range from algorithm concept development/modeling to software implementation/test. The successful candidate will have a track record of effectively working in teams, proactively identifying issues, independently solving problems, and creating novel solutions. This candidate should have strong communication skills that enable collaboration on large development projects.

As a Digital Design Engineer for Peraton Labs, you will support high speed CCA and FPGA development using the latest RFSoC and MPSoC technology. In addition, you will perform FPGA development for high-speed signal process, interface to real-time software components, and system level control. The engineer will also support high speed CCA circuit design and board layout.   We are seeking a candidate with a track record of effectively working in teams, proactively identifying issues, independently solving problems, and creating novel solutions. The candidate must have strong communication skills that enable collaboration on large development projects.

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Peraton Lab’s cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.   We are actively seeking an entry to mid-level software engineer with machine learning experience to join our team of software research scientists working on full scope polygraph research within the maryland customer footprint. The perfect candidate for this role is someone with a strong technical prowess, inquisitive and curious nature, and strong desire to learn.   Primary responsibilities may include: - Designing, developing, and prototyping signal processing algorithms for wireless systems - Conducting Radio Frequency (RF) machine learning research - Implementing, debugging, and testing wireless application prototypes on third-party software-defined radio (SDR) platforms - Communicating the results of research through customer presentations and publications - Writing design documents, simulation reports, and system documentation

In this position with Peraton Labs, you will serve as an Autonomy Architect / Lead Autonomy Engineer.  Your primary responsibility will be to assist high level Army decision-makers in the development of a mid to long term science and technology development effort in the autonomous weapon systems domain.   In this role, you will be required to: - Research and report on current and future technologies and trends in the autonomous systems field to support technology development decisions.  - Acquire and evaluate autonomy related platforms and hardware components such as robotic ground and air platforms, embedded computing solutions, sensors, and automated target detection / tracking / identification technologies. - Develop laboratory M&S environments to support autonomy algorithm development, training, and evaluation. - Develop prototype autonomous systems in a laboratory environment.  Prototypes will require integration of COTS robotic platforms and sensor packages with a variety of weapon systems.  Prototype software develop tasks will include all aspects of autonomy. - Develop multi-system autonomous teaming algorithms and demonstrate with hardware prototypes communicating over tactical wireless networks. - Field test prototype autonomous systems.  Field tests will include evaluation of autonomous algorithms for path planning / obstacle avoidance, evaluation of machine vision / target detection / target identification / target tracking algorithms, integration with tactical wireless networks, and live fire weapon systems testing.

Peraton Labs is actively seeking a Research Director responsible for the development of large R&D programs in the domains of RF, Networking, Cybersecurity, Communications, Radar, or Electronic Warfare. Your primary duties will include overseeing product development and direct report research personnel while delivering innovative solutions to our customers problems. This role will be responsible for cultivating great relationships with our customers by continuously learning about their needs and contributing to the development of new products to address these needs. Primary responsibilities may include: - Working with technical team leads to understand existing capabilities and formulate new offerings. - Lead research technologies, perform trade study, conceive, and formulate technology strategies, framework, architecture, and concept of operations. - Lead the development and growth of a technology portfolio across current, adjacent, and new customers. - Manage a team of direct reports including program staffing and career development. - Propose new R&D ideas and drive the executions and implementation of the new solutions. - Interfacing with customers to understand customer challenges and gaps in our existing solutions. - Conduct organizational level planning across program portfolio to include staff planning, recruiting, facilities, and capital requirements, etc. - Supporting business development, provide capture solutioning, and perform proposal review and writing. - Foster strong relationships with government customers - Responsible for P&L management across program portfolio - Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, budgets, scheduling milestones, and personnel alignment

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Our research and engineering protects mission-critical systems and a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, electronic warfare, secure-by-design techniques, and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.   Senior Electronics Technician– As part of a dynamic, well-established replication lab, you will provide electronics engineering support. The preferred candidate will be capable to deliver schematic capture, circuit board layout and device testing. This position requires the ability to collaborate productively in a team setting.

Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. To complement its outstanding technical staff, Peraton Labs is building its cleared language capabilities, permitting the customization of its technologies for real-world missions.   Role and responsibilities for this position: The Senior Chinese-Linguist Analyst will manage the full lifecycle of advanced Chinese language exploitation, starting with curation of non-alerting collection of Chinese sources all the way through to high-quality analytic production in the furtherance of customer missions. You will perform one or more of the following tasks:   - Recruit and lead teams of junior linguist-analysts, overseeing their work and mentoring them - Organize the non-alerting collection of publicly available information, either using tools or individually - Collaborate with technical staff to ingest, process, and structure collected data for exploitation - Exploit collected data to produce high-quality analytical deliverables - Present analytical findings to analyst and executive audiences   We are hiring multiple senior Chinese linguist-analysts in this role. Individual job responsibilities will be tailored to each candidate’s background and experience.   Why choose us? - Variety: You will work on multiple programs. You and your manager will have discussions to ensure your assignments are on track with your growth goals and interest areas. - Flexibility: You will have the opportunity for a flexible work schedule. Subject to program requirements, you can set your hours while fulfilling 80 hours every two weeks.  Additionally, while classified work requires onsite work, most staff can schedule about 20% of their time as work from home. - Value: You will support interesting and challenging projects that are not repetitive or monotonous, but rather have novelty and innovation; and great people to learn from and work with – collegial, smart, inspiring. Who we’re looking for:  - China Subject Matter Experts: We are looking for staff with a strong interest (and ideally a track record) in China research w/ strong linguistic and analytic skills. - Generalists:You’ll typically focus your work on the domain(s) of your specialty or preference, but a strong multi-domain awareness and ability is required.  You should have a curiosity to learn new technology.   - Tangible: Your work will not be academic, but support government customers with real missions that are critically important to the national interest. Our Work: - We span several areas of interest, including (but not limited to): - Organizational and personnel profiles - Military analysis - Technology assessments - Political analysis - Information operations - Supply chain and export control analysis

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Our research and engineering protects mission-critical systems and a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, electronic warfare, secure-by-design techniques, and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.   The candidate will provide executive administrative assistance to leadership of our government customer.   Key responsibilities: - Tracking and accountability of personnel - Follow government processes - Coordinate travel - Release documents for public dissemination - Arrange for visitors - Schedule conference rooms, VTCs and SVTC for meetings - Manage leadership calendars - Pick up and distribute mail - Answer phone calls direct to appropriate personnel

Peraton Labs is seeking a highly motivated individual to support and enhance development of classified and unclassified network research prototypes for a government research customer. Candidates will work in a dynamically changing environment and expected to be able to acquire and adapt new technologies to create state-of-the-art prototypes. We are seeking an individual with a combination of skills and flexibility to help make a difference in mission-oriented research prototypes. Not all of the skills listed below are required, but the candidate should be motivated, willing, and excited about learning and adopting new technologies. Self-starters who have the drive to acquire expertise on their own and who thrive in a dynamic environment will excel in this position. Network expertise is part of the heritage of Peraton Labs, with its lineage stretching back to Bell Labs, Bellcore and Telcordia. We are seeking motivated individuals to join the team who want to move forward with the next generation of network research.   Roles and Responsibilities: - Research and develop network-based prototypes including the creation of software, scripts and documentation to demonstrate capabilities in new network technology areas (e.g., high speed networking, wireless networks). - Research and develop state-of-the-art large-scale prototypes involving virtualized environments, including but not limited to cloud infrastructure, containers, and network function virtualization (NFV). - Provide technical leadership working with government PMs to help shape and guide their research program, explain technical details to customer stakeholders, and work alongside other contractors to create prototypes. - Work in a fast-paced dynamic environment acquiring expertise as needed and demonstrating capabilities in software development, networking, data collection/monitoring, reverse engineering, etc.

Peraton Labs is seeking a highly motivated individual to support and enhance development of classified and unclassified network research prototypes for a government research customer. Candidates will work in a dynamically changing environment and expected to be able to acquire and adapt new technologies to create state-of-the-art prototypes. We are seeking an individual with a combination of skills and flexibility to help make a difference in mission-oriented research prototypes. Not all of the skills listed below are required, but the candidate should be motivated, willing, and excited about learning and adopting new technologies. Self-starters who have the drive to acquire expertise on their own and who thrive in a dynamic environment will excel in this position. Network expertise is part of the heritage of Peraton Labs, with its lineage stretching back to Bell Labs, Bellcore and Telcordia. We are seeking motivated individuals to join the team who want to move forward with the next generation of network research.   Roles and Responsibilities: - Research and develop network-based prototypes including the creation of software, scripts and documentation to demonstrate capabilities in new network technology areas (e.g., high speed networking, wireless networks). - Research and develop state-of-the-art large-scale prototypes involving virtualized environments, including but not limited to cloud infrastructure, containers, and network function virtualization (NFV). - Provide technical leadership working with government PMs to help shape and guide their research program, explain technical details to customer stakeholders, and work alongside other contractors to create prototypes. - Work in a fast-paced dynamic environment acquiring expertise as needed and demonstrating capabilities in software development, networking, data collection/monitoring, reverse engineering, etc.

Peraton is seeking a Summer 2024 Cyber Research Intern in our Basking Ridge, NJ location in support of Peraton Labs.   Responsibilities: - Design and implement state-of-the-art Deep Learning models to detect cyber security threats. - Design and implement cyber deception technologies to deter adversaries - Conduct literature survey on state-of-the-art cyber deception technologies. - Conduct literature survey on adversarial attacks against Deep Learning architectures. - Rapidly develop Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) demonstrating research findings. - Prepare documentations and presentations summarizing research findings. - Collaborate with team members and integrate PoCs/prototypes into a unified technology. - Create a broader impact by developing implementation plans for transferring the technology to Government customers.

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Our research and engineering protects mission-critical systems and a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, electronic warfare, secure-by-design techniques, and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.   Electronics Engineer (EE) – As part of a dynamic, well-established replication lab, you will provide electronics engineering support. The preferred candidate will be capable to deliver schematic capture, circuit board layout and device testing. This position requires the ability to collaborate productively in a team setting.

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Our research and engineering protects mission-critical systems and a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, electronic warfare, secure-by-design techniques, and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.   The candidate will possess the ability to work independently in a small multi-disciplinary team utilizing their experience to analyze unknown PCB circuitry and analog and digital signals.  Creating test devices and modules to power, generate, and receive signals for prototyping and field deployable systems is necessary.  Creation of test reports will be required to define analyzed circuitry and test devices and modules. Duties and Responsibilities Include: - Provide expertise in analyzing analog and digital circuitry with both known and unknown properties - Learn to operate all laboratory test equipment to ensure accurate results - Ability to research power and signals hardware to determine use cases or purpose of design

Role and responsibility for this position: Peraton Labs delivers world-class cybersecurity, natural language processing, and machine learning research and engineering to government agencies, telecom carriers, utilities and commercial enterprises.  Drawing on its Bell Labs heritage, Peraton Labs excels at creating innovative technologies and services to solve challenging and complex problems.    We are looking for candidates that have a dual background in software engineering and Chinese language studies with research experience for full-time positions.  Candidates will work as part of a team to research, conceive, and develop solutions by applying innovative approaches to solving problems.   The Linguist Technical Research Scientist will be expected to:   - Work under the direction of project managers and senior scientists to design, develop and test software modules related to emerging cyber, data mining, or big data analytics topics. - Design, test, and execute web scrapers to collect publicly available information (PAI) - Collaborate with teams to ingest, process, and structure collected PAI data, ensuring that any Chinese character encoded data is normalized and searchable - Explore, enrich and analyze Chinese data and/or source documents using commercial, academic, open source and custom software tools - Develop technical reports, briefings, analytical findings, and other finished project deliverables. - Participate in progress briefings and technical exchange meetings; present analytical findings to industry subject matter experts.   We are hiring multiple personnel in this role. Individual job responsibilities will be tailored to each candidate’s background and experience drawing from the overall the scope listed above. Individual job responsibilities will be tailored to each candidate’s background and experience drawing from the overall the scope listed above.

In this position with Peraton Labs you will serve as a member of an experienced engineering team responsible for development of next generation counter unmanned aerial system (CUAS) solutions.  Your role will be to develop the real-time Linux / C++ based software which controls all aspects of the CUAS precision targeting system.  This position will require approximately 15% travel to various military test ranges across the US and internationally.   What You'll Get to DO: - Develop C++ software in a Red Hat Linux environment.  You will be responsible developing modern, real-time C++ code within our team’s application infrastructure.  You will use Conan to manage software dependencies, Gitlab for distributed source code control, Jira for issue tracking, and CMAKE for build configuration.  - Develop and test interfaces to a wide variety of external systems.  Your software will interface with the external environment through a number of protocols including ethernet, CAN bus, RS232, RS422, RS485, discretes, and USB.  You will develop implementations of Interface Control Documents (ICDs) which enable your software to perform motion control, consume targeting data, and control external weapon systems.  Interface testing will be conducted via simulators of external components running in our System Integration Laboratory (SIL). - Travel to support field tests.  Your software will generally be tested at a live-fire test event.  You will travel to and setup your system and its required support equipment – to include military systems / weapons.  You will support test data collection, system and software troubleshooting, and may participate in the test by serving as the test operator for your software and related systems.

Peraton is seeking Summer 2024 Cyber Research Interns in support of Peraton Labs in Bedford, NHwho will work on applied research projects in one or more key areas related to cyber security and systems research.   Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, we are a self-sustaining research center within Peraton that provides applied research and engineering to enable government agencies, utilities and commercial enterprises to fully exploit the future of communications, analytics and cyber security. Peraton Labs’ cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, cyber operations, secure-by-design techniques, and experimentation platforms.   Responsibilities: Qualified applicants must be able to perform applied research and development in one or more key areas of interest: - Full-spectrum cyber operations, offensive and defensive cyber operations. - Software reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and exploit development. - Malware analysis. - Network protocol development, analysis, and reverse engineering. - Host and network-based forensic analysis - Machine learning methods as applied to cyber security problems. - Program analysis (including vulnerability detection and/or remediation). - AI planning and reasoning as applied to cyber security problems. - Red-team experience in cyber exercises.

Peraton is seeking Summer 2024 Cyber Research Interns in support of Peraton Labs in Basking Ridge, NJwho will work on applied research projects in one or more key areas related to cyber security and systems research.   Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, we are a self-sustaining research center within Peraton that provides applied research and engineering to enable government agencies, utilities and commercial enterprises to fully exploit the future of communications, analytics and cyber security. Peraton Labs’ cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, cyber operations, secure-by-design techniques, and experimentation platforms.   Responsibilities: Qualified applicants must be able to perform applied research and development in one or more key areas of interest: - Full-spectrum cyber operations, offensive and defensive cyber operations. - Software reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and exploit development. - Malware analysis. - Network protocol development, analysis, and reverse engineering. - Host and network-based forensic analysis - Machine learning methods as applied to cyber security problems. - Program analysis (including vulnerability detection and/or remediation). - AI planning and reasoning as applied to cyber security problems. - Red-team experience in cyber exercises.

Peraton is seeking Summer 2024 Cyber Research Interns in support of Peraton Labs in Silver Spring, MDwho will work on applied research projects in one or more key areas related to cyber security and systems research.   Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, we are a self-sustaining research center within Peraton that provides applied research and engineering to enable government agencies, utilities and commercial enterprises to fully exploit the future of communications, analytics and cyber security. Peraton Labs’ cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, cyber operations, secure-by-design techniques, and experimentation platforms.   Responsibilities: Qualified applicants must be able to perform applied research and development in one or more key areas of interest: - Full-spectrum cyber operations, offensive and defensive cyber operations. - Software reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and exploit development. - Malware analysis. - Network protocol development, analysis, and reverse engineering. - Host and network-based forensic analysis - Machine learning methods as applied to cyber security problems. - Program analysis (including vulnerability detection and/or remediation). - AI planning and reasoning as applied to cyber security problems. - Red-team experience in cyber exercises.

This position is an integral member of the Peraton Labs Network Systems team supporting a customer site location with responsibilities to maintain information systems and their appropriate security posture. This individual shall have relevant working experience to perform Linux and Microsoft Windows system administration tasks and solid knowledge to manage the security aspects of an information system.  The individual must be capable of interfacing with the customer as well as monitoring and directing subcontractor tasking.   This position requires full time on-site work in College Park, Maryland. Key responsibilities include - Performing tasks in one or more of the following areas: - Windows and Linux server system administration - Integrating GOTS/COTS/open-source solutions - Virtualization technologies - Networking and TCP/IP protocols - Storage technologies - Remote access - Implement, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse research infrastructure systems based upon documented requirements - Performs system integration, system administration, or network engineering tasks - Contributes to the development of sections of IT and telecommunications systems - Configure new systems and apply best practice security configuration on computers, servers, and network equipment within both Windows and Linux platforms - Install, configure and troubleshoot IT/networking hardware and software in classified and unclassified spaces; Activate network ports including patch network when needed. - Devise information system backup mechanism for program’s specific requirements; perform system/date backup and archive logs according to security plan; exercise system and data recovery procedures regularly - Create custom solution or provide commercial tool recommendations to automate audits procedures where SCAP Compliant Checker lacks proper functions to support. Examples include automated log rotation, mechanism to alert audit process failures, or scripts to detect inactive accounts. - Support ISSM to perform audit tasks as needed - Develop and execute approved procedures for sanitizing and releasing system components and media - Maintain a working knowledge of system functions, security policies, technical security safeguards, and operational security measures.

Within this Peraton Labs role you will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, and prototyping of a substation automation system testbed to be used in a research environment.   The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of research and development projects. This position presents a great opportunity for candidates that are looking to work on challenging, cutting-edge technology across diverse areas. - Experience in protection & control system, OT networks, control system integration, communications, IEC61850 systems, testing and commissioning of such systems - Experience in the application of NERC CIP and good utility cyber security practices to digital substations - Broad understanding of power system design, operation, maintenance and testing methods - Knowledge of protection and control schemes for electrical power systems, including relay settings, coordination, and fault analysis - Demonstrated ability to effectively manage engineering personnel as well as cross-functional teams - Ability to effectively develop staff in key technical areas supporting the digital substation design and evolution - Ability to produce clear and concise written documents and verbal presentations on technical, business and social issues - Strong background in development and management of government programs - Work closely with the Principal Investigator to track, prioritize, plan, staff, and implement a research program. - Define and document project objectives, requirements, execution plans, and key performance parameters. - Provide project direction, oversight and feedback to assigned project staff. - Acquire internal and external resources and manage project resources to deliver projects on time and according to plan. - Help the project to achieves requirements including, milestones and key performance indicators. - Track project performance and identifies project issues and adverse trends and implement timely and effective recovery plan(s) as needed. - Produce progress reports and status reports reportable to external customers.

The Technical Lead is an integral member of the Peraton Labs Network Systems team supporting a customer site location with responsibilities to provide technical leadership for a team maintaining information systems and their appropriate security posture. This individual shall have relevant working experience to perform Linux and/or Microsoft Windows system administration tasks and solid knowledge to manage the security aspects of an information system.  The individual must be capable of interfacing with the customer as well as monitoring and directing subcontractor tasking.   This position requires full time on-site work in College Park, Maryland. Key responsibilities include - Performs tasks in IT and telecommunications projects in one or more of the following areas: Windows and Linux server system administration, Integrating GOTS/COTS/open-source solutions, Virtualization technology, Networking and TCP/IP protocols, Storage technologies, Remote access. - Implement, maintain, and enhance a complex and diverse development environment - Reviews and tests systems for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results - Resolves reported system issues - Utilizes engineering and research design methodologies appropriate to the development/test/production environment - Conducts requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual system components with emphasis on complex topics. - Configure new systems and apply best practice security configuration on computers, servers, and network equipment - Install, configure and troubleshoot hardware, networking devices and software - Physically setup, cable, and power computers in classified and unclassified spaces for new programs or new computer additions; Activate network ports including patch network when needed - Devise information system backup mechanism for program’s specific requirements; perform system/date backup and archive logs according to security plan; exercise system and data recovery procedures regularly - Create custom solution or provide commercial tool recommendations to automate audits procedures where SCAP Compliant Checker lacks proper functions to support. Examples include automated log rotation, mechanism to alert audit process failures, or scripts to detect inactive accounts. - Support ISSM to perform audit tasks as needed - Develop and execute approved procedures for sanitizing and releasing system components and media - Maintain a working knowledge of system functions, security policies, technical security safeguards, and operational security measures.

Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs’ cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques, cyber operations, and experimentation platforms.   Role and responsibility for this position: At Peraton Labs, we are looking for candidates with a strong background in software development and networking for full-time positions in our network system group. Candidates will work with teams to research, conceive, and develop prototypes as well as operational software. The candidates should be adept at identifying successful approaches to complex problems. Projects will involve a mix of research and development and will range from applied research to advanced prototyping to development, verification, and certification of operational software. This position will be full-time at a customer facility. The ideal candidate will be one who is able to collaborate as part of a dynamic customer, Peraton Labs, and subcontractor team as well as execute work independently.   This position is an integral member of the Peraton Labs Network Systems team supporting a customer site location with responsibilities to maintain information systems and their appropriate security posture. This individual shall have relevant working experience to perform Linux and/or Microsoft Windows system administration tasks and solid knowledge to manage the security aspects of an information system. The individual must be capable of interfacing with the customer as well as monitoring and directing subcontractor tasking.   This position requires full time on-site work in College Park, Maryland.

Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs’ cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques, cyber operations, and experimentation platforms.   Role and responsibility for this position: At Peraton Labs, we are looking for candidates with a strong background in software development and networking for full-time positions in our network system group. Candidates will work with teams to research, conceive, and develop prototypes as well as operational software. The candidates should be adept at identifying successful approaches to complex problems. Projects will involve a mix of research and development and will range from applied research to advanced prototyping to development, verification, and certification of operational software. This position will be full-time at a customer facility. The ideal candidate will be one who is able to collaborate as part of a dynamic customer, Peraton Labs, and subcontractor team as well as execute work independently.   This position is an integral member of the Peraton Labs Network Systems team supporting a customer site location with responsibilities to maintain information systems and their appropriate security posture. This individual shall have relevant working experience to perform Linux and/or Microsoft Windows system administration tasks and solid knowledge to manage the security aspects of an information system. The individual must be capable of interfacing with the customer as well as monitoring and directing subcontractor tasking.   This position requires full time on-site work in College Park, Maryland.

Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs’ cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques, cyber operations, and experimentation platforms.    Role and responsibility for this position:  This position is an integral member of the Peraton Labs Network Systems team supporting a customer site location with responsibilities to maintain information systems and their appropriate security posture. This individual shall have relevant working experience to perform Linux and/or Microsoft Windows system administration tasks and solid knowledge to manage the security aspects of an information system.  The individual must be capable of interfacing with the customer as well as leading a team of Peraton Labs and subcontracted staff.     This position requires full time on-site work in College Park, Maryland.    Key responsibilities include  - Maintain, assess, and enhancethe security posture of a complex and diverse development environment  - Design, develop, implement, and validate best practice security configuration on computers, servers, and network equipment  - Coordinate with system administrators to assist in the development of appropriate information security functionality  - Regularly assess and develop mitigation strategies for system security risks  - Ensure Government security procedures and policies are maintained across information systems  - Design, develop, and document internal policies and procedures for system administrators andinformation system users  - Ensure all required accreditationsand certifications are obtained and/or maintained across all information systems  - Support ISSM to perform audit tasks as needed  - Maintain a working knowledge of system functions, security policies, technical security safeguards, and operational security measures. 

As a Chief Scientist within Peraton Labs, the candidate will lead development and implementation of new signal processing algorithms for wireless systems. The ideal candidate will be able to work at theoretical algorithm development while also being hands-on to write software and analyze data. Additionally, the ideal candidate should be able to develop new algorithms, analyze their capabilities, implement, and debug performance in high-performance computing environments using Python or Matlab.     Main responsibilities include: - Design, architect, model, and implement systems for RF applications - Lead team members to plan, implement, and interpret results from internal and external test activities - Write design documents, simulation and test reports, and system documentation. - Present to internal and external collaborators

This position is an integral member of the Peraton Labs Network Systems team supporting a customer site location with responsibilities to maintain information systems and their appropriate security posture. This individual shall have relevant working experience to perform Linux and Microsoft Windows system administration tasks and solid knowledge to manage the security aspects of an information system.  The individual must be capable of interfacing with the customer as well as monitoring and directing subcontractor tasking.   This position requires full time on-site work in College Park, Maryland. Key responsibilities include - Implement, maintain, and enhance a complex and diverse development environment - Prepare and maintain images for Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems - Configure new systems and apply best practice security configuration on computers, servers, and network equipment - Perform system and anti-virus tool updates regularly - Install, configure and troubleshoot hardware, networking devices and software - Implement physical controls - Physically setup, cable, and power computers in classified and unclassified spaces for new programs or new computer additions; Activate network ports including patch network when needed - Devise information system backup mechanism for program’s specific requirements; perform system/date backup and archive logs according to security plan; exercise system and data recovery procedures regularly - Create custom solution or provide commercial tool recommendations to automate audits procedures where SCAP Compliant Checker lacks proper functions to support. Examples include automated log rotation, mechanism to alert audit process failures, or scripts to detect inactive accounts. - Support ISSM to perform audit tasks as needed - Develop and execute approved procedures for sanitizing and releasing system components and media - Maintain a working knowledge of system functions, security policies, technical security safeguards, and operational security measures. - Complete required trainings timely

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Peraton Lab’s cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.LI-MS5   The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and prototyping Software Defined Radio (SDR) solutions for wireless systems.  Familiarity with wireless standards, specifically LTE and open source stack implementations is desirable.  You will work in teams to research concepts and develop cutting edge solutions to complex problems. You will also be required to communicate the results of research through customer presentations and publications.  Must work well collaboratively and individually. In this position, candidates will be developing radio solutions to help solve complex problems.   Main responsibilities include:  - Designing, analyzing, modeling, and simulating RF signal processing algorithms for wireless system applications.  - Implementing, debugging and testing wireless application prototypes on third-party software-defined radio (SDR) platforms. - Writing design documents, simulation reports, and system documentation.

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Peraton Lab’s cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.   The candidate will be responsible for: - Designing, developing, and prototyping signal processing algorithms for wireless systems. - Knowledge of wireless communications, digital signal processing, and RF domain knowledge is required. - Familiarity with multiple-antenna or distributed signal processing techniques is desired. - Work in teams to research concepts and develop cutting edge solutions to complex problem - Communicate the results of research through customer presentations and publications. - Specific responsibilities include developing, implementing, and analyzing signal processing and wireless communications techniques in Matlab, Python, and C/C++.  

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Peraton Lab’s cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.   The candidate will be responsible for leading the design, development, and prototyping of RF machine learning algorithms.

Role and responsibility for this position: Peraton Labs delivers world-class cybersecurity, natural language processing, and machine learning research and engineering to government agencies, telecom carriers, utilities and commercial enterprises.  Drawing on its Bell Labs heritage, Peraton Labs excels at creating innovative technologies and services to solve challenging and complex problems.    We are looking for candidates that have a dual background in software engineering and Chinese language studies with research experience for full-time positions.  Candidates will work as part of a team to research, conceive, and develop solutions by applying innovative approaches to solving problems.   The Linguist Technical Research Scientist will be expected to:   - Work under the direction of project managers and senior scientists to design, develop and test software modules related to emerging cyber, data mining, or big data analytics topics. - Design, test, and execute web scrapers to collect publicly available information (PAI) - Collaborate with teams to ingest, process, and structure collected PAI data, ensuring that any Chinese character encoded data is normalized and searchable - Explore, enrich and analyze Chinese data and/or source documents using commercial, academic, open source and custom software tools - Develop technical reports, briefings, analytical findings, and other finished project deliverables. - Participate in progress briefings and technical exchange meetings; present analytical findings to industry subject matter experts.   We are hiring multiple personnel in this role. Individual job responsibilities will be tailored to each candidate’s background and experience drawing from the overall the scope listed above. 

In this position with Peraton Labs, you will serve as the Radar System Engineer and Subject Matter Expert for efforts related to Precision Fires Radars (PFR) integrated with Armament Systems.  You will work strategically with Radar Team members, the Radar Team Lead, Government Branch Chief, Senior Government Leadership, and PM/Customer reps to execute System and Technical Engineering tasks for various PFR programs. The candidate will support PFR system development and integration through working with an interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers, interfacing with IPT members from Academia, Industry, and Government, reviewing technical design materials, providing recommendations, conducting analysis tasks on advanced signal processing techniques and radar data, documenting project plans, system engineering artifacts, derived subsystem requirements and test planning and execution/support.   Responsibilities include: - Planning, implementing, and pro-actively correcting issues related to performance and technical risk management for PFR efforts - Providing support and subject matter expertise in various PFR disciplines related to the design, development, and testing of PFR systems and integration with armament systems, including high accuracy ground based radar systems tracking projectiles, threats (for some missions) - Enabling advanced capabilities through a Radar to Munition Datalink for Command guidance and Navigation support - Developing and utilizing modeling and simulation tools related to radar systems, signal processing, and tracker algorithms - Conducting technical analysis to evaluate performance of existing radar systems, suggesting methods of improvement of radar performance, and assessing future system performance in new mission areas