Emerging Technology Systems Engineer (AI emphasis)

PeratonFort Meade, MD
Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is hiring a Senior Emerging Technology (emphasis on AI) Systems Engineer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD. As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. As an Emerging Technology Systems Engineer on our team, you will support the customer in establishing and formalizing approaches that will underpin formal requirements and processes supporting customers. This role will contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as Systems Engineering Plans, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents. This role involves planning, monitoring, and generating systems engineering artifacts to assist the government with facilitating technology transition into and out of the capabilities architecture, and works with the government to facilitate, lead and document decision meetings to engage stakeholders in accomplishing the work. The role will also help define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan.

Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline and at least 15 years of systems engineering experience.
  • A Master’s or PhD Degree may be substituted for two years of experience for a total of 13 years of systems engineering experience.
  • A High School Diploma or GED plus 19 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
  • Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
  • Operational experience of customer systems

Nice To Haves

  • Significant experience with Intelligence Community customers, their missions and infrastructures.
  • Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with customers.
  • Demonstrated customer interface experience in eliciting technical requirements.
  • Experience working on project development from requirements definition to deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Support the customer in establishing and formalizing approaches that will underpin formal requirements and processes supporting customers.
  • Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as Systems Engineering Plans, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
  • Plan, monitor, and generate systems engineering artifacts to assist the government with facilitating technology transition into and out of the capabilities architecture.
  • Work with the government to facilitate, lead and document decision meetings to engage stakeholders in accomplishing the work.
  • Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan.

Benefits

  • heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
  • 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap
  • eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan
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