Senior Readiness Tester

Peraton • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Senior Readiness Tester to ensure the operational readiness of products before their deployments. This role involves executing and supporting operational testing, conducting research on technical performance, and providing expertise to new team members and stakeholders. The Senior Readiness Tester will ensure products and systems comply with requirements and government information assurance and cyber security standards. This includes participating in design reviews, reviewing test plans and procedures, and ensuring requirements verification and validation. The role also involves producing high-quality documentation and presentations for senior government officials, working closely with various teams, and providing feedback to design engineers throughout the product lifecycle. The position requires maintaining documentation, attending product demos, and supporting general meeting facilitation.

Requirements

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance
• Customer Technical Operations certification
• Prior experience and fundamental knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle
• Product requirements experience
• Experience in writing test plans
• Prior product testing experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Some basic knowledge of RF
• Previous CONOPS development

Responsibilities

• Ensure the operational readiness of products before their deployments
• Execute and support operational testing
• Conduct research and evaluate technical performance of customer products and overall system segments
• Provide expertise, foundational knowledge, and comprehensive instruction for new team members and stakeholders
• Ensure products and systems comply with requirements and government information assurance and cyber security standards and practices through formal verification methods
• Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements
• Ensure that all equipment, documentation, etc. is complete and available prior to testing start
• Write test plans
• Work with the team to ensure testing coverage
• Review technical documentation (Product guides, Quick Start guides) and identify discrepancies
• Work with the product team to improve the documentation
• Produce high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials
• Work closely with development, test, security, and leadership teams for deliverables
• Provide feedback to design engineers and evaluate end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle
• Provide operational input into product development
• Collect and work with the development teams to resolve any issues found before or during testing
• Prepare test results briefings
• Present briefings to management
• Maintain documentation in Confluence and emails for team
• Attend product demos
• Support general meeting facilitation, note taking, and follow-up, etc.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree