Test Engineer – Integration, Test, and Documentation
About The Position
Peraton Labs is seeking a Test Engineer to support integration, verification, and delivery of advanced technical systems for critical national security missions. The role coordinates across hardware, software, firmware, and test teams to ensure complex systems are integrated, tested, documented, and ready for use. The Test Engineer manages system integration activities; develops and coordinates test plans; tracks requirements and technical issues; and supports system-level verification and validation. The role also maintains technical documentation, records system configurations and interfaces, and develops user-facing materials such as operating procedures and user manuals. This position requires working on site five days per week at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 2 years of experience; alternatively, a Master’s degree with 0 years of experience.
- Experience supporting systems engineering, system integration, or technical test activities for complex hardware/software systems.
- Experience developing and managing integration plans, test plans, test procedures, and verification activities.
- Ability to coordinate technical work across software, hardware, firmware, and other engineering disciplines.
- Experience documenting system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results.
- Experience tracking technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution.
- Strong technical writing skills and experience developing clear engineering and operational documentation.
- Ability to translate engineering information into user manuals, operating procedures, installation guides, or training materials.
- Familiarity with requirements management, configuration management, and verification/validation processes.
- U.S. citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting UAS, robotics, embedded systems, communications, sensor systems, or other integrated technical platforms.
- Experience managing hardware/software integration in laboratory, prototype, or rapid-development environments.
- Familiarity with requirements traceability and systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Jira, Confluence, Cameo, or similar.
- Experience planning and executing system-level acceptance, functional, regression, or field testing.
- Experience developing interface control documents, system specifications, test reports, and release documentation.
- Familiarity with configuration baselines, version control, change management, and release processes.
- Experience working directly with end users to capture feedback and improve system usability and documentation.
- Familiarity with MBSE or SysML; beneficial but not required.
Responsibilities
- Manage system integration activities and coordinate work across hardware, software, firmware, and test teams.
- Develop and coordinate integration and test plans, procedures, and verification activities.
- Track requirements, technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution.
- Support system-level verification and validation.
- Maintain technical documentation covering system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results.
- Develop user-facing materials, including operating procedures, user manuals, installation guides, and training materials.
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
