Test Engineer – Integration, Test, and Documentation

Peraton•Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton Labs is seeking a Test Engineer to support the integration, verification, and delivery of advanced technical systems for 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 helps manage system integration, develop and coordinate test plans, track requirements and technical issues, and support system-level verification and validation. The position 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 a 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 two years of experience, or a Master’s degree and zero 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.

Responsibilities

Manage system integration activities.
Develop and coordinate integration plans, test plans, test procedures, and verification activities.
Support system-level verification and validation.
Coordinate technical work across software, hardware, firmware, test, and other engineering disciplines.
Document system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results.
Track technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution.
Maintain technical documentation and capture system configurations and interfaces.
Develop user-facing materials, including user manuals, operating procedures, installation guides, and training materials.
Work with end users to capture feedback and improve system usability and documentation.
Work on site five days a week at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Health savings account
Short- and long-term disability
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Parental leave
401(k)
Paid time off for vacation
Company-paid holidays
Potential overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on the position