Junior Level Test Systems Engineer

Peraton • Springfield, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Junior-level Systems Engineers support multidisciplinary engineering activities across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG), and Federal Agencies to help ensure timely and accurate GEOINT. The role supports the Government and mid-level engineers in analyzing mission and customer needs, developing and evaluating technical solutions, allocating requirements across system architectures, and integrating systems and capabilities. The successful candidate contributes to technical planning, requirements analysis, systems integration, performance engineering, risk management, testing, and related activities throughout the system life cycle.

This position is fully onsite in Springfield, Virginia. The role requires a bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, or equivalent junior-level Systems Engineer experience. Four additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. Candidates must have TS/SCI clearance adjudication or be able to obtain SCI and successfully pass a polygraph.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, or equivalent junior-level experience as a Systems Engineer.
• Four additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Junior-level working systems engineering experience in government or industry.
• TS/SCI clearance adjudication, or ability to obtain SCI and successfully pass a polygraph.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts, practices, and languages.
• Working knowledge of software development frameworks.
• Working knowledge of the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) mission domain.

Responsibilities

• Assist with requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across the NSG, ASG, and Federal Agencies.
• Assist with planning and analysis, including user-requirements traceability, architecture traceability, procedures, and problem analysis to automate or improve existing systems.
• Support reviews of cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling limitations.
• Help capture and translate mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and solutions.
• Support analysis and allocation of requirements to system architecture components and executing programs.
• Assist in developing solution designs based on requirements analysis and emerging technologies.
• Assist with Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments.
• Support evaluation of technical approaches, system capabilities, and potential solutions.
• Assist the Government with systems integration activities and support integration and coordination of system components, capabilities, and interfaces.
• Contribute to systems engineering activities for development and implementation of new and existing capabilities, including test and evaluation.
• Assist the Government with strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
• Support engineers and Government stakeholders in identifying technical risks, system limitations, and improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to engineering activities and technical assessments supporting mission and program objectives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Health savings account.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Parental leave.
• 401(k).
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level