Chief Systems Engineer

Peraton
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Job Details

  • Location: Greenbelt, MD, 20771
  • Date Posted: 2021-12-21
  • Employment Type: Full Time
  • Category: Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
  • Req Number: 2021-115858
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Description

Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.


Responsibilities

Design, develop, evaluate, and modify end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle. Generate quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics. Ensure requirements comply with customer requirements and government standards through formal verification methods. Translate high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and work with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements. Establish and coordinate development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. Design interfaces and integrate system components. Assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Validate, decompose, clarify, and shape requirements. Participate in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Translate high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and work with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements. Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation. Generate system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures. Review test plans/procedures and ensure they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participate in the testing process to validate requirements.

Other responsibilities include:

  • Serve as a key contributor on the program team
  • Consult with management, customers, and external contractors regarding the project schedule, resources, plans, designs, and implementations
  • Oversee technical design, development, and implementation of system services
  • Establish standards for system design and development
  • Ensure system performance goals are met and the integrity of design is maintained
  • Coordinate the identification, reporting and resolution of system anomalies/discrepancies
  • Validate allocated requirements to assure system architecture, design and implementation satisfies requirements
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for potential application
  • Interact with customers regarding strategies, requirements, problem solving, and support
  • Work with other contractor teams to ensure interfaces and performances are met
  • Contribute to technical risk/opportunity identification and lessons learned

Qualifications

Requires 16+ years with BS/BA or 14+ years with MS/MA or 10+ years with Ph.D.

Basic Qualifications - Required Experience, Skills:

  • 16 or more years of experience directly related to System Engineering for Satellite Ground Systems, including requirements decomposition and analysis, model-based engineering, virtualization, Service Architectures, and cloud-based services
  • Strong knowledge of Satellite Ground Systems including mission planning, command, control and communications, data processing, space to ground interfaces, network topologies, cyber security, and Satellite Operation facilities
  • In-depth knowledge of data structures and ability to analyze data to solve problems
  • Familiar with agile scrum framework
  • Hold or have the ability to obtain a DOC Public Trust Clearance

Desired Experience, Skills, Knowledge:

  • Experience with VMware or virtualization technologies
  • Knowledge of cloud-based services
  • Experience with Microsoft Windows and various Linux OSs
  • Experience in software or systems testing
  • Experience writing specifications and conducting trades
  • Experience with DOORS requirements management.
  • Experience with configuration and change managements processes and tools
  • Experience with CMMI Level 3 processes

For Colorado Residents
Colorado Salary Minimum: $121,118.40
Colorado Salary Maximum:$258,939.20

The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position, and is just one component of Peraton's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees.