Senior Systems Engineer / Space Systems

Peraton has an opening for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to aid in program integration activities. Become part of our team where we will partner with our client and the United States Space Force (USSF) to lead systems engineering and integration activities for delivering the next generation of Missile Warning (MW), Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (TISR), and Environmental Monitoring (EM) capabilities. We will assist the US Space Force (USSF) in developing, deploying, and integrating remote sensing space systems as part of the Space Sensing (SN) Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) team in El Segundo, CA. 

This position requires expertise in a variety of tool environments such as Microsoft Office Suite, Risk, Requirements, Architecture Management, Agile, JIRA, and other leading industry product lines. The qualified candidate requires an understanding of Space Systems in order to integrate big picture system and programmatic thinking with Space Segment, Ground Segment and User Segment architectures.  The position requires a collaborative approach to gather required data using agile or traditional system engineering methods from multiple sources and from multiple customers across the program office with intent to display it in a useful manner to enable review and decisions.  You will be the lead point of contact for managing program risk, process planning, acquisition and programmatic integration efforts. Together, our goal is to develop a team that is innovative, professional, and eager to apply their expertise to support the mission that ultimately provides critical information from cutting edge systems to our warfighters to deter and defeat our enemies in battle. 

In this position, the successful candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Develop, document, execute and update portfolio and program system integration processes and products.
• Incorporate Government‐approved GFP/GFE/GFI and Giver/Receiver requirements into the Government Integrated Schedules.
• Identify and recommend system integration technical and programmatic details for incorporation into relevant program documentation as required, such as PWSs, Statements of Work (SOWs), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and other program acquisition milestones.
• Plan, manage, and execute continuous integration activities over the life of the contract to include development of entry/exit criteria for each step of system integration flow to ensure that the development/integration/test activities of each step effectively support the delivery of the space system.
• Support Government oversight of prime contractor development of the initial product baseline including establishing the detailed designs for the system’s components, specifying the architecture, functions and capabilities of the system’s elements and components, defining the logical, physical, and human interfaces for the components and between system components, establishing and maintaining design artifacts that describe the conditions, operating modes, and operating states specific to the components of the architecture, and maintaining bi-directional requirements traceability.

Required Experience:

• B.S. Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent technical disciplines and 8 years of experience, M.S. Degrees, and 6+ years of experience, or PhD and 3+ years of experience in systems engineering related or equivalent experience.
• Experience facilitating Risk Management and working with Risk Owners.
• Previous experience with various Microsoft software tools.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of satellite systems and architectures.
• Experience in DoD acquisition and program management processes. 
• Must have an active Secret security clearance, with the ability to obtain up to a TS/SCI.

Desired Experience:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• 5 years’ experience with MS Project in a technical field
• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)
• PMP Certified
• Experience with USSF customer and Missile Warning, Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Environmental Monitoring programs
• Agile
• DoDAF 2.02
• Requirements Management

Benefits:

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We’re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way. 

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.