Satellite Ground Systems Engineer

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Radio Frequency, STEM degree, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Science or related Engineering field.
• A minimum of 5 years of relative experience
• US Citizenship and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance and willing to sit for and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request. Contract requires TS/SCI with poly
• Experience in signal processing for complex RF waveforms.
• Experience with Radio Frequency Communications, Signal Processing, and System Analysis.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• A team-first mentality that supports a wide range of technical projects and tasks.

Ready to make an impact? Peraton has exciting opportunities to join a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, supporting several mission critical space and intelligence programs, including development, deployment, operations and maintenance of satellite ground terminals and associated systems. Peraton is seeking a self-starting cleared Senior Systems Engineer in our Herndon, VA location.

The Satellite Ground Systems Engineer will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

The ideal and selected candidate will:

• Develop concepts of operation.
• Conduct requirements analysis.
• Develop verification plans.
• Develop and exercise system performance models.
• Support major program reviews.
• Integrate system components and conduct system tests
• Plan and execute test events.
• Work within a team to accomplish customer deployment goals.
• Identifying critical analysis required, organizing and performing analysis tasks, organizing and performing system- and design-level trades, developing and evaluating algorithms, defining system architecture to implement algorithms
• Requirements verification planning and execution
• Support business development, development of system engineering and analysis program plans.
• Develop concepts of operation, technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, supportability and effectiveness analyses, functional analysis, time-line analysis, detailed trade studies
• Create clear and attainable project objectives, build project requirements, and manage constraints of cost, time, scope, and quality
• Ensure production schedules are met and system resources are used effectively
• Coordinate resolution of production-related problems
• Ensures proper relationships are established between customers, teaming partners, and vendors to facilitate the delivery of systems and services
• Manage the integration of vendor tasks and track and review vendor deliverables.
• Supervise, manage, support and evaluate personnel