Senior Systems Engineer, Space Systems Security Clearance

Position: Senior Systems Engineer, Space Systems with Security Clearance
About Peraton 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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit  to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure. Program Overview About

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

* Develop requirements documentation

* Support analysis and allocation of requirements to lower level systems

* Coordinate with external customers

* Support design and requirements reviews

* Develop, maintain and exercise system performance models

* 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 algorithm

* 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, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies

* Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints

* Plan, execute, and close projects that meet or exceed customer objectives

* Create clear and attainable project objectives, build project requirements, and manage constraints of cost, time, scope, and quality

* Develop the overall project plan and manage project operations

* Manage the project stakeholders, project team, project risk, project schedule, project budget, and project conflicts

* Ensure team members know and execute their respective roles and the roles of the other team members

* 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

* Provide and coordinate EVMS reporting
* Manage the integration of vendor tasks and track and review vendor deliverables.
* Supervise, manage, support and evaluate personnel
* Estimate staffing needs, assign work, recommend candidates for employment, makes recommendations for termination, conduct performance evaluations and salary reviews for assigned staff and is responsible for the application of company policies.
#Space Intel Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management or related disciplines plus 5 years of experience

* Must have a minimum of a TS/SCI 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 Satellite Ground and Space Operations
Desired

Qualifications:

* Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering

* Experience with wireless digital communication systems

* Experience with EVMS

* Experience with Matlab / Simulink / Octave / STK

* Worked in automated test environments

* Strong writing and presentation…