Associate Systems Engineer

Peraton; Layton, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks an Associate Systems Engineer to join the Nuclear Safety Cross Check Analysis program in Layton, UT. The role emphasizes assessing systems, examining embedded software, and ensuring safety-critical functionality through rigorous analysis and testing.

You will document findings and present them to stakeholders, collaborating with a diverse team on site. The candidate should hold a STEM degree, have OO programming experience, strong technical writing skills, and be eligible for a

Qualifications

• Must have a STEM bachelor degree and object-oriented programming experience.
• Ability to write technically and grammatically correct documentation.
• Self-directed, able to work independently and in a team, and able to multi-task.
• U.S. citizenship required and ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Assess systems with a focus on finding flaws and suggesting improvements.
• Conduct code examination, analysis, and testing of embedded software.
• Work with simulators and perform statistical analysis as needed.
• Review interfaces to rapidly acquire system knowledge and understand design.
• Identify hardware/software portions for safety and mission critical functionality.
• Document analysis and present findings to peers and management.

Skills

OOP experience

Technical writing

Self-directed work

Multi-tasking

US citizenship

Secret clearance eligibility

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Tools

MBSE

Integrated Development Environments

Job description

Required:

• Bachelor of Science (STEM) degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Math or Physics.
• Experience and/or coursework in any object-oriented programming language.
• Ability to identify logic errors, code inconsistencies and inefficiencies, safety hazards associated with software and/or hardware design languages, code design, and requirement specifications.
• Technical writing experience and the ability to write technically and grammatically correct documentation.
• Must be self-directed and able to work independently and with a team.
• Must be able to multi-task.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Object-Oriented Programming languages
• Experience with Integrated Development Environments
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

The Nuclear Safety Cross Check Analysis (NSCCA) program supports the Air Force's critical mission of ensuring the safety of nuclear weapon systems. We perform rigorous analysis and testing of nuclear weapon system software to ensure the system cannot violate the DoD Nuclear Surety standards.Our Nuclear Safety Cross Check Analysis (NSCCA) program is seeking an Associate Systems Engineer to join their diverse team in Layton, UT.Location: On-site in Layton, UTIn this role, you will:

• Perform assessments of systems, reviewing software with a focus on finding flaws and suggesting possible improvements.
• Perform code examination, analysis, and testing.
• Potentially work with system simulators and statistical analysis.
• Review and analyze systems, platforms, applications, and their interfaces to quickly acquire system knowledge to understand the design and functionality.
• Identify the hardware and software portions of systems for safety and mission critical functionality.
• Perform detailed evaluation of embedded software to verify that software requirements are correctly implemented in the design and code of embedded computers and that the resulting code does not contain embedded safety hazards.
• Identify requirements, design, and test procedures that will ensure the system will perform as expected.
• Document analysis performed with resulting anomalies identified.
• Present findings to peers, customers, and management.