External Job Posting Title Efficiency Systems Engineer

Peraton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced employee benefits

25 days of PTO annually

Attractive bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an Efficiency Systems Engineer in Fort Meade, Maryland. This full-time role supports a significant enterprise-wide engineering contract within the Intelligence Community. Responsibilities include managing requirements, improving organizational processes, and engaging with various stakeholders. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and extensive systems engineering experience. The role offers a target salary range of $176,000 - $282,000 along with enhanced benefits, including generous PTO and bonus eligibility.

Qualifications

• 20 years of systems engineering experience, or 18 with advanced degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
• Experience in requirements elicitation.

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements management for efficiency-focused organization.
• Engage with personnel to improve organizational processes.
• Identify improvement areas for scalable changes.

Skills

Requirements management

Process improvement techniques

Oral and written communication skills

Lean Six Sigma

Independent and team work

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or related discipline

Master's degree or PhD (substitutes for two years of experience)

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring an Efficiency Systems Engineer to support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full‑time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location.

As an Efficiency Systems Engineer on our team, you will support an efficiency-focused group at the top level of a directorate focused on identifying and seizing opportunities to leverage and evolve the directorate’s personnel. Tasks include:

• Perform requirements management for an efficiency-focused organization and help make improvement recommendations while ensuring critical requirements are not lost.
• Engage with internal and external personnel to improve the processes of the organization, including helping the organization ‘run more like a business’.
• Identify areas for improvement and help realize changes in processes that are scalable to other organizations. #AJCM #MDFSP

Qualifications

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline and at least 20 years of systems engineering experience. A master’s degree or PhD may be substituted for two years of experience for a total of 18 years of systems engineering experience. Note: High School Diploma or GED plus 24 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Requirements management and requirements elicitation experience.
• Familiarity with process improvement techniques.
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Process engineering, Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement experience.
• Management consultancy or similar experience.
• The ability to proactively reach out to high-level customers without prior engagement, understand their process and system workflows, and develop requirements for improved systems and processes.
• Familiarity with customer policy and engagement initiatives.
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communications skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting to complete assigned tasks on schedule.
• Flexible/easily adaptable within a dynamic work environment.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which includes 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.

Target Salary Range

$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

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