Ground Systems Test & Integration Engineer

Peraton; Florida; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a mid-level Ground Systems Engineer to support NASA’s Launch Communications Segment at the Kennedy Uplink Station (KUS) at KSC Florida and the Ponce De Leon (PDL) facility in New Smyrna Beach Florida as part of the Space Exploration Networks Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract.

The role demands experience in systems engineering, verification, and test planning for complex ground systems, with readiness to collaborate across engineering disciplines and to work with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience or master’s with 3+ years, or 9+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with systems engineering, integration, verification, testing, sustainment, or operations of complex systems.
• Experience developing and maintaining requirements, procedures, test plans, or concepts of operations.
• Ability to troubleshoot integrated hardware, software, RF, and network systems using logs and engineering docs.
• Strong written communication and ability to present findings to teams and leaders.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project; experience with SharePoint.
• Willingness to support occasional mission-driven work outside normal hours and obtain/maintain a Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship and access to government worksites.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, execute, and document testing of command, telemetry, RF, network, and monitor-and-control ground systems.
• Support the engineering lifecycle: requirements analysis, design evaluation, integration, verification, validation, deployment, sustainment, and operations.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, LOIs, test plans, checklists, and engineering records.
• Develop and maintain Monitor & Control configurations and scripts that automate tests and operations.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, network, RF test equipment, and comms interfaces with teams and NASA stakeholders.
• Monitor system performance, collect logs, document discrepancies, and support corrective-action and regression testing.
• Perform RF system testing using spectrum analyzers, generators, network analyzers, and power meters.
• Support configuration management with change requests and documentation updates.
• Assist with risk identification, mitigation planning, readiness assessments, and reporting.
• Coordinate testing and schedules with schedulers and other mission-support orgs.
• Participate in system-readiness, compatibility, regression tests, simulations, and launch-readiness activities.
• Maintain mission-support certification and support Artemis simulations, testing, launch, and contingency ops.
• Provide technical support during critical mission activities and anomaly response.
• Collaborate with Operations, Software/HW/Network Engineering, CM, IT Security, and program leadership.
• Support off-hours testing and mission operations based on launch/simulation schedules.

Skills

Technical writing

Communication

Problem solving

Multitasking

MS Office proficiency

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

Network analyzers

RF power meters

HWCNTRL Monitor & Control configurations

Microsoft SharePoint

Job description

Peraton is seeking a mid-level Ground Systems Engineer to support NASA’s Launch Communications Segment at the Kennedy Uplink Station (KUS) at KSC Florida and the Ponce De Leon (PDL) facility in New Smyrna Beach Florida as part of the Space Exploration Networks Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract.

The role demands experience in systems engineering, verification, and test planning for complex ground systems, with readiness to collaborate across engineering disciplines and to work with