Senior Readiness Tester

Peraton; Chantilly (NC); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized benefits

Generous PTO (25 days)

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a senior Operations/Test Engineer to ensure readiness of government customer products in deployment environments within the United States. You will lead operational testing, write test plans, and review designs for hardware and software to ensure verifiability and cybersecurity compliance.

The role requires TS/SCI with Polygraph, extensive systems engineering lifecycle knowledge, and strong communication to brief senior government officials.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Product requirements experience.
• Experience in writing test plans.
• Prior product testing experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fundamental knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operational readiness of products before deployment.
• Execute and support operational testing.
• Provide expertise and instruction for new team members and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with information assurance and cyber security standards.
• Participate in design reviews and verify requirements and tests.
• Write test plans and ensure testing coverage.
• Prepare test results briefings and present to management.
• Maintain Confluence docs and support team meetings.

Skills

Clearance TS/SCI with Polygraph

Test planning

Product testing

Systems engineering lifecycle

Requirements experience

Communication skills

Education

BS/BA with experience waiver

MS/MA optional

Ph.D. acceptable

Job description

Responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Ensure the operational readiness of products before their deployments
• Execute and support operational testing
• Working as expert, conduct research and evaluate technical performance of customer products and overall system segments.
• Provide expertise, foundational knowledge, and comprehensive instruction for new team members and stakeholders
• Ensure products and systems comply with requirements and government information assurance and cyber security standards and practices through formal verification methods.
• Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements. This includes reviews of test plans/procedures and ensuring requirements verification/validation.
• Ensure that all equipment, documentation, etc. is complete and available prior to testing start
• Write test plans
• Work with the team to ensure testing coverage
• Review technical documentation (Product guides, Quick Start guides) and identify discrepancies
• Work with the product team to improve the documentation
• Produce high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials.
• Work closely with development, test, security, and leadership teams for deliverables
• Provide feedback to design engineers and evaluate end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
• Provide operational input into product development
• Collect and work with the development teams to resolve any issues found before or during testing
• Prepare test results briefings
• Present briefings to management
• Maintain documentation in Confluence and emails for team
• Attend product demos
• Support general meeting facilitation, note taking, and follow-up, etc.

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance
• Customer Technical Operations certification
• Prior experience and fundamental knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle
• Product requirements experience
• Experience in writing test plans
• Prior product testing experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desired

• Some basic knowledge of RF
• Previous CONOPS development

Benefits

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program,

• heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap
• eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan

Peraton Overview

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 do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. 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

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