Space SEIT Engineer (Mid–Senior) — Integration & Test

Peraton; Virginia; On-site; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Systems Engineer (Mid/Sr.) for Integration & Test (SEIT) to support NASA at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. You will join the SENSE program to engineer, test, and sustain space-ground systems and collaborate with hardware, software, cybersecurity, and operations teams.

Responsibilities include leading SEEMP-based system engineering activities, developing test strategies and scripts, mentoring junior engineers, and coordinating across multiple functional areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required; MS degree preferred.
• 5+ years in systems engineering, development, integration, and test.
• Experience documenting, deriving and developing requirements with customers.
• Experience communicating complex projects to high-level stakeholders.
• Experience in creation of Test Strategy, Plans, Scripts and Summary Reports.
• Experience with Test Automation Tools and Practices, including scripting (C++, Python, MATLAB, Perl, UNIX)
• Experience with Windows and Linux servers (RedHat, CentOS)
• Experience using MS Office Tools to produce PowerPoint briefings, MS Project schedules, MS Word documents, and generate Excel files.
• US citizenship required.
• Ability to travel for up to several weeks per year.

Responsibilities

• Provide System Engineering excellence through the System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) processes.
• Support deployment of new and revised applications to operational systems, including hardware and software testing.
• Collaborate with technical engineering teams, Operations, IT Security, Mission Assurance, and Task Order Leads to identify, resolve, and mitigate system anomalies including cybersecurity issues.
• Provide leadership over planning, scheduling, state of health, and risk management activities.
• Guide cross-functional teams, lead and present at major program reviews.
• Mentor the program junior systems engineers.
• Perform system-level testing with ground systems equipment for end-to-end testing in the Ground Station Testing Facility (GSTF).
• Support GSTF management tasks involving DTE hardware and software.
• Support orbital and launch operations activities.

Skills

System engineering

Test planning

Requirements derivation

Test automation

Scripting

Windows/Linux servers

MS Office

Travel

Security clearance

Citizenship

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical/CS/CE/Systems)

MS degree in Engineering

Tools

C++

Python

MATLAB

Perl

UNIX

Windows Server

RedHat

CentOS

MS Office

PowerPoint

MS Project

MS Word

Excel

Job description

Peraton seeks a Systems Engineer (Mid/Sr.) for Integration & Test (SEIT) to support NASA at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. You will join the SENSE program to engineer, test, and sustain space-ground systems and collaborate with hardware, software, cybersecurity, and operations teams.

Responsibilities include leading SEEMP-based system engineering activities, developing test strategies and scripts, mentoring junior engineers, and coordinating across multiple functional areas.