Systems Engineer - Standards / Technical Specifications

Peraton; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life

Health savings account

Short/long term disability

EAP

Parental leave

401(k)

PTO for vacation

Company paid holidays

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer (Standards / Technical Specifications) to join our Bethesda, MD team. You will translate customer needs into system requirements, develop standards and procedures, and ensure traceability across hardware and software throughout the life cycle.

This on-site role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to verify compliance with government standards and support proposals and program reviews for

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge of DevOps and standards.
• Experience with requirements engineering and verification.
• Familiarity with Protégé and OWL; ability to translate technical details into specifications.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer needs into system requirements and specifications.
• Develop and maintain standards, practices, and procedures for product development.
• Support verification, validation, and testing of hardware and software components.

Skills

DevOps

Requirements engineering

Coding

Documentation

Configuration management

Quality assurance

Integration

Testing

Protégé

OWL

Excellent communication skills

Education

BS degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Protégé

OWL

Job description

About Peraton

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer (Standards / Technical Specifications) to join our team in Bethesda, MD! Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates, and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle. Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics. Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements. Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. Designs interfaces and brings system elements together, so they work as a whole. Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements. Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements. Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation. Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures. Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Ability to work on-site full-time in the Bethesda, Maryland area.
• Typically requires BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or master's degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. An additional four years of experience may be exchanged for Bachelor's degree requirements.
• Strong knowledge of standard software development processes, such as DevOps, requirements engineering, coding, documentation, configuration management, quality assurance, integration, and testing.
• Experience with relevant tools and languages, such as Protégé and OWL.
• Demonstrated ability to build code collaboratively in team environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations and present them orally or in writing.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with automation pipelines.
• Basic coding skills in Python or Java.
• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Five or more years of experience working with or in the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Familiarity with U.S. Government information sharing frameworks, policies, and interoperability requirements.
• Familiarity with system modeling and Unified Modeling Language (UML).

Details

Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. 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.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• health savings account
• short/long term disability
• EAP
• parental leave
• 401(k)
• paid time off (PTO) for vacation
• company paid holidays

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