Systems Evaluation Engineer

PeopleTec; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Employment Opportunity employer

Accommodation for disabled veterans

Job summary

PeopleTec is looking for a Systems Evaluation Engineer to support our Huntsville, AL location. This role involves assessing and validating emerging technologies as part of a modernization effort. Responsibilities include planning evaluations, engaging with vendors, and producing documentation to support technology adoption decisions.

The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience in systems engineering, a relevant bachelor's degree, and a strong technical aptitude for evaluating commercial products in relation to security and operational requirements.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of systems engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field.
• Experience evaluating commercial products against requirements.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute capability evaluations end-to-end.
• Engage with vendors to validate product claims.
• Develop evaluation criteria for technical requirements.

Skills

Technical evaluation

Systems engineering

Vendor management

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

Test & Evaluation tools

Data and analytics platforms

Job description

PeopleTec is currently seeking a Systems Evaluation Engineer to support our Huntsville, AL location.

PeopleTec is seeking a Systems Evaluation Engineer to assess, validate, and transition emerging technologies into our customer’s Digital Test Environment (DTE) as part of a multi‑year modernization effort.

Systems Evaluation Engineers are hands‑on technical evaluators who rapidly learn unfamiliar technologies, configure and assess them in development and test environments, and determine their suitability for adoption. Working directly with commercial vendors and government stakeholders, they validate technical claims, identify risks, and produce evidence‑based recommendations that inform technology adoption decisions.

In the near term, the role focuses on evaluating commercial products through structured pilot efforts. Over time, responsibilities expand to include continuous capability assessments, technology challenges, and modernization initiatives as the DTE evolves.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute capability evaluations end‑to‑end: scope and objectives, dev evaluation, test evaluation, and decision‑gate recommendation.
• Engage with vendors to learn their products, validate claims, and assess fit against DTE needs.
• Configure and evaluate tools in dev and test environments; document findings, gaps, and integration risks.
• Develop evaluation criteria and assess products against DTE technical, security, and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with the integration team to identify, document, and communicate integration gaps, technical constraints, operational impacts, and adoption risks as part of formal evaluation recommendations.
• Produce go/no‑go recommendations and supporting technical documentation for the decision gate.
• Hand off adopted products to the integration team with full evaluation artifacts: findings, integration risks, architecture notes, vendor contacts, and known gaps.
• Support the integration team through transition as the subject matter expert on the evaluated product.
• Support tool challenges, modernization initiatives, and continuous capability assessment as the DTE evolves over the program’s multi‑year horizon.
• Run 2‑4 evaluations concurrently at varying stages across multiple tool categories.

Qualifications

Required Skills / Experience:

• 5–10 years of progressively responsible experience in systems engineering, integration engineering, platform engineering, technical evaluation, or a related technical discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field. Additional relevant experience may substitute.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating commercial products against technical, security, and operational requirements.
• Strong hands‑on technical aptitude with the ability to rapidly learn unfamiliar technologies, configure evaluation environments, and objectively assess products across multiple technical domains.
• Working knowledge of at least two of the following categories, with the ability to learn the others: Test & Evaluation tools (test automation, data capture, instrumentation), Model‑Based Systems Engineering and digital engineering tools, Data and analytics platforms.
• Experience writing technical evaluation criteria, gap analyses, and assessment reports.
• Comfort working directly with vendors – eliciting honest answers, validating demos against reality, and managing the vendor relationship through an evaluation.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• An active DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work. Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire (or the ability to obtain), and the ability to maintain this level of clearance during their employment.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field. Additional relevant experience may substitute.

Desired Skills:

• Active U.S. DoD TOP SECRET or TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience evaluating or integrating commercial products in accredited DoD or federal environments.
• Familiarity with RMF, STIGs, and ATO processes as they apply to commercial product integration.
• Background in T&E modernization, digital test environments, or similar mission contexts.
• Experience producing buy‑vs‑build analyses or technical trade studies.
• Working knowledge across three or more of the tool categories listed in the qualifications.

PeopleTec, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following email address, [e-mail] and/or phone number (256.319.3800) to contact us about your interest in employment with PeopleTec, Inc.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. PeopleTec, Inc. participates in E-Verify.