Senior Readiness Tester

Peraton

$135K — $216K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience with a BS/BA; 10+ years with MS/MA; 7+ years with Ph.D.; additional 4 years of experience may be considered without degree
  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
  • Certified in Customer Technical Operations
  • Strong foundation in systems engineering lifecycle
  • Experience defining and managing product requirements
  • Proficient in writing comprehensive test plans
  • Prior background in product testing
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Ensure operational readiness of products before deployment
  • Execute and support operational testing procedures
  • Conduct research and evaluate technical performance of products and system segments
  • Provide foundational knowledge and training for team members and stakeholders
  • Ensure compliance with information assurance and cybersecurity standards
  • Participate in design reviews and validate requirements traceability
  • Prepare and maintain thorough documentation before testing
  • Develop test plans and ensure adequate testing coverage
  • Identify discrepancies in technical documentation
  • Collaborate with product teams to enhance documentation
  • Produce high-quality briefings and presentations for government officials
  • Coordinate with various teams to ensure project deliverables are met
  • Evaluate and collect operational input for product development
  • Address and resolve issues during the testing phase
  • Present comprehensive test results briefings
  • Maintain team documentation in Confluence

Benefits

  • Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and dependents
  • 25 days of PTO accrued annually with a generous cap
  • Eligibility for an attractive bonus plan
Full 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, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap, and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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.

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