Systems Engineer

Joint Activities

$86K — $138K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Top Secret clearance required, willing to upgrade to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph.
  • BS in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering, or related field, or MS with relevant experience.
  • Knowledge of system engineering concepts, independent testing, and data verification.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills for briefing and technical documentation.
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

  • Support planning, test development, and data definition for NSG products.
  • Collaborate with image scientists, analysts, and statisticians on tasks and project issues.
  • Verify and validate product visual quality and accuracy of support data.
  • Learn about test design to validate products against operational requirements.
  • Communicate status and results effectively to stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Heavily subsidized benefits coverage for employees and dependents.
  • 25 days of annually accrued PTO up to a generous cap.
  • Participation in an attractive bonus plan.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

We are seeking a motivated product quality SYSTEM ENGINEER to support the planning, test development, data definition, and task execution for new and existing products within the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG). They will work with a team of image scientists, image analysts, photogrammetrists, and statisticians to perform specific tasks, track issues, and clearly communicate status and results to multiple stakeholders.

 

The mission spans many data providers and sensor phenomenologies including electrical-optical, RADAR, LIDAR, OPIR, motion, multi- and hyper-spectral. We work to verify and validate product visual quality, as well as the accuracy of the support data. The qualified candidate should have interest in learning more about test design to verify and validate products against requirements to meet planned concept of operations. The ideal candidate will have image science or imagery analysis knowledge ready to apply to the challenges of the group. Good written and verbal communication and team work is critical.   

 

Location: This position is 100% onsite in King of Prussia, PA. Remote or hybrid work is not available.

Qualifications

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on 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 eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

 

Required Experience/Education:

 

  • Must have a minimum of a Top Secret clearance and willing to upgrade clearance to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- Contract requires TS/SCI with poly.
  • Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering, or a related Science or Engineering.  BS with 2-4 Years of experience or MS with 0-2 years of experience
  • Knowledge/training of system engineering concepts, to include independent testing and data verification, requirements, and development of concept of operations.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, with emphasis on briefing to obtain decisions and solve technical issues and test plans/reports writing
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Willingness to learn, solve problems and perform in a dynamic work environment 

Preferred Skillset:

 

  • Knowledge of sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes
  • Knowledge of image product tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED)
Target Salary Range$86,000 - $138,000. 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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