Systems Engineering, SME

Responsibilities

The Systems Engineer SME’s role is focused on providing expert systems engineering support to the Government Customer program office. The Systems Engineer SME is responsible for but not limited to: 

• Supporting the clients mission goals and strategic objectives. 
• Support the design, development, and evaluation of end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their full development and operational life cycle. 
• Provide essential support to Project Management for risk identification and mitigation and keeping the project on schedule and within budget.  
• Translation of high-level product development strategies into system requirements/specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements. 
• Oversee integration of systems and providing IV&V analysis.
• Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. 

 

Additional responsibilities include: 

• Support the writing and management of system requirements based on the customer’s description and Concept of Operations (CONOP). 
• Evaluate and derive test plans and procedures that accurately trace to system requirements for end-to-end system testability. 
• Ensures that system requirements are traceable to client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods. 
• Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. 
• Develop and document test strategies for the evaluation of systems. 
• Ensure requirements are verifiable and can be accurately traced to test procedures. 
• Provide support to client programmatic and technical forums. 
• Assisting COTRs and INFOSEC engineering teams develop system accreditation documentation. 
• Attend relevant component readiness reviews and testing milestones and provide recommendations to the government Project Manager. 
• Assist in the review and assessment of contractor deliverables and provide an independent assessment. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• An active TS/SCI w/Polygraph 
• Bachelor's Degree and 16 years of relevant experience, or a Master's Degree and 14 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 10 years of relevant experience 
• Experience in complex, multi-segmented system development, integration, and test of projects including specialized, relevant technical experience in the general areas of systems integration, system development and verification, hardware and software development. 
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office products, such as Word, Excel, Power-Point, and MS Project. 
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team in pursuit organizational goals. 
• Demonstrated expertise in writing, and ability to brief complex technical information to non-experts. 
• Experience with end-to-end integration and test methods including identification and mitigation of programmatic and technical risk. 
• Experience with system testing and evaluation. 
• Experience with preparation and maintenance of project documentation, cost and master schedules. 
• Experience working in customer environment 

Benefits:

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.

Peraton Overview

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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$190,000 - $304,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Salary : $190,000 - $304,000