Chief Systems Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Chief Systems Engineer to support the Space Weather Observations - Mission Operations Services (SWO-MOS) program, providing full mission satellite command and control for NOAA's Space Weather Next (SWX) initiative, including the L1 Series observatories and GOES-R series satellites.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end system design, development, and lifecycle management for on-premises and cloud-based ground systems
• Generate, translate, decompose, and validate system requirements from customer inputs and high-level product strategies; ensure compliance with government standards
• Design interfaces, integrate system components, and establish engineering standards, practices, and procedures
• Participate in design reviews, verification and validation activities, and customer acceptance testing
• Assess system performance against technical measures and ensure design integrity throughout the program lifecycle
• Coordinate identification, reporting, and resolution of system anomalies
• Evaluate emerging technologies for potential application to the program
• Serve as a key technical advisor to program leadership, customers, and partner contractors on schedule, resources, design, and implementation
• Contribute to technical risk identification, opportunity assessment, and lessons learned

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and hold a Public Trust clearance
• 16 years with BS/BA | 14 years with MS/MA | 10 years with PhD
• 4 years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree
• 10 years of systems engineering experience for satellite ground systems - including requirements decomposition, model-based engineering, virtualization, service architectures, and cloud-based services
• Strong knowledge of satellite ground system disciplines: mission planning, command & control, communications, data processing, space-to-ground interfaces, network topologies, and cybersecurity
• Proficiency in data structures and data analysis for problem-solving
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum frameworks

Desired Qualifications:

• Virtualization (VMware) and cloud services experience
• Windows and Linux OS experience
• Software/systems testing and specification writing experience
• DOORS requirements management; Atlassian JIRA or similar configuration/change management tools
• CMMI Level 3 process experience
• Experience in distributed/virtual team environments
• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Experience leading projects and process improvement initiatives to successful delivery
• Active Public Trust clearance

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.