We are seeking a Systems Engineer (Mid/Sr.) for Integration & Test (SEIT) supporting our NASA customer based at Wallops Flight Facility in VA.
As prime contractor on the Peraton Space Exploration Networks Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract, Peraton is responsible for the operation, maintenance, sustainment and systems engineering of NASA’s worldwide satellite communication networks. In this position, you will become part of NASA’s return to the moon, support new earth and space science missions, and launch vehicles. You will be an integral part of a world class team that ensures NASA space-ground communications are reliable and meet mission requirements.
The SENSE Direct to Earth (DTE) SEIT team supports cross functional disciplines such as Hardware/Software Engineering and System Engineering for the DTE projects. This will include study, design, development, integration, testing, verification and operations of spaceflight, airborne and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions.
In this position, you will make plans, direct, and coordinate system engineering, integration and testing activities associated across multiple functional areas and products, including the following:
- Provide System Engineering excellence through the System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) processes
- Support deployment of new and revised applications to operational systems, including performing hardware and software testing
- Collaborate with technical engineering teams, Operations, IT Security, Mission Assurance, and Task Order Leads to identify, resolve, and mitigate system anomalies—including complex system, software, and cybersecurity issues while supporting Task Order requirements and deliverables across all program functional elements.
- Provide leadership over planning, scheduling, state of health, and risk management activities
- Guide the cross functional teams, lead and present at major program reviews
- Mentor the program junior systems engineers
- Perform system level testing with ground systems equipment for end-to-end testing in the Ground Station Testing Facility (GSTF)
- Support GSTF management tasks involving DTE hardware and software
- Support orbital and launch operations activities