Test Engineer – Integration, Test, and Documentation
Peraton
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Responsibilities
What You'll Get to Do
Peraton Labs is searching for a Test Engineer to support the integration, verification, and delivery of advanced technical systems for critical national security missions. You'll coordinate across hardware, software, firmware, and test teams to ensure complex systems are properly integrated, tested, documented, and ready for use.
More About the Role
As a Test Engineer, you'll help manage system integration activities, develop and coordinate test plans, track requirements and technical issues, and support system-level verification and validation. You'll work closely with engineering teams to maintain technical documentation, capture system configurations and interfaces, and develop user-facing materials including operating procedures and user manuals. This position requires 5 days a week on site at our Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland location.
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Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eiligibility.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 2 years of experience; 0 years with a Master's degree.
- Experience supporting systems engineering, system integration, or technical test activities for complex hardware/software systems.
- Experience developing and managing integration plans, test plans, test procedures, and verification activities.
- Ability to coordinate technical work across software, hardware, firmware, and other engineering disciplines.
- Experience documenting system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results.
- Experience tracking technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution.
- Strong technical writing skills with experience developing clear engineering and operational documentation.
- Ability to translate engineering information into user manuals, operating procedures, installation guides, or training materials.
- Familiarity with requirements management, configuration management, and verification/validation processes.
- US Citizenship
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting UAS, robotics, embedded systems, communications, sensor systems, or other integrated technical platforms.
- Experience managing hardware/software integration in laboratory, prototype, or rapid-development environments.
- Familiarity with requirements traceability and systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Jira, Confluence, Cameo, or similar.
- Experience planning and executing system-level acceptance, functional, regression, or field testing.
- Experience developing interface control documents, system specifications, test reports, and release documentation.
- Familiarity with configuration baselines, version control, change management, and release processes.
- Experience working directly with end users to capture feedback and improve system usability and documentation.
- Familiarity with MBSE or SysML is beneficial but not required.
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
$80,000 - $128,000. 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.
EEO
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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