Test Systems Engineer

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, physics, or other related technical discipline plus at least 5 years of engineering experience; 3 years of experience with a Master's degree
• US Citizenship
• Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• Systems engineering background
• Model Based Systems Engineering experience
• Experience with lasers, cameras, sensors, and/or drones in a lab based setting

Peraton Labs is seeking a Test Systems Engineer to support its Electronic Warfare Research organization. This position is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and requires on site work, 5 days a week. This engineer will need to be able to develop test plans and coordinate details and schedules with multiple parties.

Responsibilities include:

• Author, review, and execute detailed Test Plans (DTPs) for both Developmental Testing (DT) and Operational Testing (OT); analyze and translate top-level requirements documents into verifiable test metrics.
• Serve as the Technical Test Lead for live-fire demonstrations and Infrared (IR) signature collection events; perform sensor integration, conduct comprehensive site surveys, and coordinate multi-organizational test support.
• Configure, calibrate, and operate advanced data acquisition systems, tactical sensors, telemetry, and diagnostic software to capture and analyze critical performance metrics in real time.
• Identify, analyze, and document technical risks, safety hazards, and failure modes early in the acquisition lifecycle to establish mitigation strategies prior to physical test execution.
• Verify that tactically deployed systems seamlessly integrate and interoperate with existing Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5
  
  ISR) networks and standard Army architectures.
• Initiate and manage Purchase Orders (POs) for specialized laboratory and test equipment, diligently tracking expenditures against operational budgets to ensure cost-effective procurement.
• Manage the technical cost, schedule, and performance baseline for research and development (R&D) engineering projects within a laboratory environment.