Integration Engineer

Job Description & Responsibilities

Persistent is looking for an Integration Engineer to join its Integration Engineering team. As part of our Integration Engineering team, you will support andfacilitatesystem integration of Persistent existing and developmentproductswith end-users and industry partners, primarily Army customers.

You will support the definition of technical requirements fornew programs and provide technical support for existing programs.

Responsibilities will include requirements gathering, solution design,test planning and execution, RF mapping, report generation and delivery. You will play a pivotal role in communicating technical challenges and new requirements to our engineering department as you strive to solve problems. This role requires excellent communication skillsand significant customer interface experience. You willbe requiredtointerface witha variety of internal and external stakeholders such as industry partners, end users, government program offices, Persistent Salesand Programs  Management teams, and product developers.

• Collaborating with Customer Entities, Persistent Systems Engineering  and Field Operations teams to resolve technical issues escalated from customer locations.
• Contributing to program effectiveness byidentifyingshort-term and long-term issues; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; and recommending options and courses of action
• Build customer relationships with program clients through managing and interpreting their requirements and conveying progress to Management team
• Troubleshooting customers’ communication systems and collaborating with the Sales, Engineering,and Field Operationsdepartmentsto resolve technical issues.
• Developing testand demonstrationplansandmethodologies followed by final reports and summaries for internal and external customers
• Developing technical portions of responses to RFI / RFP and other similar customer requirements
• Maintaining expert knowledge of Persistent Systems products to evaluate andmaintainprogram objectives
• Working closely with Product Development Departmentby providing feedback from information gathered during integration and testing projects
• Communicating Persistent Systems' solutions to technical and non-technical clients and end-users

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, or computer science
• 3+ yearsofrelevantexperience
• Understanding technical concepts such as wireless, mobile IP, RF propagation with an understanding of hardware and software concepts
• Understanding of networking concepts such as IP routing and switching and VPN architecture
• Experience with
  
  Army Vehicles, Uncrewed Systems,Aviationor Maritime communicationssystemsand operations
• Proficiency in software packages such as Visio, Microsoft Office
• Must be available to travel
  30% of the time
• Must be able to obtain a Secret US Security Clearance

• Master’s degreein electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering,or computer science
• 5+ years of experience with Defense, Intelligence, Special Operations communication systems
• Proficiency in programming in Python, C, and/or C++
• Proficiency in working through Linux Operating System.
• Experience with wireless concepts such as MANET, Mesh, Ad-hoc, protocols and web architecture, with an understanding of hardware and software concepts
• Experience working directly with customers and end users
• Experience of working with customer organizations such aslarge sized
  
  Government entities
• Experience working with mid-size or larger Commercial organizations
• DoD Information Operations and Cyber Security experience
• Proficiency in advanced technical software packages such asSolid
  
  Works, and MATLAB
• Active…