Lead Systems Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Lead Systems Engineer with Security Clearance
About Peraton 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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit  to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure. Program Overview About

The Role Peraton is seeking a senior-level Lead Systems Engineer to lead the Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT) team and oversee all activities related to Verification & Validation (V&V), Integration and Test (I&T), External Interface Engineering, and other core Systems Engineering execution for advanced Satellite Ground Systems. The Office of Space Weather Observations (SWO) under NESDIS is responsible for advancing space weather observational capabilities to meet NOAA programmatic needs.

NOAA's Space Weather Next (SWX) program maintains and extends space weather observations from various vantage points, selected to most efficiently provide comprehensive knowledge of the Sun and the near-Earth space environment needed to protect our technological infrastructure. The Space Weather Ground Services (SWGS) is responsible for comprehensive ground services for all SWX projects, ensuring successful implementation and operation of observing assets and ensuring the continuity of space weather measurements made by SWFO-L1 and the GOES-R series satellites.

The SWGS Mission Operations Services (MOS) program must provide a full mission satellite command and control solution to support the L1 Series with two new independently launched observatories. This role serves as a technical authority and team leader responsible for ensuring that system requirements, architecture, integration, and verification activities are executed with rigor and aligned with program objectives. The selected candidate will guide cross-disciplinary engineering teams, coordinate with program leadership and customers, and ensure that complex systems are successfully integrated, validated, and delivered.

The ideal candidate brings deep systems engineering expertise, proven leadership experience, and a strong background supporting mission-critical space or ground system programs. Systems Engineering Leadership
* Serve as the technical lead for systems engineering, integration, and verification activities across the program.

* Lead and mentor engineers responsible for requirements management, system integration, interface engineering, and verification.

* Drive execution of the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), ensure adherence to established engineering processes and program standards, and lead development of review plans with full participation in program life-cycle reviews.

* Provide strategic direction in close coordination with System Architects for system architecture, integration strategy, and technical execution.

* Support program leadership in technical planning, decision making, and risk management.

Requirements Development & Management
* Lead the development of quantifiable system requirements derived from customer needs, system planning, design, and acquisition logistics.

* Ensure requirements comply with functional and performance specifications through formal verification methods.

* Translate high-level product strategies into detailed system and subsystem requirements, coordinating across engineering disciplines.

* Maintain traceability of requirements across the system lifecycle using approved tools and processes.

* Validate allocated requirements to ensure system architecture and implementation satisfy mission needs.

Integration & Interface Engineering
* Lead system and subsystem integration…