Systems Engineer

Peraton is hiring a Systems Engineer on site in San Diego CA.

The person that fills this role will work alongside sailors and engineers to deliver Unmanned Systems capabilities to the fleet with NIWC PACs Unmanned Maritime Vehicles Laboratory. The Systems Engineer will support the MK 18 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) program. MK 18 UUVs are deployed with expeditionary support equipment for transport charging and launch and recovery (L&R) from platforms of opportunity. The systems that we work on get delivered to the fleet.

What you will do:

• Work in a fast-paced team environment while overcoming obstacles and maintaining a positive attitude
• Conform to Systems Engineering best practices (i.e. requirements development preliminary design with trade-studies critical design first-article development test-planning refinement production) and perform occasional at-sea field testing on small boats (predominately calm-water and for short time-periods)
• Provide programmatic documentation in support of system such as S.O.P Tech Manuals ECP documentation
• Interface with the war-fighter directly to gather feedback and take initiative on tasking and willingness to ask for help as needed

What youll need:

• Education: BS/BA degree with 2 years of experience or 6 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Clearance: active Secret clearance required
• Electronics background and/or prior military experience a plus
• 1-year of demonstrated experience in managing engineering and design projects to include scope/requirements development documentation planning scheduling budgeting monitoring controlling status reporting drafting editing and presenting project related presentations
• 1-year of experience in the development of engineering systems and processes including: operational requirements analysis concept exploration and analysis hardware development test and evaluation planning and documentation production operational and logistics support analysis

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