Systems Evaluation Engineer

PeopleTec is currently seeking a Systems Evaluation Engineer to support our Huntsville AL location.

PeopleTec is seeking a Systems Evaluation Engineer to assess validate and transition emerging technologies into our customers Digital Test Environment (DTE) as part of a multi-year modernization effort.

Systems Evaluation Engineers are hands-on technical evaluators who rapidly learn unfamiliar technologies configure and assess them in development and test environments and determine their suitability for adoption. Working directly with commercial vendors and government stakeholders they validate technical claims identify risks and produce evidence-based recommendations that inform technology adoption decisions.

In the near term the role focuses on evaluating commercial products through structured pilot efforts. Over time responsibilities expand to include continuous capability assessments technology challenges and modernization initiatives as the DTE evolves.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute capability evaluations end-to-end: scope and objectives dev evaluation test evaluation and decision-gate recommendation.
• Engage with vendors to learn their products validate claims and assess fit against DTE needs.
• Configure and evaluate tools in dev and test environments; document findings gaps and integration risks.
• Develop evaluation criteria and assess products against DTE technical security and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with the integration team to identify document and communicate integration gaps technical constraints operational impacts and adoption risks as part of formal evaluation recommendations.
• Produce go/no-go recommendations and supporting technical documentation for the decision gate.
• Hand off adopted products to the integration team with full evaluation artifacts: findings integration risks architecture notes vendor contacts and known gaps.
• Support the integration team through transition as the subject matter expert on the evaluated product.
• Support tool challenges modernization initiatives and continuous capability assessment as the DTE evolves over the programs multi-year horizon.
• Run 2-4 evaluations concurrently at varying stages across multiple tool categories.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5-10 years of progressively responsible experience in systems engineering integration engineering platform engineering technical evaluation or a related technical discipline.
• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Cybersecurity Information Systems Engineering or related technical field. Additional relevant experience may substitute.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating commercial products against technical security and operational requirements.
• Strong hands-on technical aptitude with the ability to rapidly learn unfamiliar technologies configure evaluation environments and objectively assess products across multiple technical domains.
• Working knowledge of at least two of the following categories with the ability to learn the others:
• Test & Evaluation tools (test automation data capture instrumentation)
• Model-Based Systems Engineering and digital engineering tools
• Data and analytics platforms
• Experience writing technical evaluation criteria gap analyses and assessment reports.
• Comfort working directly with vendors eliciting honest answers validating demos against reality and managing the vendor relationship through an evaluation.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• An active DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work. Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire (or the able to obtain) and the ability to maintain this level of clearance during their employment.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Cybersecurity Information Systems Engineering or related technical field. Additional relevant experience may substitute.

Desired Skills:

• Active U.S. DoD TOP SECRET or TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience evaluating or integrating commercial products in accredited DoD or federal environments.
• Familiarity with RMF STIGs and ATO processes as they apply to commercial product integration.
• Background in T&E modernization digital test environments or similar mission contexts.
• Experience producing buy-vs-build analyses or technical trade studies.
• Working knowledge across three or more of the tool categories listed in the qualifications.

People First. Technology Always.

PeopleTec Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in Huntsville AL that provides exceptional customer support by employing and retaining a highly skilled workforce.

Culture: The name PeopleTec was deliberately chosen to remind us of our core value system - our people. Our companys foundation was built on placing our employees and customers first. With an award-winning atmosphere we have matured into a company that boasts the best and brightest across multiple technical fields.

Career: At PeopleTec we value your long-term goals. Whether its through our continuing-education opportunities our robust training programs or our People First benefits package PeopleTec truly believes that our best investments are our people.

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EEO Statement

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