Senior Systems Engineer - NSG Electro-Optical Ground Commercial Project

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will lead enterprise-level engineering efforts that deliver timely, accurate Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) across the National System of Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and Federal Agencies. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, shape system architectures, and integrate complex systems across major acquisitions and organizational boundaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor mid- and junior-level systems engineers across all systems engineering disciplines, including requirements, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis.

• Lead planning, requirements analysis, and traceability for user needs, architectures, procedures, and problem statements to automate and improve existing systems.

• Evaluate cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling constraints to inform system modernization.

• Guide solution design efforts based on requirements analysis and emerging technologies, with an emphasis on commercial imagery and product workflows.

• Support Government stakeholders in translating mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and solutions.

• Allocate requirements to system architecture components and support program execution.

• Perform systems integration across multiple platforms and services.

• Conduct Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments.

• Support strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.

• Integrate systems, services, processes, and interfaces across major system acquisitions and agency boundaries.

Why Join Us:

• Mission Impact: Directly support national and allied GEOINT missions that inform critical decisions at the highest levels.

• Technical Leadership: Operate at the enterprise level, influencing architecture and engineering outcomes across complex, multi-agency systems.

• Challenging Work: Tackle large-scale integration, cloud modernization, and advanced imagery workflows in a dynamic mission environment.

• Professional Growth: Lead and mentor engineers while collaborating closely with government and industry experts.

• Broader Reach: Work across the NSG, ASG, and Federal partners, gaining exposure to diverse systems and stakeholders.

Location:

This position is fully onsite in either Chantilly, VA or Springfield, VA.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, including Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM discipline.

• 12 years equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience

• 12+ years of experience in government or industry with relevant experience in:

  • DoD and/or IC acquisition processes

  • Requirements development and management

  • PPBES process

  • Systems engineering of large, complex System-of-Systems or Service-Oriented Architecture environments operating in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid infrastructures

• Experience across the full systems engineering lifecycle.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the National System of Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and NRO enterprises.

• Prior program or project experience supporting NGA and/or NSG/ASG missions.

• Prior program or project experience within the Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of Defense (DoD).

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, methodologies, and lifecycle processes.

Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI clearance, or the ability to obtain SCI access and successfully pass a polygraph.

Desired Qualifications

Education

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, including Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM discipline.

Technical Skills & Methodologies

• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including related processes, tools, and languages.

• Working knowledge of Digital Engineering processes and tools, including Tableau, JIRA, and Confluence.

• Working knowledge of software development frameworks.

Domain Expertise

• Documented professional experience in the geospatial intelligence domain.

• Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas:

  • Photogrammetry

  • Remote sensing

  • Image science

  • Information sciences

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Geomatics or related disciplines

• Previous sensor integration experience.

Certifications & Professional Affiliations

• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP).

• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.

• Membership or leadership participation in one or more of the following professional organizations:

  • ACSM

  • ASCE

  • ASPRS

  • OGC

  • SAREM

  • USGIF