SIGINT Systems Engineer

Peraton is hiring a SIGINT Systems Engineer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD. As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. As a SIGINT Systems Engineer on our team you will directly support the planning and management for SIGINT Support to Over-the-Horizon-Targeting (OTHT) Systems. The ideal candidate would be a SIGINT Subject Matter Expert. You will assist the customer with developing and managing governance processes and managing relationships with the services, second party partners, and other IC entities. You will lead design initiatives and system reviews and perform duties associated with lifecycle maintenance of an agile software program. You will develop artifacts and write reports for senior leadership, the IC, and Partner community. You will brief architecture, milestones, and capabilities to senior leadership, steering committees, and technical review boards. They will work with developers and integrators to create software development and deployment processes and practices. #AJCM

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline and at least 15 years of systems engineering experience. A Master’s or PhD Degree may be substituted for two years of experience. Note: A High School Diploma or GED plus 19 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable. 
• Must have extensive knowledge/understanding of SIGINT systems and their employment strategies as well as keen understanding of customer’s development processes.
• Must have demonstrated effective oral and written communications skills, be creative, and organized.
• Position requires 1880 hours of support per year.
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• The ideal candidate would be a SIGINT Systems Subject Matter Expert. They should be familiar with end-to-end system development and functionality including tasking, collection management, collection operations, processing and dissemination components and processes.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which includes 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.