Junior Engineer

With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. Our research and engineering protects mission-critical systems and a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, electronic warfare, secure-by-design techniques, and cyber operations and experimentation platforms. Your expertise and areas of interest may be applied on one or more programs, providing you new opportunities to learn and grow.

The candidate will possess the ability to work independently in a small multi-disciplinary team utilizing their experience to conduct testing and evaluation services as well as research and development activities. Comfortable in a lab environment utilizing standard and advanced equipment for electrical, optical, or mechanical systems. Ability to interface with technical and non-technical customers to detail work outcomes and final results.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

Create and implement test plans for component and system level performance evaluations
• Analyze test outcomes to determine performance and identify improvements in testing and system capabilities
• Provide expertise in electrical, optical, or mechanical engineering best practices and testing and evaluation efforts
• Knowledgeable in basic and advanced engineering concepts such as electronic systems, controls systems, hardware software integration, or
• Ability to quickly adapt to new project requirements and quickly implement changes or new capabilities

• At least 1 year experience with BS/BA; 5 years no degree
• Background in an engineering discipline such as electrical, optical, software or systems with an emphasis on hardware controls, testing and evaluation, or real-time simulations
• Experience working with real-time simulations and in hardware centric environments
• Familiar with basic and advanced lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, waveform generators, IO devices, spectrum analyzers, power/energy meters, DAQ cards, and sensors
• Comfortable with vector calculus concepts and coordinate systems
• Familiar with MATLAB, SIMULINK, C/C++/C#, or Python for test plan development
• Proficient in writing technical documentation in MS word and PowerPoint
• Ability to be on-site five days a week
• Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI

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 do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.