Responsibilities

Position Description:Acadia is seeking a motivated product quality SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER to lead the planning, test development, data definition, and task execution for new and existing products within the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG). The candidate will need to support joint planning working groups, review Request for Change (RFCs) for impacts, identify the test events, and define test data needs. Using product quality operational acceptance criteria (PQORC) the system engineer will need to write clear test plans to satisfy the test objectives. They will lead a team of image scientists, image analysts, photogrammetrists, and statisticians to perform specific tasks, track issues, and clearly communicate status and results to multiple stakeholders. They will be responsible for documenting test results, discrepancy reports, and recommendations to decision authorities.

The mission spans many data providers and sensor phenomenologies including electrical-optical, RADAR, LIDAR, OPIR, motion, multi- and hyper-spectral. We work to verify and validate product visual quality, as well as the accuracy of the support data. The qualified candidate should have experience with test design to verify and validate products against requirements to meet planned concept of operations. The ideal candidate will have image science or imagery analysis experience or knowledge ready to apply to the challenges of the group. Good written and verbal communication, leadership, and teamwork is critical.

Qualifications

BS 10-12, MS 8-10, Phd 5-7

Must have a minimum of a Top Secret clearance and willing to upgrade clearance to TS/SCI and sit for and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- Contract requires TS/SCI with poly .

Required Experience/Education:

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering, or a related Science or Engineering
• 10 years of system engineering experience, to include independent testing and data verification, requirements, and development of concept of operations.
• Experience with sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with emphasis on briefing to obtain decisions and solve technical issues and test plans/reports writing.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Willingness to learn, solve problems and perform in a dynamic work environment.

Preferred Skillset:

• Experience in test management and issue tracking systems (ex., JIRA, ALM Octane)
• Experience in remote sensing phenomenologies (ex. EO/IR/SAR)
• Knowledge of NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) image chain
• Experience with product quality assessments, visual or metadata assessments

Peraton Overview

Peraton 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 and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

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