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Technician I - Electronic

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/6/2026
About Peraton

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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

Electro-mechanical repair and overhaul of mail processing, delivery and bulk processing equipment, including repairing printed circuit boards, electrical, electronic, mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies to a component level. These services ensure the continued essential automation, mechanization of retail and bulk processing equipment used in mail processing and retail installations across the entire country.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking skilled and qualified candidates for their Electronic Technician I position with the Postal CRF program located in Topeka, KS. The Electronic Technician works at the United States Postal Service (USPS) Central Repair Facility (CRF) in Topeka, KS. The CRF is a depot repair facility for USPS mail processing, delivery, and bulk mail systems repairable parts. Examples: repairing printed circuit boards, electrical, electronic, mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies to component level. The CRF provides depot level maintenance for essential automation, mechanization, retail and bulk mail processing systems used in all mail processing and retail installations.

Our electronic technicians apply working technical knowledge to perform simple or routine tasks in working on various types of electronic equipment. Job specific tasks include:

  • Perform testing and repair of simple to medium complexity electronic and electromechanical equipment using common hand tools and test equipment (e.g., multimeters, power supplies, signal generators, frequency counters, and oscilloscopes, etc.)
  • Diagnose and repair items to the component level using common hand tools and test equipment
  • Follow instructions which cover virtually all procedures
  • Receive technical guidance as required from supervisor or higher-level technicians
  • Work is given detailed review when new or advanced assignments are involved
  • Performs other related duties as assigned

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • High school graduate or equivalent
  • Must have Formal electronics training from an accredited program or equivalent military training
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
  • Must have knowledge and ability to perform component level repairs on simple to medium complexity electronic/electromechanical items
  • Understanding of basic troubleshooting techniques
  • Solid state electronics, and digital and analog theory training
  • Understanding of general test equipment
  • Knowledge of schematic symbols, values and their meaning 2025-158357 1234 2025-158357 Peraton https://careers.peraton.com/search-jobs?

Program Overview

The program is a next generation Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system. It establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators.

About The Role

Peraton is looking for a Senior JAVA Developer in Herndon, VA or Aurora, CO to support Intelligence Community and DoD customers as part of a talented, high-performing team. As part of this team you will work with emerging service and distributed computing technologies for satellite situational awareness (SSA) data processing and distribution.

The EMMETT program, a next gen Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system, establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators. The EMMETT team uses: programmatics, sensor modeling, and system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system.

What you'll do supporting the Common Data Services (CDS) on EMMETT:

  • Design, develop, and implement scalable and efficient data ingestion pipelines using Apache NiFi to collect, transform, and route data from diverse sources (e.g., satellite telemetry, ground station data, sensor feeds, mission logs).
  • Develop and maintain data processing applications primarily in Java, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security for mission-critical systems.
  • Design and manage NoSQL databases, specifically MongoDB, to store vast amounts of heterogeneous space-domain data, optimizing for both read and write performance.
  • Build and expose secure, performant Data APIs (RESTful/GraphQL) to enable internal and external applications to access and consume processed data, facilitating integration with analytics platforms, visualization tools, and other mission systems.
  • Collaborate closely with data scientists, aerospace engineers, and mission specialists to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
  • Implement data quality, validation, and governance processes within data pipelines to ensure data integrity and reliability.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data workflows and database performance to ensure continuous operation and efficiency.
  • Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and documentation, adhering to agile methodologies.
  • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering, cloud computing, and the space industry.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience; OR a Master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience. Additional four (4) years experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
  • This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- contract requires TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance.
  • Must be proficient in with Java (Model, Entity, Data Transfer Object (DTO), Data Access (DAO))
  • Design, develop, and implement scalable and efficient data ingestion pipelines using Apache NiFi to collect, transform, and route data from diverse sources (e.g., satellite telemetry, ground station data, sensor feeds, mission logs).
  • Develop and maintain data processing applications primarily in Java, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security for mission-critical systems.
  • Design and manage NoSQL databases, specifically MongoDB, to store vast amounts of heterogeneous space-domain data, optimizing for both read and write performance.
  • Build and expose secure, performant Data APIs (RESTful/GraphQL) to enable internal and external applications to access and consume processed data, facilitating integration with analytics platforms, visualization tools, and other mission systems.
  • Collaborate closely with data scientists, aerospace engineers, and mission specialists to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
  • Implement data quality, validation, and governance processes within data pipelines to ensure data integrity and reliability.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data workflows and database performance to ensure continuous operation and efficiency.
  • Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and documentation, adhering to agile methodologies.
  • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering, cloud computing, and the space industry.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with other big data technologies (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Hadoop).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their data services.
  • Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and methodologies.
  • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Understanding of satellite data formats (e.g., NetCDF, HDF5, CCSDS).
  • Active CompTIA Security CE certification or working toward certification

Benefits:

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.

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Details

Target Salary Range: $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Salary : $135,000 - $216,000

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