Peraton · 6 hours ago
Senior Readiness Tester
Chantilly, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $216K/yr
10+ years expPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. The role involves ensuring operational readiness of products, conducting operational testing, and providing expertise and instruction to team members and stakeholders.
Information TechnologyRobotics
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Ensure the operational readiness of products before their deployments
Execute and support operational testing
Working as expert, conduct research and evaluate technical performance of customer products and overall system segments
Provide expertise, foundational knowledge, and comprehensive instruction for new team members and stakeholders
Ensure products and systems comply with requirements and government information assurance and cyber security standards and practices through formal verification methods
Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements. This includes reviews of test plans/procedures and ensuring requirements verification/validation
Ensure that all equipment, documentation, etc. is complete and available prior to testing start
Write test plans
Work with the team to ensure testing coverage
Review technical documentation (Product guides, Quick Start guides) and identify discrepancies
Work with the product team to improve the documentation
Produce high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials
Work closely with development, test, security, and leadership teams for deliverables
Provide feedback to design engineers and evaluate end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle
Provide operational input into product development
Collect and work with the development teams to resolve any issues found before or during testing
Prepare test results briefings
Present briefings to management
Maintain documentation in Confluence and emails for team
Attend product demos
Support general meeting facilitation, note taking, and follow-up, etc
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance
Customer Technical Operations certification
Prior experience and fundamental knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle
Product requirements experience
Experience in writing test plans
Prior product testing experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
Some basic knowledge of RF
Previous CONOPS development
Benefits
Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents
25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap
Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Health savings account
Short/long term disability
EAP
Parental leave
401(k)
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
Company paid holidays
Company
Peraton
Peraton Fearlessly solving the toughest national security challenges.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Thomas Terjesen
Chief Information Officer
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