Senior Readiness Tester
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 non‑traditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace, serving essential government agencies and every branch of the U.S. armed forces.
About the Role
Specific responsibilities include:
- Ensure the operational readiness of products before their deployments.
- Execute and support operational testing.
- Conduct research and evaluate technical performance of customer products and overall system segments as an expert.
- 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 through formal verification methods.
- Participate in design reviews of hardware and software components to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements, including reviews of test plans/procedures and verification/validation.
- Confirm that all equipment, documentation, etc., are complete and available prior to testing start.
- Write test plans and work with the team to ensure testing coverage.
- Review technical documentation (product guides, quick‑start guides) and identify discrepancies.
- Collaborate with the product team to improve documentation.
- Produce high‑quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior U.S. 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 throughout their life cycle.
- Provide operational input into product development.
- Collect and work with development teams to resolve issues found before or during testing.
- Prepare test‑results briefings and present briefings to management.
- Maintain documentation in Confluence and email archives for the team.
- Attend product demos.
- Support general meeting facilitation, note‑taking, and follow‑up.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 12 years of experience with a BS/BA.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience with an MS/MA.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience with a Ph.D.; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- Customer Technical Operations certification.
- Prior experience and fundamental knowledge of the systems‑engineering lifecycle.
- Product requirements experience.
- Experience writing test plans.
- Prior product testing experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Desired: basic knowledge of RF.
- Desired: previous CONOPS development experience.
Benefits
- Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents.
- 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous cap.
- Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Health savings account (HSA) options.
- Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Parental leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Company‑paid holidays.
Pay
Target Salary Range: $135,000 – $216,000. Salary is determined by factors such as scope and responsibilities, experience, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, geographic location, and business/contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.