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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.\nResponsibilities\nThe successful candidate will possess the ability to work independently in a small multi-disciplinary team utilizing their experience to drive the analysis, design, prototyping, testing, maturation and manufacture of complex diagnostic systems. They will possess deep understanding and executional experience modeling and designing systems utilizing tools that capture data from key aspects of the phenomena being studied. They will possess a keen ability to identify any deviations in these processes and communicate them to project leadership in a clear and timely manner with effective courses of action provided. Their career to date will have garnered experience evaluating existing experimental designs before, during and after operations, enabling them to identify a systems fitness of intent. This ability to analyze existing mature designs for manufacturability and develop tests to prove manufactured articles can pass requirements verification and validation tests is a key capability for this role.\nOn a professional level consummate with their role, the successful candidate will be organized, detail oriented, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively with other technical staff.\nJob Purpose\nThis position will support the design, manufacture, testing and operational phases of projects\nundertaken at Peraton Labs, the research and development arm of the Peraton Corporation. The successful candidate will work closely with a diverse team of engineering, scientific and technical staff to develop novel solutions in support of such projects. The primary job location is a Peraton Labs facility in Woodbridge, NJ with some occasional travel required.\nDuties and Responsibilities Include:\nUnderstand and evaluate concepts, models, designs and existing diagnostic systems to facilitate lab testing, prototype development, software simulation, manufacture and validation. \nInteract with vendors to specify and procure both custom and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components, incoherent light sources, lasers, detectors, filters, camera systems, and mechanical mounting components. \nEngage other subject matter experts to evaluate designs, tests, facilities, components and other related system items to confirm fitness for use, design understanding, procedure efficacy, test validity and other key aspects of a system. \nDesign and execute prototyping and lab testing to validate designs to test and mature concepts. \nCreating, reading, analyzing, comprehending and generating professional quality documentation is a required skill for this role. \nPrepare professional material such as presentations, simulation summaries, analysis and other key communicable material for both internal and external reviews for design, testing and manufacture. \nPropose and review test procedures for complex optical systems such that their design objectives, performance, and ultimately manufacture can be verified. \nGenerate supporting documentation and reports that represent the system under test, objectives, and results in a concise and understandable manner. \nSummarize and present test results for review by Peraton engineers and customers. \nSupport the development of proposal responses to support contract opportunities. \nQualifications\nRequired Education and Work Experience\nThe successful candidate has diversified knowledge of principles and practices in engineering.\nA degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering is required with the following experience levels:\nBS with 8 or more years of experience. \nMS with 6 or more years of experience. \nPhD with 3 or more years of experience. \n(Experience must be with relevant work in a professional setting)\n Required Skills/Attributes\nExtensive professional experience of working with and selecting appropriate detectors, coatings and materials for diagnostic and data acquisition systems. \nExtensive professional experience with lab measurement equipment such as optical power meters (thermopiles), photodiodes, camera systems, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, digital volt meters. \nExperience setting up and executing tests using equipment such as steering mirrors, beamsplitters, lenses, filters, collimators, diffusers, detectors, etc. \nExperience drawing complete and representative models and experimental layouts \nProficient in writing technical documentation in MS Word and presenting it in MS PowerPoint. \nExperience with common diagnostic control, processing and simulation software tools like Matlab, Simulink, Labview. \nUS Citizenship\nDesired Skills/Attributes\nAnalyze designs to determine their efficacy in modeling environments such as Zemax, 3DOptix and MODTRAN \nExperience with automated control of optical systems operating under harsh environmental conditions such as nuclear, vacuum and temperature extremes. \nFamiliar with electrical and mechanical engineering aspects of diagnostic system design \nAn understanding of complex magnetic systems and their effect on various system components \nAbility to conduct a hazard analysis and document results. \nTarget Salary Range\n$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\nPeraton 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.\nApplication Statements\nThe application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. 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