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Responsibilities

Peraton is delivering advanced mission planning, digital engineering, and commandandcontrol capabilities supporting the U.S. Government's space communications enterprise. Our team uses modern MBSE practices to translate mission needs into precise, traceable, and verifiable technical requirements across a complex, multisystem environment.

As a SR Digital Engineer / MBSE Analyst, you will lead the technical planning and execution of digitaltwin development efforts in close coordination with systems engineering, analytics, and software teams. You will shape concepts, architectures, and integration patterns that ensure digitaltwin capabilities are aligned, interoperable, and technically sound, while contributing to authoritative MBSE and digitalengineering artifacts that guide system design and implementation.

What you'll do:

• Lead technical planning and execution of digitaltwin activities to ensure alignment with program objectives and engineering priorities.
• Support the development of digitaltwin concepts, architectures, use cases, and technical roadmaps in partnership with program stakeholders.
• Assist in adapting Peraton Labs' agentic AI and digitaltwin capabilities to meet evolving mission and system needs.
• Define componentlevel requirements based on operational needs, systemengineering objectives, system behaviors, and stakeholder priorities.
• Ensure compliance with modelinteroperability approaches, dataexchange expectations, fidelity guidance, and integration patterns across digitaltwin and simulation environments.
• Work with data, AI/ML, software, and systemsengineering teams to identify and integrate required data sources, dependencies, inputs, outputs, assumptions, and validation methods.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, sequencing concerns, integration challenges, and capability gaps associated with digitaltwin development.
• Ensure digitaltwin efforts remain aligned with MBSE practices, CTO advancedanalytics initiatives, and broader program and stakeholder needs.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree and 14+ years of experience in a Systems Engineering related field; OR bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cloud Computing, or related field and 12+ years of experience in a Systems Engineering related field; OR a master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cloud Computing, or related field and 10+ years of experience in a systems engineering related field; OR a Ph.D. and 7+ years of experience. Additional four (4) years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
• This position requires the candidate possess an active TS/SCI. The candidate must maintain the clearance
• 5+ years of experience applying MBSE in complex system environments.
• Experience developing and supporting systemsengineering processes across the full system lifecycle, including analysis, planning, design, development, deployment, integration, testing, or configuration of software.
• Expertise using the Cameo Systems Modeler suite of tools.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with MBSE validation suites.
• Experience generating documents or specifications directly from MBSE models.
• Experience with MBSE model federation.
• Experience developing MBSE style guides or modeling standards.

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

Peraton Overview

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 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.

Target Salary Range$146,000 - $234,000. 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.EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Employment Type: FULL_TIME