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Senior Requirements Engineer- MBSE

Peraton

Arlington, VAFull-time$135–216K/yrPosted 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$135–216K/yr
Location
Arlington, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

Peraton is seeking a Senior Requirements Engineer to support U.S. Government space communications through mission planning, digital engineering, and command-and-control capabilities. The engineer will work with system integrators, architects, and MBSE teams to define and document mission and component specifications, maintain traceable and verifiable requirements, and contribute digital engineering artifacts that guide system design and implementation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Requirements Engineering, requiredSystems Engineering, requiredRequirements Derivation, requiredRequirements Decomposition, requiredRequirements Documentation, requiredSystem Specifications, requiredInterface Definitions, requiredDigital Engineering, requiredRequirements Management Tools, requiredMBSE Modeling, requiredVerification Planning, requiredAcceptance Criteria, requiredSystem Model Interpretation, requiredBehavior Diagrams, requiredArchitecture Views, requiredCommunication, nice to haveCollaboration, nice to haveRequirements Analysis, nice to haveConfiguration Control, nice to haveTraceability, nice to haveOrganization, nice to haveProblem Solving, nice to havePrioritization, nice to have

Qualifications

BS/BA+12, MS/MA+10, PhD+7 or Equivalent Experience, requiredSecret Clearance With TS/SCI Upgrade Ability, requiredComplex Software or System-of-Systems Experience, required

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

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.

Responsibilities

Peraton is delivering advanced mission planning, digital engineering, and command‑and‑control 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, multi‑system environment.

As a Senior Requirements Engineer, you will collaborate closely with system integrators, architects, and MBSE teams to define, refine, and document mission planning and component-level specifications. You will ensure requirements are clear, consistent, and verifiable while contributing to the creation of authoritative digital engineering artifacts that drive system design and implementation.

What you’ll do:

  • Provide feedback, clarification, and refinement of the Mission Planning Specification in coordination with the System Integrator and architecture teams.

  • Derive component‑level specifications from mission‑level requirements and from behaviors represented in the MBSE model.

  • Ensure requirements are properly captured, traceable, and aligned with system architecture, interfaces, and model behavior.

  • Support creation of requirement verification artifacts for all mission planning and component-level requirements, ensuring verifiable acceptance criteria.

  • Collaborate with MBSE practitioners to validate that system behavior, interfaces, and architectures accurately reflect requirement intent.

  • Participate in technical reviews, requirement walkthroughs, and traceability assessments across engineering disciplines.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D. Additional four (4) years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

  • This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI. The candidate must maintain the clearance

  • Experience performing requirements engineering or systems engineering in a complex software or system-of-systems environment.

  • Ability to derive, decompose, and document system and component requirements based on mission needs, architecture definitions, or MBSE models.

  • Experience reviewing or developing system specifications, interface definitions, or digital engineering artifacts.

  • Knowledge of requirements management tools or MBSE modeling environments used to capture requirement behavior, architecture, or traceability.

  • Experience supporting verification planning, including creation of requirement verification methods, acceptance criteria, or verification artifacts.

  • Ability to interpret system models, behavior diagrams, and architecture views to ensure alignment between requirements and system representation.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, architecture, and integration teams.

  • Ability to analyze complex requirements and support disciplined configuration control and traceability.

  • Strong organizational and problem‑solving skills with the ability to prioritize work in a multi‑disciplinary environment.

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

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 Statements 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. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,817 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$135–216K/yr
  • Virginia median$118–182K/yr933 salary ranges
  • US median$115–187K/yr8,992 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $176K, is 16% above the Virginia median midpoint ($151K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,167 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,817 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,712 postings).
Education
4,393 of the 11,817 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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