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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\nShape the Future of America's Skies with Peraton\nPeraton is seeking a Systems Engineer - Aviation Weather & NAS Integration to support the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) program.\nThis role supports the modernization of aviation weather capabilities that are critical to the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS). You will serve as a key engineering integration point between aviation weather systems, engineering teams, FAA stakeholders, subcontractors, and implementation partners.\nYou do not need to have experience with every aviation weather system listed below to be successful. We are interested in engineers with strong systems engineering, systems integration, technical coordination, or engineering project experience who are interested in applying those skills to aviation weather modernization.\nPosition Overview\nIn this role, you will support engineering execution for the Alaska Weather Needs Package, with a focus on the integration and modernization of aviation weather observation systems such as Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS), Visual Weather Observation Systems (VWOS), and Weather Camera Systems (WCAM).\nYou will help ensure that technical requirements, system interfaces, engineering activities, schedules, risks, and deliverables remain aligned throughout the project lifecycle.\nThis is a highly collaborative role. You will work across engineering, program management, quality, safety, cybersecurity, contracts, logistics, procurement, and other functional organizations while coordinating with FAA representatives, subcontractors, and installation partners.\nLocation: Remote, but will require travel to Washington, D.C.\nThis position supports aviation weather modernization activities for Alaska while being based remotely.\nWhat You Will Do\nSystems Engineering & NAS Integration\nProvide systems engineering support for aviation weather modernization activities and the integration of weather observation systems with the broader National Airspace System (NAS).\nAnalyze and coordinate system interfaces, dependencies, and data flows between weather observation systems and interconnected NAS systems.\nHelp maintain visibility into system interactions, technical dependencies, risks, assumptions, and decisions.\nSupport requirements development, analysis, traceability, and verification activities.\nIdentify technical issues and coordinate with appropriate engineering organizations to drive issues through resolution.\nSupport technical reviews, program briefings, status updates, and stakeholder communications.\nEngineering Coordination & Project Execution\nCoordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities to ensure technical products, engineering analyses, drawings, reports, and implementation packages are completed accurately and on schedule.\nDevelop and maintain integrated project schedules, action-item trackers, risk registers, technical deliverable schedules, and other project-management tools.\nTrack technical issues, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions through resolution.\nMaintain traceability between requirements, site survey findings, engineering recommendations, project decisions, and final deliverables.\nCoordinate technical discussions and working sessions with FAA representatives, engineering teams, subcontractors, installation partners, and internal functional organizations.\nSupport preparation, quality review, and delivery of technical reports, engineering recommendations, requirements documentation, and implementation packages.\nAssist with development of implementation strategies, migration planning, and technical transition activities.\nRecommend process improvements that improve engineering execution, documentation quality, and schedule performance.\nAWOS & Aviation Weather Engineering\nSupport engineering activities for AWOS weather observation projects, including pre-site surveys, site investigations, engineering drawings, and technical transmittals.\nCoordinate the development and review of AWOS engineering packages to ensure alignment with FAA siting requirements, Airport Layout Plans (ALP), and applicable modular scalability standards.\nCoordinate engineering design deliverables, including vicinity maps, project location plans, site development drawings, grading and storm drainage plans, and equipment pad designs.\nEnsure site plans appropriately reflect existing and proposed conditions, electrical service and trenching requirements, and known concurrent projects.\nCoordinate engineering activities related to AWOS-C equipment and site-specific implementation requirements.\nWork with multidisciplinary engineering teams to identify and resolve site, design, interface, and implementation constraints.\nCross-Functional & Stakeholder Coordination\nCoordinate closely with Engineering, Quality, Safety, Cybersecurity, Contracts, Logistics, Procurement, and Program Controls organizations.\nSupport procurement planning by identifying long-lead materials, equipment dependencies, and implementation constraints.\nFacilitate technical discussions and support technical decision-making among internal teams, FAA stakeholders, subcontractors, and installation partners.\nProvide clear communication regarding project status, technical issues, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.\nSupport successful execution of engineering activities from planning and design through implementation and transition.\n#BNATCS\nQualifications\nBasic Qualifications\nU.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.\nMinimum of 12 years of experience with a BS/BA; 10 years with an MS/MA; 7 years with a Ph.D.; 14 years with an AS; or 16 years of experience in lieu of a degree.\nDemonstrated experience managing complex technical projects involving engineering, infrastructure modernization, telecommunications, aviation systems, or other mission-critical environments.\nExperience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple organizations.\nExperience managing technical schedules, risks, action items, deliverables, and customer communications.\nExperience developing engineering documentation, technical reports, implementation plans, requirements packages, or acquisition documentation.\nStrong organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities in dynamic and complex environments.\nExperience working directly with Government customers and senior leadership.\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrevious experience supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT), National Airspace System (NAS), or other aviation modernization programs.\nExperience with aviation weather systems, including AWOS, ASOS, VWOS, WCAM, weather sensors, environmental monitoring systems, or related airport infrastructure.\nFamiliarity with FAA siting requirements, Airport Layout Plans (ALP), NAS interface standards, data flows, and systems integration requirements.\nExperience coordinating remote field site surveys, engineering assessments, installation activities, or site readiness efforts.\nKnowledge of airport communications, networking, power infrastructure, environmental systems, and other site readiness considerations.\nFamiliarity with FAA engineering, quality assurance, configuration management, safety, and acquisition processes.\nExperience supporting system implementation, testing, integration, verification, validation, or operational transition.\nExperience using Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar project management and collaboration tools.\nAgile experience is desirable; however, the primary focus of this position is high-level systems engineering, technical project execution, and NAS integration coordination.\nTarget Salary Range\n$112,000 - $179,000. 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. 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. 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