[Hiring] Systems Engineer @Peraton

Role Description

Peraton 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. This 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.

This is a highly collaborative role. You will work across various functional organizations while coordinating with FAA representatives, subcontractors, and installation partners.

Location: Remote, but will require travel to Washington, D.C.

What You Will Do

• Systems Engineering & NAS Integration
  • Provide systems engineering support for aviation weather modernization activities and the integration of weather observation systems with the broader National Airspace System (NAS).
  • Analyze and coordinate system interfaces, dependencies, and data flows between weather observation systems and interconnected NAS systems.
  • Help maintain visibility into system interactions, technical dependencies, risks, assumptions, and decisions.
  • Support requirements development, analysis, traceability, and verification activities.
  • Identify technical issues and coordinate with appropriate engineering organizations to drive issues through resolution.
  • Support technical reviews, program briefings, status updates, and stakeholder communications.
• Engineering Coordination & Project Execution
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities to ensure technical products, engineering analyses, drawings, reports, and implementation packages are completed accurately and on schedule.
  • Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, action-item trackers, risk registers, technical deliverable schedules, and other project-management tools.
  • Track technical issues, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions through resolution.
  • Maintain traceability between requirements, site survey findings, engineering recommendations, project decisions, and final deliverables.
  • Coordinate technical discussions and working sessions with FAA representatives, engineering teams, subcontractors, installation partners, and internal functional organizations.
  • Support preparation, quality review, and delivery of technical reports, engineering recommendations, requirements documentation, and implementation packages.
  • Assist with development of implementation strategies, migration planning, and technical transition activities.
  • Recommend process improvements that improve engineering execution, documentation quality, and schedule performance.
• AWOS & Aviation Weather Engineering
  • Support engineering activities for AWOS weather observation projects, including pre-site surveys, site investigations, engineering drawings, and technical transmittals.
  • Coordinate the development and review of AWOS engineering packages to ensure alignment with FAA siting requirements, Airport Layout Plans (ALP), and applicable modular scalability standards.
  • Coordinate engineering design deliverables, including vicinity maps, project location plans, site development drawings, grading and storm drainage plans, and equipment pad designs.
  • Ensure site plans appropriately reflect existing and proposed conditions, electrical service and trenching requirements, and known concurrent projects.
  • Coordinate engineering activities related to AWOS-C equipment and site-specific implementation requirements.
  • Work with multidisciplinary engineering teams to identify and resolve site, design, interface, and implementation constraints.
• Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Coordination
  • Coordinate closely with Engineering, Quality, Safety, Cybersecurity, Contracts, Logistics, Procurement, and Program Controls organizations.
  • Support procurement planning by identifying long-lead materials, equipment dependencies, and implementation constraints.
  • Facilitate technical discussions and support technical decision-making among internal teams, FAA stakeholders, subcontractors, and installation partners.
  • Provide clear communication regarding project status, technical issues, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.
  • Support successful execution of engineering activities from planning and design through implementation and transition.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Minimum 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.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex technical projects involving engineering, infrastructure modernization, telecommunications, aviation systems, or other mission-critical environments.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple organizations.
• Experience managing technical schedules, risks, action items, deliverables, and customer communications.
• Experience developing engineering documentation, technical reports, implementation plans, requirements packages, or acquisition documentation.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities in dynamic and complex environments.
• Experience working directly with Government customers and senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT), National Airspace System (NAS), or other aviation modernization programs.
• Experience with aviation weather systems, including AWOS, ASOS, VWOS, WCAM, weather sensors, environmental monitoring systems, or related airport infrastructure.
• Familiarity with FAA siting requirements, Airport Layout Plans (ALP), NAS interface standards, data flows, and systems integration requirements.
• Experience coordinating remote field site surveys, engineering assessments, installation activities, or site readiness efforts.
• Knowledge of airport communications, networking, power infrastructure, environmental systems, and other site readiness considerations.
• Familiarity with FAA engineering, quality assurance, configuration management, safety, and acquisition processes.
• Experience supporting system implementation, testing, integration, verification, validation, or operational transition.
• Experience using Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar project management and collaboration tools.
• Agile experience is desirable; however, the primary focus of this position is high-level systems engineering, technical project execution, and NAS integration coordination.

Target Salary Range

$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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance.
• Health savings account.
• Short/long term disability.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Parental leave.
• 401(k).
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation.
• Company paid holidays.