Aeronautical Information Specialist

Primary job duties and responsibilities

• Evaluate the TARGETS software to verify it meets AJV-A requirements potentially both for conventional and/or “PBN” procedure and route requirements
• Leverage ATC background and/or pilot experience (civil or military) to provide advisory/consulting to FAA clients as a Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Support the TARGETS development cycle and help identify, validate, and resolve TARGETS issues/improvements and collect requirements for TARGETS
• Work with TARGETS stakeholders such as FAA AJV-A Specialists and folks within the Flight Procedures Team (FPT) to understand existing TARGETS issues and/or new improvements/features
• Support system/tool development by providing project management support to include participating in regular telcons discussing bugs/issues/enhancements related to TARGETS, potentially assigning/determining priority against planned software releases
• Create or enhance test plans (e.g. regression, new feature, system, user acceptance test, pre-release)
• Cook up and run user testing events and other meetings (TARGETS backlog meetings, TARGETS Roadmap briefing, TARGETS Release meetings), includes the logistics involved (select a location/conference room, create and edit briefings, setup web sharing and telephone bridge portion of the meeting if applicable)
• Work with testers/users and compile test results and produce a professional report and/or deliverable to the customer based on their requirements
• Able to understand technical issues based on feedback and propose enhancements or fixes
• Ensure testing is completed on time by the deadline of the federal customer and the testing and evaluation is done properly and effectively
• Help create, edit and enhance guidance materials/briefings/documents that help provide steps/process during an evaluation/testing of a tool
• Maintain or support bug and issue tracking in JIRA
• Confirm feedback in some cases of test results based on user evaluation
• Understand business user’s needs and be able to articulate the requirements for a tool/system, which includes how the new features will be used
• Review and provide feedback for requirements doc for federal customer tools

Requirements

• 15+ years of Air Traffic Control or air traffic management background and/or as a pilot (civil or military) including five (5) years of management experience required
• Experience with enterprise IT systems and supporting project management/maintenance of the systems/tools during the software development lifecycle (SDLC) required
• Airspace Design experience (preferred)
• Experience working in an agile software development environment (preferred)
• Experience using and/or knowledge of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system/tools such as TARGETS, DME Tool/RNAV-Pro, APWS, IOAA and experience or at least familiarity working with FAA/aviation data such as NFDC, NASR, DOF and/or CIFP (preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience with enterprise IT systems and supporting project management/maintenance of the systems/tools during the software development lifecycle (SDLC) required
• Airspace Design experience (preferred)
• Experience working in an agile software development environment (preferred)
• Experience using and/or knowledge of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system/tools such as TARGETS, DME Tool/RNAV-Pro, APWS, IOAA and experience or at least familiarity working with FAA/aviation data such as NFDC, NASR, DOF and/or CIFP (preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Benefits

Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital or familial status, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.

Pay

$125,000 to $135,000 annually. Compensation is based on relevant experience and qualifications.