Position: Senior Systems Engineer

Sr. Software Engineer

Location: FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, US

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Excellent writing and verbal communication for T&E documentation and presentation (examples required)
• Java programming (examples required)
• Linux scripting (preferred)

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s in a technical field (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent from an accredited college or university; MS degree desirable but not required)
• Experience or familiarity with Redhat FUSE products
• Familiarity with FAA processes (desired)
• Familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 processes (desired)
• Proven team skills / project team player

Test Systems Engineer / Senior Systems Engineer

Location: FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, US

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the U.S.

Requirements

• Minimum of fifteen (15) years experience in complex systems, including:
  • Planning, design, development, acquisition, installation, integration, and/or implementation of complex communication systems that accommodate specific user requirements
  • Test and Evaluation policies and methods, including test plan, test procedure, and test report development, and test execution, to DoD or equivalent standards
  • Hands-on testbed experience such as testbed establishment (including physical, interface, and installation requirements), testbed maintenance, or testbed operations
  • Communications Systems requirements development, analysis, and verification
• Extensive knowledge of the FAA National Airspace System (NAS) Architecture
• Direct FAA En Route or Terminal environment experience, including requirements development and/or test experience in EAS/ERAM arena
• Familiarity or hands-on experience with systems such as Tower Data Link Services (TDLS)
• Working knowledge of Terminal environment (Departure Clearance (DCL), Pre-Departure Clearance (PDC), Flight Data Input Output (FDIO), Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS), ATC Communication Management (ACM), Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), logon, session establishment/termination, and session status)
• Data Reduction and Analysis support
• Hands-on experience with Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) or similar ATC air/ground data communications systems
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s in a technical field (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent from an accredited college or university; MS degree desirable but not required)

Responsibilities

• Review and resolve comments from the customer or their representative on test documentation
• Develop materials for, coordinate, and participate in meetings with SMEs for assigned Test areas as requested by the customer
• Develop Test Approaches for assigned Tests
• Develop Test Case scenarios for assigned Tests
• Develop preliminary Test procedures for assigned Tests
• Attend and contribute to OT Test Director staff meetings for the Data Comm program
• Work closely with the test director on the OT baseline test configuration, providing technical data as backup for justification of the configuration and components
• Participate in IT informal test runs and formal IT as an observer, as directed
• Participate in OT informal test runs in a substantive role, as directed by the customer
• Participate in Risk Reduction test runs leading to formal IT, in any role as directed

Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Crystal City, VA, US

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Key contributor in planning and executing program plans and coordinating prototype/solution development
• Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships, including prime or subcontractor teams, aviation subject matter experts, and FAA
• Ensure program plans are executed in accordance with program and technical requirements
• Provide technical coordination in all phases of the program from inception to completion
• Technical interfacing with prime or subcontractors, ensuring technical compliance with program requirements and tasks
• Monitor overall progress in all program activities
• Review document deliverables from a technical standpoint against government standards and policies
• Validate deliverables are within the scope of the deliverable item descriptions within the task
• Attend technical interchange meetings and/or workshops, develop and/or present technical approaches on behalf of the government to industry partners, as guided by FAA

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering-related field
• 10 or more years of professional experience in projects involving research, planning, integrating, and implementation of complex systems
• Solid foundation in systems engineering, web services, service-oriented architecture, and/or prototyping activities
• Familiarity with NAS architecture and FAA NextGen modernization concepts (preferred)
• Ability to educate, communicate, and present effectively with business and aviation stakeholders to gain consensus
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills

Project Manager

Location: Crystal City, VA, US

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Develop current year and out-year F&E and RE&D budget forecasts and justification documentation
• Prepare program annual spend plans, Continuing Resolution plans (CR), annual OMB 300 Submission (OMB 300 A & B), Resource Planning Documents (RPDs), and Resource Matrix
• Establish budget and resource allocations to support operations consistent with program goals and objectives
• Perform fiscal tracking, funding reconciliation, spending, and EVM analysis using FAA financial databases (PRISM, FMS, CWP, and Delphi)
• Maintain budget history for prior years and track base level of funding for programs
• Present briefings at meetings
• Maintain automated financial tracking systems for F&E and O&M budget obligations and expenditures, including individual financial transactions
• Track and provide summary reports on funding allocations, obligations, expenditures, funds remaining, and projected shortfalls/surpluses for each functional area, DOP, and Service Area
• Interact with FAA internal IP&A team and perform cost/benefit analyses and JRC FID briefings for programs
• Provide assessments of the accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness of externally developed cost/benefit analyses
• Lead risk analyses to assess risks associated with costs, benefits, schedule, technical performance, human factors, safety, and security
• Conduct iterative trade-off analyses among cost, schedule, performance, and benefits to determine the most advantageous solution

Requirements

• 10 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• PMP certification desired

Network Systems Engineer / Senior Network Systems Engineer

Location: FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, US

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the U.S.

Requirements

• Ten (10) years experience in complex systems, including:
  • The physical, data link, network, transport, and application layers of the OSI and TCP/IP reference models
  • Design, configuration, and troubleshooting of complex TCP/IP Router and switching network equipment (hands-on experience troubleshooting and configuring a complex IP network consisting of routers and switches)
  • Test and Evaluation policies and methods, including test plan, test procedure, and test report development, and test execution
  • Experience (planning, design, development, acquisition, installation, integration, and/or implementation) with complex communication systems that accommodate specific user requirements
  • Requirements development, analysis, and verification
• A Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certificate
• Knowledge of using software tools to model and optimize a TCP/IP network design
• Network and data circuit synchronization timing
• Network monitoring and operations
• Time Division Multiplexing voice and data trunking techniques (T1 and T3)
• Communication/telecommunication site surveys and facility installations
• Network tools (Sniffers, Traffic Generators, and Network Simulators)
• Extensive knowledge of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) protocols
• Hands-on testbed experience such as testbed establishment (including physical, interface, and installation requirements), testbed maintenance, or testbed operations
• Communications Systems requirements development, analysis, and verification
• Extensive knowledge of the FAA National Airspace System (NAS) Architecture
• Knowledge or experience related to FAA En Route environment, including requirements development and/or test experience in EAS/ERAM arena
• Familiarity or hands-on experience with systems such as Tower Data Link Services (TDLS)
• Working knowledge of Terminal environment (Departure Clearance (DCL), Pre-Departure Clearance (PDC), Flight Data Input Output (FDIO), Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS), ATC Communication Management (ACM), Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), logon, session establishment/termination, and session status)
• Data Reduction and Analysis support
• Hands-on experience with Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) or similar ATC air/ground data communications systems
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s in a technical field (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering