FAA AMO Planning Lead Systems Engineer

A3 Technology, Inc. has an immediate opening for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NextGen team in Washington, DC. This position requires the successful candidate to provide division-level engineering support to the NAS Lifecycle Planning Division's (ANG-C7) mission of planning, implementing, and reporting on the NextGen portfolios, lead and guide the Branch systems engineers and support a range of engineering tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and review of the ATM Segmentation Plan, Operational Improvements and Support Activity development, Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps, demonstration plans, and other NextGen related activities.
• Conduct evaluations of the baselined (As-Is) engineering, acquisition (program functionalities), and infrastructure and identify engineering and acquisition gaps, risks, and opportunities associated with mid-term NextGen objectives.
• Analyze systems to ensure they support NAS architecture objectives, identify and analyze interactions and dependencies between NextGen systems.
• Perform engineering assessments related to NAS infrastructure systems (communications, surveillance, automation, and navigation) and mechanisms and submit technical papers and briefs to support informed decisions on NextGen activities and initiatives.
• Identify key dependencies, gaps, and integration challenges, as well as providing recommendations to minimize programmatic impacts.

Skills Required:

• Candidates must have experience with the NAS Enterprise Architecture and Roadmaps.
• Use of systems engineering concepts to analyze various aspects of systems, evolution of the systems (As-Is) to future configuration states (To-Be), and analyzing changes in the system overtime and identify gaps and shortfalls in operational capabilities and inform strategic evolution of the system.
• Familiarity with enterprise level requirements or enterprise architecture development.
• Microsoft Office suite expertise.

Skills Preferred:

• Enterprise Architecture experience/certification preferred.
• Detailed understanding of many primary FAA systems (ERAM, ATOP, STARS, DataComm, SWIM, etc.).
• Prior FAA NextGen work experience.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from ABET accredited college or university and 10-15 years of relevant experience OR
• Master’s degree in a related field and 7-10 years of relevant experience.
  

Additionally, US Citizenship or documented proof of eligibility to work in the US is a must. Upon receiving a conditional offer of employment, candidates will undergo a Government investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for Government clearance. Verification of past employment, education and references is also required. It is imperative that candidates be either a US citizen or a current green card holder with the last 3 consecutive years as a resident of the US.

The salary range for positions is $50,000 to $175,000. This range is provided as a general guideline and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of compensation. Actual salary offers will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the specific responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s education, experience, location, knowledge, skills, and abilities. In addition, compensation may be influenced by applicable Federal Government contract labor categories and established contract wage rates.

At A3 Technology, Inc., we take pride in being an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer. We're committed to considering all qualified candidates for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, national origin, genetic information or any other protected status.