Senior Air Traffic Control Subject Matter Expert

The Position

ATAC has an opening for a Senior Air Traffic Control Expert. This is a full-time position. The successful candidate will participate on the technical and engineering support team in a variety of projects that ATAC is supporting with the FAA. In addition, the candidate should be someone who can identify additional work opportunities for ATAC.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Assistance with Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Simulations
  • Airspace and Procedure analysis, design, and evaluation
  • Safety/collision risk/separation studies
  • Refining near-term UAS operating concepts
  • Guidance on new procedures related to MARS (Multiple Airway Route Separation), Established on RNP (EoR), and Closely Spaced Parallel Operations (CSPO)
  • Interacting with senior FAA leadership, air traffic control personnel, and NATCA leadership

A background check will be required for this position.

Qualifications

ATAC is looking for career-minded people with the potential to grow professionally and advance into positions of greater technical and project management responsibility.

Required attributes include:

  • Working knowledge of the regulations contained in FAA Order JO 7110.65
  • 15 years’ experience in FAA Air Traffic Control operations, policies and procedures in the terminal and/or enroute environments or the equivalent in military or international air traffic environment; must be no more than 5 years since most recent ATC work
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal relations skills
  • U.S. citizenship or permanent residency

Desired attributes include:

  • Experience with real-time, human-in-the-loop (HITL) Air Traffic Control simulations
  • Experience with new airspace and procedure development
  • Experience with letters of agreement or memoranda of understanding regarding unmanned aircraft activity in their airspace
  • Experience with tools such as TARGETS, PDARS, and ATC simulation software tools

ATAC offers a casual business environment within a supportive team of like-minded individuals. We are proud of our working environment, our culture and our people – we will be the best place to work for those who share our passion.

In addition, the ideal candidate is a team player, open to new ideas, technologies and development methodologies, thinks both logically and creatively, and approaches problems and problem solving with a positive and constructive attitude.

Corporate Information

ATAC Corporation is a software and services company that specializes in providing the aviation community with state-of-the-art computer simulation, modeling, and analysis tools, as well as expert services in air traffic systems and operations design and analysis. We are committed to making major contributions to the aviation industry by providing high quality products and services to meet critical needs, while maintaining a creative, innovative, and responsive, small-company environment.

ATAC serves clients in both the public and private sectors via its headquarters office in Santa Clara, California and branch offices in Arlington, Virginia, and San Diego, California. Primary clients include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), service branches of the Department of Defense (DOD), airport authorities, airport planning and engineering firms, and private companies involved with aviation systems development and integration.

If this sounds like you, please use one of the following methods to send your resume AND a cover letter in which you summarize the particular elements of your background that relate to the requirements of this position.

Fax: 408 727 8447
E-mail: Human Resources at esa@atac.com
Please send a non-formatted ASCII-text version of your resume in the body of the email, or attach your cover letter and resume as Microsoft Word documents.

ATAC Corporation
Attn: Human Resources
2770 De La Cruz Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95050-2624

ATAC is EOE Disabled/Veterans


ATAC strives to provide its employees with both stability and growth while furnishing diversified products and services to a broad spectrum of clients. It has an environment that is rich in resources and conducive to individual initiative. As such, ATAC has been able to attract and retain a staff that excels in productivity and technical competence. The character of its personnel is reflected in the quality and economy of the services it performs.

ATAC is always interested in candidates that are self-starters, work well both independently and in a team environment, are open to new ideas and ways of doing things, think both logically and creatively, and approach problems and problem solving with a positive and constructive attitude.

ATAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

View job openings below and to send your resume and cover letter, email Ellen Asleson at esa@atac.com.

If you need assistance in submitting an application, please contact Human Resources at 408 736 2822.

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