Engineering Execution Manager — BNATCS Architecture & Systems Engineering

Peraton is seeking an experienced Engineering Operations Execution Manager to supervise the engineering staff of the BNATCS Architecture & Systems Engineering (BASE) Execution pillar supporting the modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration's National Airspace System (NAS) under the BNATCS program. This position drives the day-to-day working lives of approximately 30 engineers delivering the Digital NAS Architecture (DNA) —spanning knowledge graph and ontology engineering, enterprise and systems architecture, requirements engineering, model validation and convergence, governance and cybersecurity, and cloud architecture.

The Engineering Execution Manager reports to the BASE Execution Lead and holds supervisory authority over the Execution engineering staff without hierarchical direct reports. The BASE Execution Lead sets pillar strategy along with Delivery and Technical Authority pillars and the Execution Manager makes sure resources are engaged and delivering per the set standard.

The role supports BASE’s flat Execution pillar over a traditional multi-manager layer. The Engineering Execution Manager coordinates a single engineering community across functional skilled groups rather than fragmenting people-management across multiple discipline leads. This design keeps the organization integrated and prevents functional silos. The Engineering Execution Manager must sustain that integration under load.

The successful candidate will work at the intersection of engineering supervision, workforce planning, performance management, and matrix-program operations. The role requires both people-leadership judgment and operational discipline. Candidates must be capable of supervising senior engineering staff from multiple disciplines, running a structured performance-feedback cycle that synthesizes input from Delivery Program Managers and Value Stream Technical Leads, forecasting and reporting on utilization against a complex deliverable portfolio, and partnering credibly with Director-level leadership on hiring, succession, and workforce development.

Location:

Herndon, VA

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise approximately 30 engineers across seven functional competency groups in the BASE DNA Execution pillar, holding operational supervisory authority without hierarchical reporting lines.
• Conduct monthly one-on-one performance check-ins with every engineer in the pillar, documenting outcomes in a written record that feeds the BASE Execution Lead's annual review packet.
• Gather structured performance input each cycle from three sources: delivery feedback from the Delivery Program Managers, technical feedback from the Technical Authority Leads, and professional and behavioral observations from direct engagement.
• Flag performance concerns to the BASE Execution Lead within the cycle they appear, not at year-end, and coach engineers on day-to-day professional conduct, workload, and development.
• Produce a rolling 90-day staffing forecast for the Execution pillar, identifying capacity gaps, skill shortages, training needs, and succession risks before they affect delivery commitments.
• Produce weekly utilization reports covering every engineer in the pillar, tracking time by lane and deliverable, and identifying under-utilization, over-utilization, and misalignment between skill and assignment.
• Maintain the resource allocation matrix as a living document, keeping engineer-to-deliverable mappings current as projects start, shift, and close, and reconciling the matrix against delivery and Technical Authority priorities.
• Own the engineer onboarding experience end to end, pairing new engineers with mentors in their functional group, confirming access and tooling and training, and reviewing onboarding…