Senior Systems Engineer

Sr. Software Engineer (Position No: SOLTC
028) - FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, US - Full-Time/Regular

Required Experience:

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

Formal

Education:

Minimum of a Bachelor’s in a technical field (such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent curriculum from an accredited college or university; MS degree desirable but not required)

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

Experience: Minimum of Fifteen (15) years experience in complex systems, including:

• Experience in the 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 the 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 (such as 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.

Demonstrated experience and expertise with the execution of tasks related to:

• Review and resolve any comments received from the customer or their representative on any test documentation.
• Develop materials for, coordinate and participate in meetings with SMEs for assigned Test areas as may be 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 the content and conduct of the 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 entire configuration and components required/desired as part of the OT configuration.
• Participate, in an observer role as might be directed, in IT informal test runs as well as formal IT.
• Participate, in a substantive role, in OT informal test runs as directed by the customer.
• Participate, in any role as might be directed, in Risk Reduction test runs leading to formal IT.

Formal

Education:

Minimum of a Bachelor’s in a technical field (such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent curriculum from an accredited college or university; MS degree desirable but not required)

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

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