Surveillance Systems Engineering, Senior Advisor

Program Overview

About The Role

Join Peraton in advancing the safety, efficiency, and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAA’s Business, National Airspace, and Technical Computing Services (BNATCS) contract. As a trusted partner to the Federal Aviation Administration, Peraton helps deliver the systems and services that keep our nation’s skies safe and connected.

We’re looking for innovative professionals who thrive in mission-critical environments and are passionate about shaping the future of air traffic management. This is your chance to make an impact on one of the world’s most vital transportation infrastructures, working alongside leaders in aviation, engineering, data science, and systems integration.

At Peraton, you won’t just support the mission — you’ll define it.

Join a mission-driven team at the forefront of U.S. aviation safety and surveillance modernization. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across critical BNATCS surveillance and supporting domains, helping shape and integrate complex systems that directly support the FAA’s National Airspace System (NAS).

This is a high-visibility role for an experienced systems engineering leader who thrives in complex, cross-domain environments and enjoys turning strategic objectives into executable, validated system solutions.

During training and orientation this role will be based in Chantilly and then transition to Bethesda, MD.

What You’ll Do

As a senior technical authority, you will lead systems engineering efforts across the full lifecycle—from concept to deployment—ensuring systems are robust, compliant, and operationally effective.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide senior systems engineering leadership across surveillance systems, including radar integration, architecture development, and cross-domain system integration

• Lead and contribute to system architecture, requirements development, interface control, configuration management, and design reviews

• Translate high-level operational and business needs into quantifiable, traceable system and subsystem requirements

• Ensure compliance with FAA, government, and industry standards through formal verification and validation (V&V) methods

• Conduct and lead technical trade studies, performance assessments, and risk evaluations

• Support and participate in major lifecycle reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, and CCB activities

• Design and manage system interfaces to ensure seamless integration of hardware, software, and operational elements

• Develop verification procedures, test plans, and customer acceptance test criteria, and actively participate in system testing

• Resolve complex cross-domain engineering challenges, balancing performance, cost, schedule, and risk

• Serve as a technical liaison with customers and stakeholders, supporting requirement definition and business development efforts

• Collaborate closely with multi-discipline engineering teams to ensure system-level coherence and traceability throughout development

Qualifications

What You Bring

• 12+ years of systems engineering experience, with progressive responsibility and demonstrated technical leadership

• Bachelors Degree in related area, or 10 years with MS/MA, Min 7 years with PhD

• Proven experience supporting FAA NAS programs, surveillance systems, and/or radar-based architectures

• Deep expertise in:

  • Systems architecture and lifecycle engineering

  • Requirements development, management, and traceability

  • Interface control and configuration management

  • Formal design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and CCB participation

  • Verification, validation, and compliance methodologies

• Strong ability to translate high-level operational needs into quantifiable, testable system requirements

• Experience working across multi-discipline engineering teams (hardware, software, systems, test)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders

• U.S. Citizenship is required

• Ability to obtain and maintain FAA Public Trust clearance

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Details

Target Salary Range: $146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at

Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.