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Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 45 days ago

Hybrid Longmont, CO $101K – $156K Apply by Aug 21, 2026 Transportation Specialist ENTJESTJISTJISTP
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About the Role

The Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (ATSS) at this level is recognized as the subject matter expert in their field. All duties of an ATSS are tied to maintaining safe and efficient operating capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigation system. ATSS personnel install, evaluate, maintain, modify, and certify facilities, services and equipment that support the National Airspace System (NAS).

What You'll Do

  • Serves as an ATSS (Environmental/Power Systems), responsible for performing a variety of functions directly related to the operation of the NAS.
  • Focus is on the availability and reliability of the services and products provided to users of the NAS.
  • Provides the highest organizational level of technical support associated with analyzing, designing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricating, maintaining, modifying, or evaluating the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible.
  • Performs work of broad scope and complexity with a high degree of independence.
  • Incumbent is recognized as a principal technical specialist on legacy and newly developed systems within a large facility or multiple facilities over a large geographical area.
  • Work requires maintaining technical expertise on complex systems and/or emerging technology, systems interrelationships and management of the NAS.
  • Provides training, mentoring, guidance and advice to other employees, technicians, and trainees regarding difficult technical or operational issues.
  • Can be called upon to assist with repair and/or restore service or systems, providing guidance on the availability of backup systems, and to upward report the status of critical events.
  • Established policies and procedures furnish guidance for most assignments, but considerable discretion is allowed to select the most appropriate approach or to develop new solutions.
  • Focuses on overall NAS systems performance and causes of system degradation.
  • Collaborates with system users, planners, engineers, and contractor personnel for acceptance of new or modified systems and provide assistance for resolving problems with the installation or improvements.
  • Contacts are both internal and external to the FAA.
  • Represents the organization as the primary technical point of contact on projects, programs, and other work activities to coordinate and implement plans or to obtain information and resolve problems.
  • Contacts are to provide technical guidance and direction for multiple systems, advice for interpretations of orders, certification examiner, or serves as the Contractor's Office Technical Representative (COTR/Technical Office Representative (TOR) on major projects or programs.

Requirements

  • We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Personality Fit

This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:

Job ID: f44876fd-f6e0-4955-ad07-70e8dd23dcfd

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