Careers

The Position

Today, aviation stands at the threshold of a revolutionary transformation to an air traffic management system that safely accommodates growing demand for new air vehicles such as urban air mobility aircraft, supersonic commercial transport, and ubiquitous unmanned air systems. Our Aviation Systems Engineers and Data Analytics experts are helping the National Aeronautic Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in building this exciting new future of aviation. We are building cutting-edge data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, simulation and decision support technologies that will enable increasingly autonomous air traffic decision-making, advances in human-machine teaming, and integration of air traffic technologies in an open architecture, while ensuring system-wide safety.

As someone who is passionate about aviation operations as well as data analytics and other data driven techniques, and their applications to real world problems, you will have the initiative and drive to develop for our clients innovative, cutting-edge solutions.

If you have a passion for aviation and a data analytics background, this job is a perfect fit for you!

ATAC has an opening for a Senior Aviation Research Engineer. This is a full-time position and is located in Santa Clara, California. The successful candidate will provide technical contributions to ATAC’s Research and Product Development Division for innovative research efforts and the design, development, and deployment of aviation information systems.

 Responsibilities will include:

• Leading and participating in aviation focused research project from start to finish.
• Formulating and defining integration scope and objectives based on user needs, specifications and research.
• Developing data analytics & data-driven techniques & applying them to model/solve real-world aviation problems.
• Integrating advanced data mining techniques into ATAC research and commercial products.
• Interacting with aviation subject matter experts (SMEs) to incorporate their knowledge into data analytics algorithms.
• Conducting independent technical investigations supporting research and product development.
• Writing research papers for aviation research conferences and preparing proposals for research projects.

Work may include:

• Application of techniques such as machine learning, neural networks, or other Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled software algorithms to find significant patterns in aviation and related data.
• Devising or modifying system procedures to solve complex problems, considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results.
• Utilizing Big Data and GPU-based processing techniques to scale computational problems.

You will find while working at ATAC there is no shortage of opportunity to make a significant and lasting impact. Our teams are constantly developing new and innovative applications for our technology concepts with the potential for patents.

A background check will be required for this position.                       

Qualifications

ATAC is looking for career-minded people with the potential to grow professionally, provide technical expertise and assume project management responsibilities.

Desired attributes include:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in science, engineering, or math with a minimum of three years of relevant experience in data mining, statistical analysis, simulation and modeling, machine learning, Big Data, or AI algorithm development.
• Ability to quickly prototype and demonstrate software concepts in a number of languages.
• Experience that includes the development of algorithms to process aviation-related data sets.
• Experience in building web-based aviation metrics dashboards using Javascript, Angular, or similar software.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with large data sets.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal relations skills.
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.

ATAC offers a casual business environment within a supportive team of likeminded 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 for aviation.

In addition, the ideal candidate is a team player, is open to new ideas, and has experience with technologies and development methodologies including Python and Java, as well as aviation-related data sources such as FAA SWIM data or FOQA data.

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 an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

The Position

ATAC has an opening for an Aviation Research Intern. This is a paid internship and will be located at our headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The successful candidate will participate in the analysis of aviation related performance data from a variety of sources including the Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System (PDARS), a system for the automatic collection, analysis and reporting of aviation performance measurements. The candidate will also participate in simulation and modeling of air traffic operations using a variety of aviation simulation tools.

 Responsibilities will include:

• Quantitative and qualitative analysis of air traffic data.
• Application of visualization software to understand air traffic operations.
• Formulation of air traffic planning and scheduling scenarios as numerical optimization problems, especially linear and integer programming.
• Development of machine learning, neural networks, or other Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled software algorithms to find significant patterns in aviation-related data.
• Integration of advanced data mining techniques into ATAC research and commercial products.
• Interaction with aviation subject matter experts to incorporate their knowledge into machine learning and aviation data analytics algorithms.
• Development and deployment of aviation performance reports.
• Aviation data verification and validation; and calibration and troubleshooting of data processing algorithms.
• Presentation and briefing development.

A background check will be required for this position.                       

Qualifications

ATAC is looking for open-minded people who have an interest in developing knowledge in the aviation domain and motivation to be a part of FAA’s NextGen, which is a comprehensive overhaul of our National Airspace System to make air travel more convenient and dependable, while ensuring flights are as safe, secure and hassle-free as possible.

Required attributes include: 

• Current enrollment in a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. program in a STEM major.
• Experience writing linear and mixed-integer programming models for planning and scheduling using solvers such as GNU Linear Programming Kit, Gurobi, and CPLEX.
• Experience tuning linear and mixed-integer programming models, including improving performance and handling numerical issues.
• Familiarity with data mining, machine learning, Big Data, or AI algorithm development.
• Ability to quickly prototype and demonstrate software concepts in several languages, such as Python, Java, MATLAB, C#, or Javascript).
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with large data sets.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal relations skills.
• Good PC applications skills with office tools including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Highly desired attributes include:

• Major in aerospace, mechanical, electrical or systems engineering, operations research, applied mathematics, statistics or physics.
• Currently attending or planning to attend a graduate school program.
• Knowledge of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence-related software libraries.
• Knowledge of airport operations and air traffic management, and development of algorithms to process aviation-related data sets.
• Familiarity with building web-based dashboards using open source libraries such as Python-plotly, Dash, Javascript-Angular, D3, etc.

In addition, the ideal candidate is a team player, open to new ideas and technologies (especially application of Machine Learning to aviation), thinks both logically and creatively, and approaches problem solving with a positive, constructive attitude.

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

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 an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

The Position

ATAC has an opening for an Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center Support Specialist. This is a full-time position and will be located at the FAA’s Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center in Warrenton, VA. The ideal candidate will have a commanding knowledge of air traffic control and traffic flow management and a solid technical background. The successful candidate will participate in the support of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Performance Analysis Office (AJR-G) in multiple roles supporting air traffic control performance data analytics and reporting.

 Responsibilities will include:

• Data analysis supporting advanced pre-tactical planning, day of operation execution, and post-operational reviews.
• Providing direct support to the National Operations Manager (NOM) and the team developing advanced traffic flow plans.
• Collection and dissemination of weather data.
• Provide reviews of weather forecast data and assess forecast accuracy.
• Development and deployment of capacity impact forecasts.
• Analysis of National Airspace System (NAS) performance utilizing existing FAA Planning Tools.
• Use of tools and products to identify historically similar days and previous traffic flow management actions/performance.
• Generation of PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets and verbal communication to traffic planners.
• Provide operational support to prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant incidents in the NAS.
• Generate daily/weekly/monthly performance reports.
• Generate analysis for Traffic Management Reviews.
• Develop briefing materials for presentation to customers for events such as the National Collaboration Forum (NCF).
• Provide training, performance analysis, support to traffic flow data analysis and application development.
• Onsite support of FAA users/customers.

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: 

• A college degree and at least 8 years of relevant working experience in an engineering and/or analytical position.
• A minimum of 1 year of related work experience in traffic flow management operational support.
• A minimum of 1 year of work experience supporting aviation related areas such as air traffic operations, air traffic management, airspace management or airline operations.
• A minimum of 1 year of work experience utilizing data analysis tools.
• A minimum of 6 months of work experience utilizing air traffic management and/or weather applications.
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.

ATAC offers a casual business environment within a supportive team of innovative individuals. Pride in ATAC’s working and aviation-focused environment and culture is key to our success. Those who share this passion will thrive here.

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 an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

The Position

ATAC has an opening for an Aviation Data Scientist. This is a full-time position and will be located in the Washington D.C. area. The ideal candidate will have an interest in aviation and a solid technical background. The successful candidate will participate in the support of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Performance Analysis Office (AJR-G) in multiple roles including data analytics, process validation and operational reporting tool production.

 Responsibilities will include:

• Quantitative and qualitative analysis of air traffic data.
• Development and deployment of aviation performance tools including reports and dashboards.
• Aviation data and metrics verification and validation.
• Calibration and troubleshooting of data processing algorithms.
• Use of simulation software to assist clients with analysis of airport/airspace operations.
• Application of visualization software to understand air traffic operations.
• Collaborative report, presentation and briefing development.
• Onsite support of FAA users/customers.

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: 

• A college degree in the area of operations research, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, math, statistics or related field.
• At least 8 years of relevant working experience in an engineering and/or analytical position.
• Experience developing data science-based analytic frameworks and methodologies with minimal to no supervision.
• Experience developing machine learning models to make sense of large data sets and develop predictive models.
• Experience developing simulation tools that implement continuous time, discrete event, Bayesian, and Monte Carlo approaches.
• Strong statistical background and experience using box plots and regression plots.
• Experience developing dashboard applications that report FAA operational performance.
• Good PC applications skills with office tools including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Ability to code in R or Python.
• Experience developing Tableau applications that interface with other reporting systems.
• Effective written and oral communication skills and interpersonal relations skills.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.

Desired attributes include:

• Experience in air traffic control systems or as a private/commercial/military pilot

ATAC offers a casual business environment within a supportive team of innovative individuals. Pride in ATAC’s working and aviation-focused environment and culture is key to our success. Those who share this passion will thrive here.

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 an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

The Position

ATAC has an opening for an Aviation Performance Data Reporting Tools Specialist. This is a full-time position and will be located in the Washington D.C. area. The ideal candidate will have an interest in aviation and a solid technical background. The successful candidate will participate in the support of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Performance Analysis Office (AJR-G) in multiple roles including data analytics, process validation and operational reporting tool production.

 Responsibilities will include:

• Quantitative and qualitative analysis of air traffic data.
• Development and deployment of aviation performance tools including reports and dashboards.
• Aviation data and metrics verification and validation.
• Calibration and troubleshooting of data processing algorithms.
• Use of simulation software to assist clients with analysis of airport/airspace operations.
• Application of visualization software to understand air traffic operations.
• Collaborative report, presentation and briefing development.
• On site support of FAA users/customers.

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: 

• A college degree in the area of operations research, software engineering, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, math, statistics or related field.
• At least 8 years of relevant working experience in an engineering and/or analytical position.
• Experience with aviation data processing software and application development.
• Experience developing dashboard applications that report aviation operational performance.
• Good PC applications skills with office tools including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Ability to code in R or Python.
• Experience developing Tableau or other dashboard applications that interface with other reporting systems.
• Effective written and oral communication skills and interpersonal relations skills.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.

Desired attributes include:

• Experience in air traffic control systems or as a private/commercial/military pilot.

ATAC offers a casual business environment within a supportive team of innovative individuals. Pride in ATAC’s working and aviation-focused environment and culture is key to our success. Those who hare this passion will thrive here.

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 an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled