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Exceptional People Contribute to Our Success

ATAC strives to provide its employees with both stability and growth while furnishing diversified products and services to a broad spectrum of clients. It has an environment that is rich in resources and conducive to individual initiative. As such, ATAC has been able to attract and retain a staff that excels in productivity and technical competence. The character of its personnel is reflected in the quality and economy of the services it performs.

ATAC is always interested in candidates that are self-starters, work well both independently and in a team environment, are open to new ideas and ways of doing things, think both logically and creatively, and approach problems and problem solving with a positive and constructive attitude.

ATAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

View job openings below and to send your resume and cover letter, email Ellen Asleson at esa@atac.com

If you need assistance in submitting an application, please contact Human Resources at 408 736 2822.

The Position

ATAC has an opening for an Aviation Weather Analyst. This is a full-time junior-level staff position located in Washington, D.C. The successful candidate will support Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) activities in the enhancement, dissemination, and integration of weather information to pilots, controllers, airline/flight operations, and airport operators.

 Responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting FAA efforts to conduct research to determine requirements for future weather monitoring and dissemination capabilities
  • Working with multiple stakeholders to prioritize weather information needs
  • Prepare and deliver written and verbal reports, presentations, computations, and other documents and artifacts associated with these activities
  • Organize meetings, take meeting notes, and prepare minutes and other meeting artifacts.

 

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

  • BS degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Engineering, or related fields, and 3 or more years of relevant experience
  • Excellent skills with Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal relations skills.

 

Desired attributes include:

  • Master’s degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Engineering, or related fields, and 1 or more years of relevant experience
  • A strong interest in the aviation field and solid understanding of the National Airspace System and FAA objectives
  • Aviation data analytical expertise (especially with aviation weather, air traffic trajectory data, and large data sets)
  • Experience with geographical information systems (GIS) and/or geo-computational methods
  • Experience with R, Python, and Java programming languages.

 

In addition, the ideal candidate is a team player, open to new ideas, technologies and development methodologies, thinks both logically and creatively, and approaches problems and problem solving with a positive and constructive attitude.

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 EOE Disabled/Veterans

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