BNATCS Program Liaison

Responsibilities

Join Peraton in advancing the safety, efficiency, and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAA’s Brand New Air Traffic Control System (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 team shaping the future of airspace safety and surveillance. As the BNATCS Program Liaison you will serve as a central coordination and engagement lead across Peraton and FAA stakeholders supporting the Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) program. This role requires strong familiarity with the FAA environment, including the ability to navigate FAA organizations, operational culture, stakeholder dynamics, and the realities of modernization efforts inside the National Airspace System.

 

The role is designed for someone who can operate effectively at the seam between FAA leadership, program offices, operational stakeholders, technical teams, and Peraton leadership. The individual will help strengthen communication flow, triage relationship and coordination issues, and improve alignment across the technical, operational, executive, and field communities involved in modernization.

 

This is not a pure safety, certification, or documentation role. It is a stakeholder integration and program coordination role for a complex FAA modernization environment. The ideal candidate will have enough technical acumen to understand the underlying systems, implementation realities, and operational implications of FAA modernization work, while primarily bringing value through relationship management, issue triage, communication, and cross-functional follow-through.

 

This position is located in Herndon, VA.

 

What You’ll Do

• Translate technical, operational, and programmatic developments into concise, decision-useful communication for executive, customer, and working-level audiences
• Support leadership in navigating FAA organizational dynamics, field sensitivities, and modernization-related stakeholder challenges
• Serve as a primary liaison across FAA program offices, ATO and field stakeholders, Peraton leadership, and engineering teams supporting BNATCS modernization activities
• Help triage FAA relationship issues, stakeholder friction, and communication breakdowns before they become execution or leadership problems
• Support coordination across FAA and Peraton organizations where responsibilities, timing, expectations, or communication channels are unclear
• Help identify where BNATCS plans, activities, or communications may create field confusion, resistance, or misalignment and work with the team to address those gaps early
• Facilitate working sessions, issue reviews, and stakeholder engagement activities that clarify roles, dependencies, priorities, and next steps
• Assist with ATO- and field-facing coordination for site visits, implementation planning, stakeholder awareness, and readiness-related communications
• Track stakeholder concerns, commitments, and emerging issues across multiple threads and ensure disciplined follow-through to closure
• Support executive and working-level briefings, issue summaries, white papers, and engagement materials tailored to different FAA and Peraton audiences
• Help design more repeatable communication and coordination mechanisms that can scale as BNATCS expands across organizations and field activity
• Bring structure to ambiguity by organizing issues, framing tradeoffs, identifying dependencies, and helping leaders move from discussion to aligned action

What Success Looks Like

• FAA and Peraton stakeholders have stronger shared understanding of responsibilities, priorities, risks, and timing
• Stakeholder and communication issues are surfaced early, framed clearly, and managed before they become more serious execution challenges
• Leadership receives actionable insight into FAA relationship dynamics, field concerns, and coordination gaps
• Cross-functional efforts move faster because technical, operational, and organizational ambiguity is translated into structure and follow-through
• Site- and field-impacting work is better supported by deliberate stakeholder engagement and communicati