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.

Peraton is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager - Aviation Weather Systems to support modernization efforts under the FAA Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract. This position provides technical project management support for the Weather Needs Package and serves as the primary coordinator for engineering execution, field activities, technical documentation, and customer engagement.

This position is based in Anchorage, AK. 

Working in partnership with the Weather Workstream Lead, the Technical Project Manager will coordinate multidisciplinary engineering efforts, manage project schedules and deliverables, facilitate technical decision-making, and ensure successful execution of aviation weather modernization activities. The successful candidate will work closely with FAA stakeholders, engineering teams, subcontractors, installation partners, and internal functional organizations throughout the project lifecycle.

In this position, you will:

• Partner with the Weather Workstream Lead to plan, coordinate, and execute activities supporting the Weather Needs Package.
• Manage day-to-day technical project execution, ensuring activities remain aligned with program objectives, schedules, and customer priorities.
• Coordinate desktop evaluations, engineering analyses, field site surveys, and technical assessments supporting AWOS, VWOS, WCAM, and other aviation weather initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, action item trackers, risk registers, and technical deliverable schedules.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure technical products are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination for field survey planning, logistics, travel, site access, and stakeholder communications.
• Support preparation, quality review, and delivery of technical reports, engineering recommendations, requirements documentation, and implementation packages.
• Coordinate technical discussions with FAA representatives, engineering organizations, subcontractors, and installation partners.
• Track technical issues, project risks, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions through resolution.
• Translate customer requirements and field observations into actionable engineering tasks and project deliverables.
• Support procurement planning by identifying long-lead materials, equipment dependencies, and implementation constraints.
• Coordinate closely with Engineering, Quality, Safety, Cybersecurity, Contracts, Logistics, Procurement, and Program Controls.
• Assist with development of implementation strategies, migration planning, and technical transition activities.
• Maintain traceability between customer requirements, engineering recommendations, site survey findings, project decisions, and final deliverables.
• Support project reviews, customer briefings, status reporting, and executive-level communications.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance project execution, documentation quality, and schedule performance.