Join Our Team to Advance Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Missions

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Are you deeply knowledgeable and skilled in recent technologies, methodologies, strategies and innovations within air transportation systems?

Noblis is seeking dedicated and driven professionals who are ready to contribute their expertise towards the advancement of the National Airspace System (NAS). We are offering opportunities to collaborate with intelligent, enthusiastic and committed individuals in a stimulating and cooperative setting. Your role will be crucial in providing the essential services and solutions that help advance the FAA’s objective of revolutionizing America’s aviation framework into a system that is safer, more effective, secure and data driven.

About the Work

Noblis delivers a dynamic blend of professional technical and programmatic services supporting the FAA’s advancement through NAS modernization and NextGen air traffic system transition across domain areas including air traffic management (ATM), decision support systems, surveillance services, terminal field operations and EnRoute and Oceanic 2nd-level engineering.

Our roles span integration of airspace design, ATM automation, updating traffic rules and procedures and avionics innovation with ground, air and satellite-based communication and navigation systems. Key efforts include conducting cost-benefit and investment analyses, developing enterprise architectures and system requirements, reengineering business processes, designing and operating test facilities and ensuring alignment with security and safety requirements to enable definition, acquisition and implementation of new capabilities emphasizing human factors in IT.

Apply to be considered for our growing team

Noblis is seeking professionals, and we’d love to talk with you about potential opportunities.*

Submit Your Resumé

We are seeking professionals with experience in:

  • Airspace Design and Analysis
  • Air Traffic Management (ATM) Automation
  • Air Traffic Rules and Procedures
  • Avionics Systems
  • Business Process Re-engineering
  • Communication Systems (ground, air, and satellite-based)
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Analytics
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Human Factors
  • Information Technology (NAS and Non-NAS systems)
  • Integrated Laboratories and Testbeds
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • NAS Air Traffic Facilities
  • Navigation Systems (ground, air, and satellite-based)
  • Standards, policies, and procedures
  • Systems Engineering
  • Operational Concept Development and Validation
  • Program Management
  • Program Planning & Financial Analysis
  • Standards Development
  • Surveillance Systems (ground, air, and satellite-based)
  • System Safety
  • Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations
  • Weather
  • And more…
Advancing the Safety and Efficiency of Air Transportation Missions

Noblis is committed to supporting the transformation of our nation’s airspace to carry us into the next generation of air travel. We develop impartial and impactful solutions to complex air traffic and other enterprise-level system of systems problems, and we help ensure the success of transformational FAA programs.

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Join an innovative science and technology company that has been ranked a “Top Workplace” consistently year after year.

Noblis employees love working here and our numerous wins for excellence in ethics and workplace culture are the proof. We have been consistently named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies.” We have been ranked on the Washington Post’s list of “Top Workplaces” every year since its inception in 2014. We have been named by Comparably as one of the “Best Places to Work in D.C.,” as a Top 50 company for “Best CEO,” “Best Engineering Teams,” “Happiest Employees,” “Best Work-Life Balance” and “Best CEO for Diversity.” See our comprehensive list of awards.

Our culture is driven by collaboration, science, technology and research. Innovation is a practice focus for all Noblis colleagues—whether working on client-funded problems or advancing capabilities via our internally funded research program. Learn more about the Noblis Sponsored Research program and our innovative R&D culture.

Working here is more than just a job, it’s a career. You’ll work with some of the brightest, most collaborative and mission-driven individuals who perform work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis offers stability, security, work life balance and competitive benefits.

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Questions? Contact us at careers@noblis.org.

*Noblis is seeking candidates for this work on a contingent basis, pending award of contract from the FAA. Noblis is actively identifying potential candidates now in anticipation of an approximate start for this work program in September 2024

Innovation is our common thread. Our employees drive our innovations and represent some of the most collaborative, passionate and brightest minds in today’s most critical fields. Ready to join us?