Performance & Stability Test Engineer

Join Peraton in advancing the safety efficiency and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAAs 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 nations skies safe and connected.

Were 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 worlds most vital transportation infrastructures working alongside leaders in aviation engineering data science and systems integration.

At Peraton you wont just support the mission youll define it.

Join a team dedicated to protecting the safety and integrity of U.S. air travel. Peraton is seeking aPerformance & Stability Test Engineerto join our team of qualified diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will lead performance scalability and reliability testing oversight ensuring that deployed systems meet FAA operational demands and maintain high availability under load. This role offers the opportunity to directly influence the quality and resilience of critical aviation systems that millions of passengers and airline operators rely on every youre supporting safety validation efforts or leading teams on major FAA programs your work will directly impact the millions of passengers and aviation professionals who rely on safe efficient airspace operations every day.

Location: This position will be on-site located in Chantilly VA.

In this position you will:

• Lead the design development and execution of performance and stability testing for the end-to-end system across realistic operational scenarios
• Define and maintain comprehensive Performance and Stability Test Plans and Procedures with a strong emphasis on test automation repeatability and scalability
• Develop maintain and optimize large-scale scenario and workload definitions using AI-assisted tools where appropriate to improve coverage realism and efficiency
• Perform in-depth system log analysis telemetry review and data correlation to identify performance bottlenecks stability risks and latent defects
• Use Data Reduction & Analysis (DR&A) and diagnostic tools to efficiently capture analyze and baseline system state during test execution
• Write high-quality PTRs with clear reproduction steps supporting data log evidence and impact analysis
• Track analyze and report test metrics (throughput latency resource use error rates endurance trends) to assess system health and test progress
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineering teams to reproduce defects validate fixes and perform regression testing on PTR resolutions

Why This Role Matters:

The FAAs systems operate at a scale and complexity unlike any other. Downtime or degraded performance can disrupt national air travel compromise safety and impact commerce on a massive scale. Your work will directly safeguard the reliability of the nations airspace systems supporting the FAAs mission to provide safe efficient and predictable air traffic management.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelors degree and 8 years of experience a Masters degree and 6 years an Associates degree and 10 years experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years experience.
• Proven experience in performance load and stability testing for complex enterprise or mission-critical systems using Linux XML JSON and Playwright.
• Strong knowledge of system architecture distributed systems and network protocols.
• Experience analyzing metrics logs and traces to diagnose performance issues.
• Ability to translate operational demands into performance test scenarios.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to FAA programs or NAS systems.
• Locust load testing framework.
• Experience with FAA systems federal modernization programs or critical infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and containerized environments (Kubernetes Docker).
• Knowledge of FAA operational standards and performance requirements.
• Certifications such as ISTQB Performance Testing AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or similar.
• Background in continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines with integrated performance testing.

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