Join our Team

Working at FAA opens the door to a career where you can make a difference throughout the aviation industry and the world. ​

The FAA’s Airport Technology Research and Development (ATR) Branch is using science to make airports of the future safe, smart, and sustainable. ​

Join our workforce and experience the unique opportunity to play with state-of-the-art equipment as you research technologies and directly shape airport safety standards. ​

The ATR Branch is part of FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the nation’s premier federal aviation laboratory. Our research supports the Department of Transportation’s goals of Safety, Infrastructure, Innovation, and Efficiency. We have research projects across the areas of Airport Safety, Airport Pavement, and Emerging Entrants.​

Learn more about the benefits of joining the ATR team!

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