**Description**

ARA is seeking experienced data scientists to work full-time for our Transportation Division Aviation Directorate. This is a full-time position on-site at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) for Advanced Aerospace, co-located at the Atlantic City International Airport.

This position will support a matrix team of talented personnel to conduct research development and test and evaluation of the safe integration of emerging operations, such as Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), into the United States National Airspace System (NAS). This work will be accomplished using the unique laboratory capabilities and tools resident at the FAA WJHTC. The team has been tasked to lead human-in-the-loop (HITL) simulations to inform initial entry into service at select major metropolitan areas and the team is researching future states for AAM operations as described in the FAA’s Urban Air Mobility Concept of Operations.