Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the
Missile Defense Agency. This position is located in Huntsville, AL.
Job Responsibilities/Duties:- Serve as Range Safety expert on behalf of the Targets Program office during flight tests, Range Safety Working Groups, and flight termination testing.
- Provide oversight of requirements development, allocation, and verification for target system FTS products, including autonomous flight termination systems.
- Conduct technical surveillance across FTS hardware and software development, qualification, acceptance, integration, and final checkout.
- Author technical reports detailing system status, analytical findings, and formal recommendations.
- Represent government stakeholder interests in technical working groups, customer forums, and formal design reviews.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Experience:- Master's degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience.
- Demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems.
- Proficient in flight safety analysis products, specifically RCC-319 (Flight Termination Commonality Standard) and RCC-324 (Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality Standard).
- Working knowledge of range tracking architectures, including GPS, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), and C-band tracking
- Strong written and verbal briefing skills; willingness and ability to travel for mission deployments.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoW security clearance.
- Must be able to travel up to 35% of the time.
Preferred Qualifications:- Direct experience with Autonomous Flight Termination Systems (AFTS)
- Hands-on flight test operations experience.
- Technical background in RF systems, antennas, batteries, and ordnance devices.
- 10 + years of experience in defense and aerospace.
