Missile Flight Test Engineer - On-Range Ops

Avion Solutions, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Avion Solutions, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a Missile Flight Test Engineer to support the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. The role focuses on missile target engineering, test planning, and live-fire flight test operations.

Candidates must have a BS in Engineering or Physics and 8+ years in flight test or aerospace engineering, with DoD experience and ability to travel up to 25%. U.S. citizen with DoW clearance required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related scientific discipline.
• Eight (8) or more years of flight test, defense system, and/or aerospace engineering experience.
• Experience in DoD/DoW systems engineering, system integration and test operations.
• Working understanding of ballistic missile target subsystems (boosters; guidance, navigation and control; flight termination; payload and payload deployment systems; instrumentation and telemetry).
• Experience working at/with Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) sites, e.g., White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF).
• Familiarity with MRTFB test documentation and processes, incl. RCC standards, UDS and range safety data package coordination, development and submittal.
• Exceptional written, oral, and presentation skills, with a proven ability to brief government personnel and to compose and review engineering documentation.
• Self-starter with a high degree of technical acumen.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and have a DoW security clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time, CONUS and OCONUS.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and program execution support to ballistic missile targets engineering, development, system testing, mission planning, and live-fire flight test mission operations.
• Provide systems and general engineering support, independent technical assistance and assessment, and planning and coordination through the lifecycle of target programs.
• Assist in determination and tracking of technical and programmatic requirements, risk and opportunity identification and management, design review participation, and on-range participation in flight test execution and evaluation.
• Assist in production and review of technical, planning and mission execution documentation; leadership of working groups and briefing materials for leadership
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Aerospace engineering

Flight test

Systems engineering

Technical documentation

Education

BS in Engineering/Physics

Job description

Avion Solutions, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a Missile Flight Test Engineer to support the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. The role focuses on missile target engineering, test planning, and live-fire flight test operations.

Candidates must have a BS in Engineering or Physics and 8+ years in flight test or aerospace engineering, with DoD experience and ability to travel up to 25%. U.S. citizen with DoW clearance required.