Range Safety and Flight Termination Engineer

Avion Solutions, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Avion Solutions, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, seeks a Range Safety and Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. You will lead range safety efforts during tests, oversee requirements for FTS products, and analyze hardware-software integration across trials.

The role requires extensive DoD program experience, proficiency with RCC-319 and RCC-324, and travel up to 15%. U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain DoD clearance are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 12+ years, or Bachelor's degree with 20+ years in missile defense or large DoD programs.
• Experience in missile defense or large-scale DoD programs.
• Background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems.
• Proficient with flight safety analysis products RCC-319 and RCC-324.
• Knowledge of range tracking architectures (GPS, IMU, C-band).
• Strong written and verbal briefing skills; willingness and ability to travel for missions.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain/maintain a DoD security clearance.
• Travel up to 15% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Range Safety expert for the Targets Program during flight tests and flight termination testing.
• Provide oversight of requirements development, allocation, and verification for target system FTS products, including autonomous FTS.
• Conduct technical surveillance across FTS hardware and software development, qualification, 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.

Skills

Briefing skills

Willingness to travel

Security clearance awareness

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

RCC-319

RCC-324

GPS

IMU

C-band tracking

Job description

Avion Solutions Inc., a 100% employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Range Safety and Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

• Serve as the 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 with 12+ years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 20+ years of experience, supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs.
• Demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems.
• Proficient in flight safety analysis products, specifically RCC-319 and RCC-324.
• 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 15% 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.

Equal Opportunity: Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor that affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin, or any other reason prohibited by law.