Range Safety and Flight Termination Engineer

Avion Solutions, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Avion Solutions, Inc. in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Range Safety and Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. The role leads range safety analyses during flight tests and supports termination testing with responsibilities across requirements, verification and integration of FTS products.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree with 12+ years, or a Bachelor’s with 20+ years, and has hands-on experience with flight termination systems. Must be a U.S.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 12+ years in missile defense or large DoD programs.
• Experience with flight termination systems.
• Knowledge of RCC-319 and RCC-324 flight safety analysis products.
• Willingness to travel up to 15%.
• U.S. citizen with ability to obtain DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Range Safety expert for flight tests and termination testing.
• Oversee requirements development and verification for target system FTS products.
• Conduct technical surveillance across FTS hardware/software development and checkout.
• Author technical reports on system status and recommendations.
• Represent government stakeholders in design reviews and forums.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Flight safety analysis

Briefing skills

Travel readiness

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

RCC-319

RCC-324

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, specificallyRCC-319andRCC-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.