Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

ACQCENTRIC INC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ACQCENTRIC INC. is seeking a highly skilled Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency's Targets and Countermeasures Engineering Directorate.

You will provide critical engineering expertise for flight termination systems used across launch and reentry vehicles. In this role, you will serve as Range Safety expert during flight tests, oversee requirements for target system FTS products, and conduct thorough technical surveillance of hardware and software

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Proficiency with flight safety analysis products, RCC-319 (Flight Termination Commonality) and RCC-324 (Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality).
• Experience with range tracking architectures: GPS, IMU, and C-band.
• Strong written and verbal briefing skills; travel for mission deployments.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Flight termination systems

Ordnance systems

RF systems

GPS

IMU

C-band tracking

Briefing skills

Travel readiness

Security clearance

Education

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

RCC-319

RCC-324

Job description

Description

AcqCentric is seeking a highly skilled Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Engineering Directorate. In this role, you will provide critical engineering expertise for the flight terminations systems (FTS) used across launch and reentry vehicles.

What You'll Be Doing:

• 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

Requirements

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems.
• Education & Experience: Master’s degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience
• Security Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance
• Standards: Proficient in flight safety analysis products, specifically RCC-319 (Flight Termination Commonality Standard) and RCC-324 (Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality Standard).
• Tracking Systems: Working knowledge of range tracking architectures, including GPS, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), and C-band tracking
• Communication & Mobility: Strong written and verbal briefing skills; willingness and ability to travel for mission deployments.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• 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.