Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer (MDA)

missiondrivenresearch; Huntsville (AL); Vor Ort; USD 140.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mission Driven Research seeks a 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.

Join a team that conducts testing, develops requirements, and reviews designs, with opportunities to travel for mission deployments and to contribute to authoritative technical reports.

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree with 12+ years in missile defense or large DoD programs.
• Bachelor's degree with 20+ years in missile defense or large-scale DoD projects.
• Active DoD Secret clearance is required.

Aufgaben

• Serve as Range Safety expert on behalf of the Targets Program during tests and reviews.
• Oversee requirements development, allocation and verification for FTS products.
• Perform technical surveillance across FTS hardware/software and integration.
• Document system status and recommendations in formal technical reports.
• Represent government stakeholders in working groups and design reviews.

Kenntnisse

Flight Termination Systems

DoD Missile Defense

Active DoD Secret Clearance

RCC-319 RCC-324

Range Tracking Systems

RF Systems

Flight Test Operations

Ordnance Experience

AFTS

Technical Briefings

Ausbildung

Master's degree + 12+ yrs

Bachelor's degree + 20+ yrs

Jobbeschreibung

MDR 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.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems.
• Education & 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.
• 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.

Position Requirements

• Clearance Required
  • Secret
• Position Level
  • Principal
• FT/PT
  • Full Time
• Years Related Work Experience
  • 12
• Education Level Required
  • Master's

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