Senior Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

Valkyrie Enterprises, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); Vor Ort; USD 140.000 - 200.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Valkyrie Enterprises, Inc. in Huntsville, AL seeks a Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. You will lead flight termination testing, review requirements, and coordinate across government stakeholders to ensure safe, compliant operation of FTS for launch and reentry vehicles.

The role requires a strong background in RCC standards, GPS/IMU tracking, and experience with autonomous flight termination systems. Travel to mission sites will be required.

Qualifikationen

• Master’s degree with 12+ years or Bachelor’s with 20+ years in missile defense or large DoD programs.
• Background in flight termination and ordnance systems.
• Proficiency with RCC-319 and RCC-324 standards.
• Knowledge of GPS, IMU, and C-band tracking architectures.
• Strong written and verbal briefing skills; willing to travel for deployments.

Aufgaben

• Serve as Range Safety expert for the Targets Program during flight tests and design reviews.
• Oversee requirements development, allocation and verification for target system FTS products.
• Conduct surveillance across FTS hardware/software development, qualification, and final checkout.
• Author technical reports detailing system status and recommendations.
• Represent government stakeholders in working groups and customer forums.

Kenntnisse

Flight termination

RCC standards

GPS/IMU

Briefing skills

Ausbildung

Master’s degree with 12+ years

Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years

Tools

AFTS

Jobbeschreibung

Valkyrie Enterprises, Inc. in Huntsville, AL seeks a Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. You will lead flight termination testing, review requirements, and coordinate across government stakeholders to ensure safe, compliant operation of FTS for launch and reentry vehicles.

The role requires a strong background in RCC standards, GPS/IMU tracking, and experience with autonomous flight termination systems. Travel to mission sites will be required.