Senior Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

Mission Driven Research, Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Driven Research, Inc. seeks a highly skilled Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. You will provide critical engineering expertise for flight termination systems used across launch and reentry vehicles.

Senior roles require extensive DoD program experience, active DoD Secret clearance, and proficiency with RCC-319/RCC-324 standards. Travel for deployments will be expected.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 12+ years in missile defense or large DoD programs.
• Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years in missile defense or large DoD programs.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Flight termination systems and ordnance experience.
• Knowledge RCC-319 and RCC-324.
• GPS/IMU/C-band tracking knowledge.
• Willingness to travel for deployments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Range Safety expert for flight tests and termination testing.
• Oversee requirements development, allocation and verification for target system FTS products.
• 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 and design reviews.

Skills

Flight termination systems

Ordnance systems

Secret clearance

Briefing skills

RF systems

Antennas

Education

Master’s degree (12+ years)

Bachelor’s degree (20+ years)

Tools

RCC-319

RCC-324

Job description

Mission Driven Research, Inc. seeks a highly skilled Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. You will provide critical engineering expertise for flight termination systems used across launch and reentry vehicles.

Senior roles require extensive DoD program experience, active DoD Secret clearance, and proficiency with RCC-319/RCC-324 standards. Travel for deployments will be expected.