Basic Flight Test Engineer

About the role

The Flight Test Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Director of Test (DT) Flight Test Directorate (DTF). Located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, this role involves collaborating with military, government civilians, and contractors to ensure the security of the United States and its allies through rigorous testing of missile defense systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide programmatic, technical, and analytical support to the Missile Defense Agency, Director for Flight Test Integrated Execution (DTFI).
• Assist with coordination, integration, and execution across all phases of mission flight test events.
• Prepare decision-quality materials such as executive level briefings and supporting documentation (white papers, fact sheets, status reports, progress reports, and information papers) for senior level reviews and mission milestone decision meetings.
• Assist in the development of planning meetings, MDA technical reviews, and other meetings, as directed.
• Provide on-site support to System Mission Managers (SMM) or Mission Test Directors (MTD) at deployed locations for assigned flight test missions.
• Provide input for weekly test community meetings and working groups to include briefing charts and meeting attendance.
• Aid in the development of flight test / mission checklists that provide real time flight execution activities for various stakeholders.
• Support all phases of test planning, training, and execution of Tier 1/2/3 test environments.
• Produce test procedures (checklist) detailing time critical events supporting the Mission Countdown Events (CDE) and update mission documentation as calendar adjustments are scheduled.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering or technical field pertinent to the position being filled. 5 years relevant experience may be substituted for the BA/BS degree requirement.
• No direct experience required.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain at least a Secret security clearance.
• Motivated self-starter.
• Possess strong oral and written communication skills, and have the ability to work effectively in a dynamic fast-paced, professional team environment with the ability to adjust/react to short notice requirements; ability to speak in meetings and to MDA leadership.
• Demonstrated skills in a high tempo work environment.
• Ability to follow established processes and procedures to solve routine test planning, integration, execution, and analysis problems.
• Proficient with the MS Office suite of tools.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of MDA test planning, processes and execution.
• Knowledge of Missile Defense System components and system-level topics.
• Capable of working as a team member to solve engineering problems to solve test planning, integration, execution, and analysis problems.