Flight Safety Engineer
About the role
Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), located in Kauai, HI, is the world's largest instrumented test range, aiming to provide a safe environment for live-fire testing of long-range missiles, ballistic missile targets, missile defense systems, and hypersonic weapons. The flight safety office at PMRF has the responsibility to analyze worst-case hazards, failure modes, and effects of these systems, develop flight safety boundaries for test events, compute probabilistic risk to the general public and mission participants, determine hazard areas for public notification, and support safe execution of live-fire test events.
Responsibilities
- Work with vehicle provider to produce flight safety data requirements & delivery timelines
- Work with PMRF government personnel to analyze Monte-Carlo trajectory data sets and determine worst-case performance metrics
- Develop worst-case turn trajectory models for tactical missiles and live targets; implement models on DoD high performance computing systems to produce worst-case turn data sets
- Determine failure probabilities and end vehicle effects for weapons systems and targets
- Develop & validate mission rules (e.g., geographic boundaries, performance limits, failure thresholds) to bound off-nominal vehicle maneuvers prior to live-fire events
- Absess and propagate vehicle breakup debris, including both ballistic and lifting aerodynamic fragments
- Compute probabilistic mission risk in accordance with Range Commander's Council (RCC) and PMRF installation standards
- Produce virtual training scenarios for government Missile Flight Safety Officers (MFSOs)
- Act as Assistant Missile Flight Safety Officer (MFSO) on console during flight tests
Qualifications
- Candidate must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance
- Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering (or similar STEM discipline) is required
- Proficiency with probability and statistics, data processing and data analysis using standard software (Python, MATLAB, etc.) on large data sets
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency with trajectory analysis using Trajectory Analysis and Optimization Software (TAOS) or similar
- Proficiency with Linux environment, including shell commands and shell scripting
- Proficiency running CFD applications on high-performance computing clusters, including job submission and resource optimization
- Familiarity with RCC standards 321 and 319
- Familiarity with automated flight safety systems, including use of Core Autonomous Safety Software (CASS)
About Corvid
Corvid Technologies is an engineering firm specializing in using high-fidelity, computational modeling and simulation to analyze, design, and manufacture products for aerospace, DoD, and commercial customers. We offer a fast-paced and flexible work environment that encourages creativity and collaboration. Our team works on difficult, cutting-edge technical challenges using state-of-the-art technologies and resources.
Why Corvid
- We value our employee-owners and in addition to providing challenging work opportunities and competitive pay, Corvid believes in providing a strong benefit package that provides value to our team members at all stages of their career.
- Corvid Benefits Include:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan via our generous 401(k) Matching
- Medical Insurance via Blue Cross - including a PPO and High-Deductible offering (with company HSA contribution)
- Paid Time Off (PTO) based on years of industry experience (not tenure)
- Career Development and Continuing Education opportunities
- Company provided life, long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Incentive opportunities to reward strong performance and corporate growth
- Atractive corporate facilities that include Lake Norman access, outdoor activities (including grills) and more