Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

About the role

Support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Engineering (MDA/TCE) Directorate with flight termination system and range safety requirements development and verification, GFE and CFE hardware and software development, acceptance, qualification, integration, and checkout.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Range Safety expert on behalf of the Targets (MDA/TCE) Program office during Flight tests, Range Safety Working Groups, and functionality testing.
• Provide oversight of requirements development and allocation and verification for targets flight termination system products, including autonomous flight termination systems, and associated range safety.
• Represent the interests of the customer in Working Groups, forums, and Technical Interchange Meetings.

Requirements

• Master's degree and 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program.
• Or, Bachelor's degree and 20+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Works independently and/or leads teams to analyze and resolve problems.
• Working knowledge of Range Safety Requirements.
• Familiarity with flight safety analysis and analysis products.
• Proficiency in Range Tracking Systems (inertial measurement, GPS, C-band tracking).
• Proficiency with RCC-319 Flight Termination Commonality Standard and RCC-324 Global Positioning and Inertial Measurements Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality Standard.
• Must be able to work in a dynamic environment and have the individual flexibility to work multiple actions simultaneously and resolve time sensitive issues.
• Strong communication skills to include oral, written and briefing.

Desired

• Hightly Desired - Familiarity with autonomous flight termination systems.
• Flight Test Range Safety experience.
• Background in batteries, RF systems, ordnance and ordnance devices, antennas.
• 10 + years of experience in defense and aerospace.

Benefits

AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.