Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as Range Safety expert on behalf of the Targets Program office during flight tests, Range Safety Working Groups, and flight termination testing.
• Provide oversight of requirements development, allocation and verification for target system FTS products, including autonomous flight termination systems.
• 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, customer forums, and formal design reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience, supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs
• Demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems
• Proficient in flight safety analysis products, specifically RCC-319 (Flight Termination Commonality Standard) and RCC-324 (Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality Standard)
• Working knowledge of range tracking architectures, including GPS, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), and C-band tracking
• Strong written and verbal briefing skills; willingness and ability to travel for mission deployments

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 12+ years of experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years of experience, supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs
• Direct experience with Autonomous Flight Termination Systems (AFTS)
• Hands-on flight test operations experience
• Techical background in RF systems, antennas, batteries, and ordnance devices