Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

This role supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Engineering Directorate as a Range Safety and Flight Termination Engineer. The engineer will serve as the Range Safety expert during flight tests and working groups, oversee requirements and verification for flight termination systems, conduct technical surveillance on hardware and software development, and author technical reports. The position represents government stakeholder interests in technical reviews and design reviews.

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

Requirements

• Master of Science or Master of Arts degree and 12+ years of experience supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs. OR, a BA/BS degree from an accredited institution of higher learning and 20+ years of experience supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs.
• Active DoD Secret clearance
• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems.
• Standards: Proficient in flight safety analysis products, specifically RCC-319 (Flight Termination Commonality Standard) and RCC-324 (Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality Standard).
• Tracking Systems: Working knowledge of range tracking architectures, including GPS, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), and C-band tracking
• Communication & Mobility: Strong written and verbal briefing skills; willingness and ability to travel for mission deployments.

Nice to have

• Direct experience with Autonomous Flight Termination Systems (AFTS)
• Hands-on flight test operations experience.
• Technical background in RF systems, antennas, batteries, and ordinance devices.
• 10 + years of experience in defense and aerospace.

Benefits

• 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.