Advanced Engineer - Flight Test
About The Position
Astrion is hiring an Advanced Flight Test Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency’s Director of Test (DT) Flight Test Integration (DTFI) team at the Von Braun Complex on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The role provides programmatic, technical, and analytical support to DTFI, working interchangeably with the mission execution team’s Test Directors and the mission management team’s System Mission Managers according to mission needs. The engineer reports daily activities and products to DTFI, which is responsible for developing coordinating support documentation, calendars, briefings, and administrative tasks. The position supports the research, development, testing, and evaluation of missile defense systems, including complex developmental and operational test programs. It involves leading a small team, supporting planning and execution across test phases, coordinating stakeholders, and providing both on-console and off-console support. The role is full-time, requires eligibility to obtain and maintain at least a Secret security clearance, and involves travel up to 25%.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in a related engineering field; a bachelor’s degree with five years of additional relevant experience may substitute for the master’s degree requirement.
- 10 years of recent relevant experience.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain at least a Secret security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to execute analytical tasks and use analytical techniques and processes to support complex developmental and operational test programs, including technical and administrative support activities.
- Ability to execute planning, monitoring, acquisition, and implementation support for complex systems.
- Ability to communicate effectively across multiple organizations verbally, electronically, and in writing.
- Exceptional technical writing and government reporting and documentation skills.
- Experience working in a fast-paced professional environment and adjusting to short-notice requirement changes, deadlines, changing schedules, competing priorities, and unpredictable events.
- Proficiency with Windows-based PC software such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and MS Teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead a small team in developing and maintaining documentation, coordination, and consultation that directly reflects and impacts a Mission Test Director and/or System Mission Manager.
- Develop mission checklists and schedules that provide real-time updates to stakeholders and mission assets.
- Facilitate and execute planning meetings, working groups, MDA technical reviews, and other meetings as directed.
- Support all phases of test planning, training, and execution in Tier 1/2/3 test environments in accordance with the current Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
- Perform programmatic reviews for test activities before and after events, provide lessons-learned inputs, and support panel reviews.
- Integrate complex test requirements into a structured framework, identify and mitigate risks in advance, and maintain alignment across stakeholders.
- Support test integration and planning meetings, MDS CONOPS Phase Reviews, and data archival meetings as directed.
- Provide direct on-console support to key Mission Execution Team (MET) leadership.
- Provide off-console support to the System Mission Manager (SMM).
- Report daily activities and products to DTFI.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
