Flight Test Engineer

Mobius•Huntsville, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Mobius is seeking a Flight Test Engineer to collaborate with other missile defense experts, including military, government civilians, and contractors. The team helps the Government plan, develop, analyze, test, and deliver state-of-the-art sensors, weapons, communications, and command/control systems to the warfighter. Analysts and engineers work in modern government facilities in Huntsville, Alabama, a hub for missile and space research and development.

Requirements

7 years or more of relevant experience
Experience providing planning, monitoring, acquisition, and implementation support for complex systems
Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and assist in solving complex problems involving test planning, integration, execution, and analysis
Capable of providing test engineering support on systems, system elements, interfacing systems, components, devices and/or processes for developmental and operational weapon system programs during developmental and operational test events
Possesses general technical and theoretical knowledge of the DoD principles of developmental and operational testing, system test and integration, strategic planning, and/or process improvements
BS in engineering field
Active Secret or higher clearance

Responsibilities

Serve as an Assistant Test Resource Manager supporting the government’s Test Resource Manager with a variety of pre-mission flight test planning, architecture development and test execution activities
Assess capabilities, determine readiness of instrumentation, launch / test support equipment, test ranges, and flight test safety systems, and ensure test countdown documentation is comprehensive and accurate
Assist in developing test, range, and auxiliary sensor requirements; ensure requirements are properly reviewed by stakeholders and captured in the Universal Documentation System (UDS)
Develop test resource architectures to meet customer requirements and objectives
Identify range and test resource schedule conflicts with other MDA or non-MDA flight tests
Ensure test architecture (e.g. telemetry, radar, optical, communications, GPS-based instrumentation) meets coverage requirements; Identify / resolve gaps and or conflicts in coverage
Prepare schedules; coordinate deconfliction of test resource requirements with internal and external agencies
Assist the government with preparation and execution of planning meetings and working groups; prepare briefings for formal reviews and other special topics
Collaborate with pre-mission flight test analysts to oversee telemetry link margin analysis (LMA) to ensure adequate telemetry coverage for the event