Range Safety Flight & Termination Engineer

Avion Solutions • Huntsville, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Avion Solutions Inc., an employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Range Safety Flight & Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Requirements

• Master's degree and 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program, or a Bachelor's degree and 20+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program.
• 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.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Highly 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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Range Safety expert on behalf of the Targets Program office during Flight tests, Range Safety Working Groups, and functionality testing.
• Provide oversight of requirements development and allocation and verification for target flight termination system products, including autonomous flight termination systems, and associated range safety performance and/or oversight of GFE and CFE hardware and software development, acceptance, qualification, integration, and checkout.
• Provide summary and detailed level reports as necessary to document status, findings, and recommendations.
• Represent the interests of the customer in Working Groups, forums, and Technical Interchange Meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level