Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

Avion Solutions•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Avion Solutions Inc., a 100% employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Requirements

Master’s degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience.
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.
Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoW security clearance.
Must be able to travel up to 35% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with Autonomous Flight Termination Systems (AFTS)
Hands-on flight test operations experience.
Technical background in RF systems, antennas, batteries, and ordnance devices.
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 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.
Other duties as assigned.