Trajectory Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Avion Solutions Inc., a 100% employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Trajectory Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

• Support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures (TC) program office with development of ballistic missile target vehicles.

• Support the TC System Engineering team in all aspects of target design, analysis, and test, including requirements development and assessment, modeling and simulation, test analysis, and reporting.

• Technical focus areas include modeling and simulation, trajectory development and analysis, coordinate system transformations, and vehicle performance assessments.

• Generate and analyze target vehicle 6DOF trajectory data.

• Support mission planning, analysis, and reporting activities.

• Collaborate with a dynamic team of experts in multiple technical areas to develop analysis and engineering tools.

• Engage in database requirements definition, schema development, interface development, testing, data management, and documentation.

• Utilize knowledge, skills, and experience with missile characteristics (physical, kinematics, signatures) and engineering to support engineering activities and data product development.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 3+ years of relevant experience.

• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, Java, C#, and other programming languages.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

• Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoW security clearance.

• Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with MDA and/or DoD programs and processes.

• Experience with trajectory development tools (e.g., TAOS, POST).

• Experience in any or all of the following disciplines: Design, CAD, Trajectory, Radar Cross Section (RCS) Signatures, Optical Signatures.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to efficiently perform multiple tasks.

• Ability to communicate detailed technical information to technical and non-technical personnel.

Equal Opportunity: Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor that affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin, or any other reason prohibited by law.