Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

Requisition #: TLS-26-027 | Clearance: Active DoD Secret (US citizenship required) | Level: Principal | Experience: 20+ years | Education: Bachelor's (4-yr) | Work site: Redstone Arsenal - Huntsville, AL (on-site)

What you'll do

• 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

Required qualifications

• Technical expertise: demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systems
• Education & experience: Master's degree with 12+ years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 20+ years of experience, supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs
• Security clearance: active DoD Secret clearance
• Standards: proficient in flight safety analysis products, specifically RCC-319 (Flight Termination Commonality Standard) and RCC-324 (Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality Standard)
• Tracking systems: working knowledge of range tracking architectures, including GPS, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), and C-band tracking
• Communication & mobility: strong written and verbal briefing skills; willingness and ability to travel for mission deployments

Preferred qualifications

• 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

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