Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer (Huntsville)

Full-time

Telesis

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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