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.
Job Responsibilities/Duties:
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.
Required Experience:
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 the ability to obtain/maintain a DoW security clearance.
Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time.
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
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