Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer
About this role
- 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 targets 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.
- Bachelor's degree and 20+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program.
- US Citizenship and an active Secret clearance.
- 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.
- Master's degree
- 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.
Company at a glance
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and technology solutions company delivering first-choice capabilities to solve problems of global importance in the critical mission areas of missile defense, cyber security, intelligence, unmanned/autonomous systems, aviation, space, and homeland security.
The MTSI mission is to make important and lasting contributions to the nation's defense and security by providing leadership and best- value solutions to solve America's most technically challenging strategic problems. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.
For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com.
For current MTSI job openings, please visit www.mtsi-va.com/careers.
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