Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

BlueHalo, an AV Company, is looking for a highly talented Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer to joins our team! In this role, you will support the MDA Targets and Countermeasures Engineering Directorate (MDA/TCE) providing assistance across the targets portfolio with flight termination system and range safety requirements development and verification, Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) and Contractor-Furnished Equipment (CFE) hardware and software development, acceptance, qualification, integration, and checkout. You may also be called upon to support component failure investigations and review boards.

Job Description:

• 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

Required:

• Education/Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) STEM field with 20+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program / project
  • Or, Masters degree in a STEM field with 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program / project
• Active Secret clearance
• Working knowledge of Range Safety Requirements, such as RCC-319 Flight Termination Commonality Standard and RCC-324 Global Positioning and Inertial Measurements Range Safety Tracking Systems Commonality Standard
• Familiarity with missile flight safety analysis and analysis products
• Proficiency in Range Tracking Systems (inertial measurement, Global Positioning System (GPS), C-band tracking)
• Works independently and/or leads teams to analyze and resolve problems
• 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
• Able to travel in support of mission build up and flight activities

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

Salary Range: 113K-175K

BlueHalo, an AV company pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including, but not limited to, level of position, job responsibilities, geographic location, scope of relevant work experience, educational background, certifications, contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.

Our compensation package also includes components designed to support employees' total well-being, which should be considered when evaluating our competitive benefits package. These benefits include health insurance, life insurance, disability, company holiday and paid time off, parental leave, 401(k) company match and contributions, professional development/training reimbursements, and other work/life programs.