Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

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 testingProvide oversight of requirements development, allocation and verification for target system FTS products, including autonomous flight termination systemsConduct technical surveillance across FTS hardware and software development, qualification, acceptance, integration, and final checkoutAuthor technical reports detailing system status, analytical findings, and formal recommendationsRepresent government stakeholder interests in technical working groups, customer forums, and formal design reviewsRequired qualificationsTechnical expertise: demonstrated background in flight termination systems and ordnance systemsEducation & 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 programsSecurity clearance: active DoD Secret clearanceStandards: 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 trackingCommunication & mobility: strong written and verbal briefing skills; willingness and ability to travel for mission deploymentsPreferred qualificationsDirect experience with Autonomous Flight Termination Systems (AFTS) Hands-on flight test operations experienceTechnical background in RF systems, antennas, batteries, and ordnance devices 10+ years of experience in defense and aerospaceApply directly: https://jobs.gusto.com/postings/telesis-research-llc-range-safety-flight-termination-engineer-c88cdf27-6ebd-4294-bf2b-ffb8d4342d7a