Tech Team - Flight Test Analysis Engineer; Engineer – IV

Title:

Tech Team - Flight Test Analysis Engineer

Location:

Huntsville, Alabama
Employment:
Full-time, exempt
Clearance:
Active Secret
Level: Engineer I – IV

• Support Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and potentially other Department of War (DoW) customers with the development, test, and evaluation of flight vehicles as a member of our Flight Test Analysis Team
• Apply engineering rigor to support customer system engineering teams in all aspects of flight vehicle design, analysis, and test to include requirements development and assessment, modeling and simulation, test analysis and reporting
• Utilize knowledge, skills and experience with flight vehicle characteristics (physical, kinematics, signatures) to support engineering activities and data product development
• Technical focus areas include Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), Modeling and Simulation (M&S), trajectory analysis, telemetry systems, signatures, and vehicle performance assessments
• Generate and analyze flight vehicle 6-DoF and 3-DoF trajectory data using industry standard (e.g., TAOS, STK) and in-house developed (e.g., MATLAB, Python, C++) tools
• Support flight test analysis and reporting to include analyzing vehicle onboard instrumentation data, processing telemetry data, developing trajectory reconstruction, and generating performance reports
• Collaborate with a dynamic team of experts in multiple technical areas to develop analysis and engineering tools
• Travel up to 25%

This requisition is open at multiple experience levels. Candidates will be placed at the Engineer level that matches their education and experience.

• Engineer I:
  Entry level
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM field
  • No experience required; experience working on missile defense-related or other DoW programs/projects preferred
  • With supervision, applies engineering rigor to analyze and resolve problems
• Engineer II:
  Mid level
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM field
  • 3+ years working on missile defense-related or other DoW programs/projects
  • Applies engineering rigor to analyze and resolve problems
• Engineer III:
  Senior level
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM field
  • 7+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoW programs/projects
  • Works independently and/or leads sub-teams, applying engineering rigor to analyze and resolve problems
• Engineer IV:
  Expert level
  • Master's degree in STEM field
  • 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoW programs/projects
  • Works independently, as a team member, or leading teams/tasks, applying engineering rigor to solve engineering and scientific problems

• Education and experience meeting at least one of the Engineer levels above
• Active Secret security clearance, which requires US Citizenship; TS or TS/SCI eligibility preferred
• Specialized in at least one of the following Flight Test Analysis Team technical disciplines:
  • Aerodynamics, equations of motion, coordinate systems, vehicle dynamics, and/or guidance, navigation, and control (GNC)
  • Flight vehicle trajectory analysis, including working in different coordinate frames, endo- and exo-atmospheric behaviors, and identifying key trajectory parameters
  • Modeling and simulation using tools such as TAOS, STK, or similar
  • Telemetry systems, flight test instrumentation, and/or Link Margin Analysis (LMA)
  • Radar Cross Section (RCS), optical, and/or plume attenuation signatures
  • Debris laydown analysis
  • Flight vehicle design and CAD
  • Wargaming and/or campaign analysis with AFSIM or similar DoW simulations
  • Flight test data analysis, trajectory reconstruction, and performance reporting
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, C++, Java, C#, and/or other programming languages
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and…