| Location | Huntsville, Alabama |
Join a missile defense targets team supporting a government flight test program. You will develop and validate solid fuel debris models, run pre- and post-flight trajectory analysis, and deploy on site to support flight test missions.
What You Will Do
• Develop, integrate, analyze and document target analysis products before and after every flight test
• Plan test activities and recommend team assignments for mission support
• Help build notional target vehicle trajectories, flight scenarios and debris scenes
• Travel to test missions and turn out the quick-look brief, launch time and Best Estimated Trajectory (BET) for each target within 24 hours
• Support target development and test planning reviews (System Readiness, PDR, CDR, Target and Test Readiness) with analysis and recommendations
• Write technical reports and briefings on flight test targets
Required Qualifications
• 20+ years with a Bachelor's degree, or 12+ years with a Master's degree
• Two or more of: geodesy, RF sensor exploitation, EO/IR sensor exploitation, trajectory or kinematic simulation
• Strong communication skills, working well alone and on a team
• Interim security clearance
• Onsite in Huntsville, AL
Preferred Qualifications
• Engineering or physics degree (B.S. or M.S.)
• An active clearance
• Leading sub-teams or working independently to analyze and resolve problems
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• MATLAB and TAOS
• STK
• Hypersonic weapons, missiles, targets or missile defense systems