Join our missile defense targets engineering team as a telemetry engineer. You will support pre-mission trajectory validation and performance analysis for flight tests, then run telemetry on site during flight events.

What You Will Do

• Support development of ballistic missile target vehicles

• Support target design, analysis and test across the systems engineering team, including requirements, M&S, test analysis and reporting

• Apply missile physical, kinematic and signature characteristics to engineering work and data products

• Focus on vehicle telemetry and mission analysis

• Set up and run telemetry data acquisition equipment during test events

• Decommutate, reduce and convert vehicle telemetry data

• Build target vehicle visualizations, situational awareness displays, reports and briefings

• Support mission planning, analysis and reporting

• Build analysis and engineering tools with experts across several technical areas

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience

• MATLAB, Python, Java, C# and other languages

• Strong written and verbal communication

• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field

• Active DoD Secret clearance (U.S. citizenship required)

• Onsite in Huntsville, AL

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with missile defense or DoD programs and processes

• Supporting missile defense or DoD test events

• Telemetry systems and data processing

• Any of: optical or RCS signatures, trajectory, CAD or design

• Strong attention to detail and able to juggle multiple tasks

• Explains technical detail clearly to technical and non-technical audiences