Overview Axient is seeking a Senior Air & Missile Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL.
Responsibilities Make a Real Difference
– At Axient, we are at the forefront of new missile defense technologies and engaged with the Missile Defense Agencys (MDA) rigorous engineering efforts to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System (MDS).
This exciting, rewarding work helps guarantee the security of the United States, deployed forces, and allies.
Join a professional team of highly qualified engineers, analysts, scientists and technicians supporting the research, development, testing and evaluation of the missile defense system whose purpose is to detect, track, engage and destroy adversary missiles.
Your typical day Our MDA analysts and engineers work in modern, well-appointed government facilities at Redstone Arsenal.
Redstone is located in Huntsville, Alabama, otherwise known as Rocket City.
Huntsville is the hub of missile and space research and development.
You will collaborate with other missile defense experts military, government civilians, and contractors from Axient and other companies.
Our team of experts helps the Government manage planning, development and delivery of state-of-the art sensors, weapons, communications, and command/control systems.
What are your specific duties?
– The Senior Air & Missile Engineer will support the Missile Defense Agency Engineering Directorate System Assessment Office.
The candidate will support the Missile Defense System Joint Analysis Team (JAT).
You will serve as a system engineering interface to external teams.
The system assessment team supports engineering specialist in the assessment of capabilities and limitations of the Missile Defense System (MDS) to enable well informed decisions.
The candidate will work closely with Missile Defense Systems Elements engineering staff, other functional groups, and data analyst to deliver high quality and accurate information to facilitate decisions by the highest level of MDA leadership and Geographical Commanders.
Ensure system under test is correctly characterized, capabilities and limitations accurately documented and understood.
Responsibilities Include: Develop plans and requirements to support testing and assessments of glide phase intercept and hypersonic missile development Assess technical performance for flight and ground test analysis Provide recommendations on the additions and improvements of the Missile Defense Systems Support the Joint Analysis Team (JAT) and serve as system engineering interface to external teams Contributes to and may lead the planning and implementation of large programs in the function, and regularly interfaces with senior management and executive leadership Plays a role in overall functional strategic planning Qualifications Required Skills and Experience: Education: Masters degree in a STEM related field Experience: 12 years of relevant experience Must have an active and transferrable DoD security clearance with current investigation at the required level.
Must be able to maintain the required clearance Ability to plan and to execute required support, develop clear and concise written products, and present MDS technical matters to MDA senior leaders and MDA warfighter working group meetings in support of MDA/System Assessment Applicable experience could include: Ballistic Missile Defense, Missile Defense System, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Homeland Defense, THAAD, AEGIS BMD, C2BMC, Hypersonic Missile Defense, System-level Engineering Analysis, Architecture Assessment, Threat Analysis, or International Engineering Analysis experience or requirements and architecture in aspect of missile defense systems such as Aegis weapon systems, Ground Based Midcourse (GMD), MDS sensors (EO/IR?
RF), kill vehicle, interceptors, hypersonic vehicles, countermeasures, or threats.
Experience with missiles interceptors, hypersonic/RF/Radar Sensors, detection/tracking, hypersonic vehicles Experience in requirements development and development of verification objectives Demonstrate understanding of system architecture Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Desire Skills and Experience: Active Top Secret security clearance Familiarity with the MDS and MDS Architecture Familiarity with Air and Missile Defense concepts and/or experience with MDA Ground Test Data Basic understanding of sensors management (Radar and Space) Experience working with various analyst to garner relevant data Working knowledge of Glide Phase Intercept and/or Hypersonic functionality Working knowledge of MATLAB, python Must meet applicable COVID safety requirements and protocols Applicants for positions which require a US government security clearance or access must meet eligibility requirements to include US citizenship.
This company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer as defined by the EEOC.
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Axient LLC is a federal government contractor and must comply with applicable COVID safety requirements and protocols under Executive Order 14042.
Job ID 2022-4217 Posted Date 2 months ago (10/27/2022 4:40 PM) of Openings 1 Category Engineering Location : Location US-AL-Huntsville Minimum Education Requirement Master’s Minimum Experience Requirement, Years 12