Range Safety & Flight Termination Engineer

About the role

APEX TK is seeking a highly skilled Range Safety Engineer to support the MDA Targets and Countermeasures Engineering Directorate. The role involves developing and verifying flight termination system requirements, overseeing hardware and software development, and participating in flight tests and safety reviews.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the Range Safety expert for the Targets Program during flight tests, range safety working groups, and functionality testing.
• Oversee requirements development, allocation, and verification for flight termination system products, including autonomous systems.
• Manage GFE and CFE hardware/software development, acceptance, qualification, integration, and checkout.
• Prepare summary and detailed reports documenting status, findings, and recommendations.
• Represent customer interests in working groups, forums, and technical interchange meetings.

Required profile

• Master’s degree with 12+ years or Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years experience on missile‑defense or large DoD programs.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Ability to work independently and lead teams in a dynamic, time‑sensitive environment.

Required skills

• Knowledge of Range Safety Requirements such as RCC‑319 and RCC‑324.
• Experience with missile flight safety analysis and related products.
• Proficiency in range tracking systems (inertial measurement, GPS, C‑band tracking).
• Familiarity with autonomous flight termination systems.
• Background in GFE/CFE hardware and software development, acceptance, qualification, integration, and checkout.