Missile Test Engineer

PeopleTec is currently seeking a Missile Test Engineer to support our Huntsville AL location.

We are seeking a Missile Test Engineer to support the Armys Advanced Fires Project Office (AFPO) under the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO). The Missile Test Engineer will be responsible for planning executing and assessing missile-related test activities to ensure effective system evaluation and delivery of advanced fires capabilities. This position plays a critical role in translating requirements into test objectives designing and coordinating live fire and developmental test events and analyzing results to inform acquisition and operational decisions. The selected candidate will work as part of AFPOs Test & Evaluation Section alongside radar and fires test engineers to provide integrated assessments of advanced weapon systems. This role requires strong technical expertise attention to detail and the ability to communicate results effectively to senior leaders and stakeholders across the Army and Joint Services.

Duties:

• Develop coordinate and execute test plans and procedures for missile system evaluations including ground and flight testing.
• Support the development and review of Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP) test objectives and test requirements.
• Coordinate with Army test ranges laboratories and external agencies to plan and conduct live fire and developmental test events.
• Monitor test execution collect and analyze test data and prepare technical reports and recommendations for program leadership.
• Assess missile system performance across lethality survivability reliability and integration with supporting platforms.
• Identify risks issues and gaps in test planning or execution and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Provide technical input to acquisition and system engineering processes ensuring test data informs capability development and decision-making.
• Participate in working groups Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) technical interchange meetings and after-action reviews.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level briefings summarizing test activities outcomes and recommendations.
• Collaborate with radar and fires test engineers in the Test & Evaluation Section to ensure holistic program-level assessments.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience conducting missile system testing (developmental operational or live fire) within the DoD or a defense-related environment.
• Strong background in test engineering methodologies including test planning instrumentation data collection and post-test analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute detailed test plans procedures and safety reviews in accordance with DoD and Army T&E standards.
• Proven experience coordinating with DoD test ranges and working within established range safety and data collection requirements.
• Hands-on technical expertise with missile system performance evaluation including lethality reliability survivability and integration with supporting platforms.
• Proficiency in analyzing large datasets conducting data reduction and performance assessments and generating clear actionable technical reports.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary T&E team in a fast-paced acquisition environment.
• Must have a current drivers license.
• Travel: 20%
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Active U.S. DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in engineering physics or a closely related technical discipline from an accredited institution is required.
• Masters degree preferred.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with system-level test and evaluation of integrated air and missile defense architectures including interoperability assessments across sensors launchers and battle management systems.
• Familiarity with modeling & simulation (M&S) tools and their integration into live test campaigns for pre-test predictions and post-test validation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead or contribute to failure investigations anomaly resolution and root-cause analysis following test events.
• Experience supporting test readiness reviews (TRR) safety reviews and independent test assessments.
• Knowledge of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) pathways and Army T&E policies/regulations.
• Strong background in data visualization advanced analytics or specialized instrumentation for missile flight testing.
• Prior experience briefing senior DoD leadership or test community stakeholders on test outcomes risks and recommendations.

People First. Technology Always.

PeopleTec Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in Huntsville AL that provides exceptional customer support by employing and retaining a highly skilled workforce.

Culture: The name PeopleTec was deliberately chosen to remind us of our core value system - our people. Our companys foundation was built on placing our employees and customers first. With an award-winning atmosphere we have matured into a company that boasts the best and brightest across multiple technical fields.

Career: At PeopleTec we value your long-term goals. Whether its through our continuing-education opportunities our robust training programs or our People First benefits package PeopleTec truly believes that our best investments are our people.

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