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Principal Targets & Countermeasures Systems Engineer

Huntsville, AL, US • Posted 7 days ago • Updated 2 hours ago

Full Time

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Skills

System Requirements
Modeling
Systems Analysis/design
Instrumentation
Test Methods
Engineering Support
MRB
Cost-benefit Analysis
Program Management
Budget
Estimating
Leadership
Security Clearance
Management
Development Testing
FOCUS
DoD
Information Retrieval
International Relations
Investor Relations
RCS
MDA
Hardware Development
Proposal Writing
Evaluation

Summary

MTSI is seeking a highly skilled Principal Targets & Countermeasures Systems Engineer to provide engineering oversight for target system payloads and countermeasure development. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to the program office, delivering critical assessments of prime contractor designs, technical plans, and target instrumentation layouts. You will serve as a technical anchor during major program milestones-from System Requirements through Product Acceptance-while seamlessly collaborating across multiple organizations, modeling teams, cost analysts, and schedulers to ensure items are delivered accurately and on time.

Job Responsibilities

Serve as the technical expert on payload and countermeasure requirements development, analysis, design, qualification, and fielding.
Review and provide assessments of prime contractor designs, plans, reports, and technical procedures.
Evaluate target instrumentation requirements, physical layouts, component selection, and testing methodologies
Provide technical evaluation and engineering support during all major program milestones (including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRB, MRB, and PAR).
Answer technical inquiries from external MDA organizations and lead multi-disciplinary Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs).
Provide technical assessments to the cost analysis team to ensure accurate program management budget estimates.
Partner with the program scheduler to track delivery deadlines and proactively keep leadership advised of status.

Required Qualifications

Active DoD Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree and 7+ years supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs.
Experience managing end-to-end program lifecycles, including the development, testing, and fielding of complex systems.
Thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities change quickly.
Handle multiple urgent tasks at once without losing focus.
Able to support travel request up to 20% of the time.

Desired Qualifications

Master's degree in STEM and 12+ years supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs.
Understanding of IR/RCS signatures for flight objects and countermeasures.
Experience with material properties and material property measurements.
Knowledge of real-world threat systems and how they impact target designs.
Understanding of MDA flight test requirements and ability to apply those requirements to payload hardware development.
Technical proposal development and evaluation.

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