Associate Mission Planner (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite at the RTR Operations Center in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Limited travel to Kwajalein Atoll is required, including occasional non-duty hours and weekends for specific mission requirements.

Company

Supports theater and strategic offensive and defensive ballistic missile testing and space situational awareness operations using radar, telemetry, and optical sensor systems.

What you will do

• Conduct and coordinate scientific mission planning activities for Reagan Test Range technical operations.
• Use Mission Planning Workstation software to generate mission, sensor, simulator, and auto-tasker files.
• Run simulations and produce plots to verify tracking capabilities, algorithms, trajectories, sensor timelines, and impact predictions.
• Evaluate performance metrics, manage risks, and support test configuration development.
• Participate in review boards, prepare pre-mission briefings, and review range user requirements.
• Support real-time flight test execution on console, investigate operational issues, prepare reports, and coordinate with staff in Kwajalein.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aeronautics, or a related STEM discipline.
• Zero years of mission planning and trajectory analysis experience is required.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, UNIX/Linux, and basic programming commands.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Visio, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, prioritization, and attention-to-detail skills.
• U.S. citizenship, the ability to acquire and maintain a U.S. government Secret security clearance, and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. passport are required.

Nice to have

• Current Secret security clearance.
• Project management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with engineers and technical staff from varied backgrounds.
• Continuous knowledge sharing and exchange of lessons learned.
• Opportunity to support sophisticated radar, telemetry, and optical sensor operations.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation are provided in accordance with applicable laws.