Stratolaunch
Flight Termination System Engineer
$83K–$206K
Mojave, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Experience
- Level I: 0–2 years; Level II: 2–5 years; Sr Level: 5–10 years; Staff Level: 10–20 years. Each level also allows an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher for Level I; Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) for Levels II, Sr, and Staff; each allows an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoW security clearance; U.S. citizenship may be required for some positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
About the job
Develops, integrates, and tests flight termination and autonomous flight safety systems for hypersonic aircraft, coordinating technical requirements and documentation with range safety personnel.
What you'll do
- Support development, implementation, and subsystem testing of FTS and AFSS, including AFSS Hardware in the Loop.
- Coordinate FTS and AFSS requirements, documentation reviews, range testing, and flight test planning with range safety personnel.
- Contribute to system integration, design reviews, risk mitigation, and technical communications.
What they ask for
- Knowledge and experience in electrical engineering, aircraft integration, and/or launch vehicle integration.
- Experience with FTS and/or AFSS components and architecting avionics systems using COTS or in-house hardware.
- Experience tailoring RCC-319 and RCC-324 requirements, and with environmental prediction and acceptance/qualification testing.
- Experience in technical aerospace leadership, test planning and execution, and risk management; ability to obtain and maintain a DoW security clearance.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of RF system design or debris catalogs and breakup analysis.
- Experience with environmental test specifications, government agencies, air-launch programs, or aircraft prototype development.
Pay
$83,000-$120,500 USD base salary; $101,000-$146,500 USD base salary; $120,500-$158,000 USD base salary; $157,000-$206,000 USD base salary
Tools
RCC-319, RCC-324, Matlab, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), Git, Bitbucket, JIRA, C, C++
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