Mission, Planning & Execution Engineer I

Kratos Defense • Huntsville, AL, US • published 2026-09-22 10:42:51.268928

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**Job Description:** #### **Job Description:** **GENERAL JOB SUMMARY:** Mission Planning \& Execution Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing complex missile flight tests by developing flight resource architectures, securing and configuring instrumentation and range assets, and managing multi\-disciplinary teams and contractors. Serves as the on\-site Test Director during test execution, maintains configuration and schedule control, negotiates airspace and FAA approvals, leads working groups, and oversees documentation and funding coordination to ensure test readiness and successful mission outcomes across DoD and commercial ranges. **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:** * Develop and implement truth\-data collection and flight test resource architectures to meet test objectives. * Plan, assign, coordinate, and deconflict test resources, personnel, ranges, and infrastructure for complex flight test events. * Establish and maintain configuration control for instrumentation, tracking assets, and test support equipment. * Prepare and maintain test schedules, Bluewater charts, Test Information Sheets, Launch Commit Criteria, funding summaries, deployment plans, daily st...

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