# Flight Termination Systems Engineer

Why Castelion, Why Now Castelion is moving incredibly fast to develop and deliver advanced defense systems at a time when execution matters more than ever. We believe focus, ownership, and excellence are decisive advantages - and we're building a world-class team to turn bold ideas into real capability. This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage, where you'll have significant ownership, collaborate with exceptional teammates, and make a direct, measurable impact on our mission and the future of the company - regardless of your function. Flight Termination Systems Engineer We are seeking a Autonomous Flight Termination Systems Engineer to lead the qualification and certification of flight safety electronics for Castelion’s long-range hypersonic strike vehicles. In this role, you will develop qualification This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage, where you’ll have significant ownership, collaborate with exceptional teammates, and make a direct, measurable impact on our mission and the future of the company - regardless of your function. Responsibilities Lead full qualification and certification of Castelion’s Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) Work

- **Id**: 4220735
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/castelion-flight-termination-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T23:20:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T11:06:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5266
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Missiles, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 1795053
- **Name**: Castelion
- **Domain**: castelion.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/castelion>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Technologies

- **Inertial Navigation** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T04:46:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T11:32:46Z

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