Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations through autonomous and intelligent platforms.

Job Overview

The Test Range Coordinator is Saronic’s primary interface to U.S. Government test ranges for live-fire, missile, and target test events conducted aboard our autonomous surface vessels. You will own the end-to-end coordination of each range event — from initial scheduling and safety approvals, through launcher installation and checkout, vessel movement to the range, ordnance onload, and live test execution, to post-event launcher de-installation and demobilization. Acting as the connective tissue between Saronic engineering and operations, the Government customer, payload and effector providers, and the range authorities, you will make sure every stakeholder has the access, documentation, and information needed to execute a safe, on-schedule, and successful test.

Responsibilities

Range scheduling & access

Serve as Saronic’s single point of contact to U.S. Government test ranges — including Cape Canaveral Space Force Station / Space Launch Delta 45 (Eastern Range), the Point Mugu Sea Range (NAWCWD, Naval Base Ventura County), and the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) — as well as other Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) sites as programs require.

Submit, track, and maintain range-use requests and Universal Documentation System (UDS) products (e.g., Program Introduction, Program Requirements, and Operations Requirements documents), and negotiate and lock test windows on range schedules.

Coordinate range instrumentation, tracking, optics, telemetry, and Time-Space-Position Information (TSPI) requirements, along with frequency/spectrum requests, with range personnel.

Manage schedule conflicts, slip planning, and re-baselining across multiple concurrent test campaigns.

Safety, ordnance & regulatory approvals

Develop and shepherd range safety packages, hazard analyses, mission rules, and launch commit criteria through range safety and flight safety boards.

Coordinate ordnance transportation, explosives safety siting, and Explosives Safety Quantity-Distance (ESQD) requirements in accordance with DoD and range explosives safety standards.

Coordinate ordnance/effector onload, staging, arming and de-arming, and disposition, including Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and range safety support.

Support environmental and regulatory compliance, including Notices to Mariners and Airmen (NOTMAR/NOTAM) and marine-mammal and environmental monitoring requirements.

Test event planning & execution

Build and maintain the integrated schedule for each test event, spanning launcher hardware installation, checkout, vessel movement to the range, ordnance onload, execution, and de-installation.

Coordinate logistics for vessel transport to and from the range (over-the-road and/or marine transit), launch and recovery, and support and safety craft.

Lead Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), rehearsals and dry runs, and go/no-go processes, and run day-of coordination among range control, the Saronic test team, and payload providers.

Manage post-test launcher de-installation, demobilization, range clearance, and event close-out, including data hand-off and lessons learned.

Stakeholder & information management

Act as the information hub across Saronic, the Government customer, and payload/effector providers, maintaining shared schedules, action-item logs, interface documentation, and status reporting.

Coordinate the flow of technical and programmatic information, including handling of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and classified material in accordance with program security requirements.

Facilitate interface control between Saronic vessel and launcher hardware and third-party effectors, missiles, and targets (e.g., aerial and surface target drones).

Support the agreements and funding mechanisms that enable range use

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a physical science, logistics/operations management, or a related field — or equivalent military/operational experience in lieu of a degree.