This role is highly self-driven with significant a requirement for leadership and delegation abilities. The RE will be the product and program technical owner, making key decisions for both to drive successful product development and program technical execution.
Responsibilities
Product Architecture – Own the design and evolution of SRM architecture across programs. Ensure alignment with performance objectives, manufacturability, reusability, integration, and scalability. Lead/delegate design trade studies and down-selects.
Product Maturity – Manages product and product team from concept through development and technical advancement, organizing iterative design, build and test campaigns to promote technical and manufacturing maturity.
Product Qualification – Plans and coordinates activities leading to product qualification, including: Design-for-qualification; Systems engineering and requirements streamlining for qualification activities, qualification testing, insensitive munitions testing, hazards analysis testing.
Product Engineering Analysis – Works with multi-disciplinary leaders to organize and task out all needed analysis to validate propulsion performance. Oversee mass properties, trajectory coupling, thermal management, and structural margin assessments.
Production-Readiness – Ensures best practices for design-for-manufacture, including material selection, assembly considerations, and overall unit cost
Product Risk Strategy – Work with the Chief Engineer and Systems Engineering team to identify and manage technical and program risks; develop mitigation strategies through modeling, testing, and early-stage prototyping.
Secondary Customer Interaction – Supports customer engagement, taking the lead on scheduled technical interchanges and technical discussions. Develops content and manages team inputs for customer deliverables. Leads presentations efforts for CoDR, PDR, CDR, post-test data reports etc… Works in tandem with the Program Manager and Chief Engineer to ensure all deliverables and milestones are met on time and with high engineering rigor.
Product Integrity – Ensure the technical rigor, safety, and quality of SRM products from clean sheet to production-ready status. Champions design discipline, test data correlation, anomaly resolution, and lessons learned integration.
Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or related engineering discipline
5+ years of experience in propulsion or aerospace product development, including solid rocket motor design and systems integration.
Demonstrated technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams
Experience with SRM-specific subsystems including cases, nozzles, insulation, and grain design
Strong systems thinking and ability to balance performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability
Preferred Experience
Master’s degree in aerospace engineering or related field
Direct customer interaction with government and defense contractors
Hands-on experience with testing and qualification of solid propulsion systems
Familiarity with modern digital engineering tools, modeling & simulation, and FEA
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and grow technical teams
Colorado law requires us to tell you the base compensation range of this role, which is $118,000 - $147,000, determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy.
Classification: Full-time Exempt
Benefits Include: (Please note, Interns are not eligible for benefits)
Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement
Paid Parental and Adoptive Leave
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Tax Advantage Accounts (HSA/FSA)
Employer Paid Short and Long Term Disability, Basic Life, AD&D
Additional Benefit Options Including Voluntary Life and Emergency Medical Transport
EAP Program
Retirement Savings Plan - 401k with Company Match
How To Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by filling out the application below and clicking "Submit Application". This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.
NOTE: Research suggests that women and BIPOC individuals may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who believes they have the skills and the drive necessary to succeed here to apply for this role.
Must be a U.S. Person (this includes U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents).
Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.
We’re an equal-opportunity employer. You will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
No outside recruiters, please.
