Materials & Process Lead, Solid Rocket Motors

Slope; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries’ Rocket Motor Systems team seeks an experienced Materials and Process Engineer to build the M&P infrastructure for scaling from prototype to high-rate production. You will standardize specifications, acceptance procedures, and design allowables, serving as the SME across solid rocket motor systems.

This role requires deep aerospace materials expertise, strong documentation skills, and the ability to drive standardization in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of materials and process engineering experience in aerospace, propulsion, or defense applications.
• Proven experience developing material specifications and process specifications for production programs.
• Strong technical background in multiple areas such as high-temperature coatings, adhesives, insulation, liners, and ablatives; TPS components; propellant materials and processing; adhesive bonding and surface preparation.
• Experience with material characterization, testing, and documentation.
• Strong technical writing skills and attention to detail.
• Experience troubleshooting manufacturing processes and leading root cause investigations.
• Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Material Specifications for raw materials, components, and assemblies across RMS systems.
• Create Process Specifications for manufacturing operations including propellant processing, insulation/liner bonding, and surface preparation.
• Develop Standard Acceptance Test Procedures and NDI technique sheets for incoming materials and finished hardware.
• Review and standardize existing work instructions into formal specifications with defined process windows and acceptance criteria.
• Serve as SME for polymeric materials selection, processing, and qualification across RMS systems.
• Lead materials characterization programs including mechanical testing, thermal analysis, rheology, cure kinetics, and ablation performance evaluation; develop design allowables per CMH-17, JANNAF.

Skills

5+ years experience

Materials specifications

Process specifications

Material characterization

Technical writing

Root cause analysis

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science or related field

Tools

NDI methods

Job description

Anduril Industries’ Rocket Motor Systems team seeks an experienced Materials and Process Engineer to build the M&P infrastructure for scaling from prototype to high-rate production. You will standardize specifications, acceptance procedures, and design allowables, serving as the SME across solid rocket motor systems.

This role requires deep aerospace materials expertise, strong documentation skills, and the ability to drive standardization in a fast-moving environment.