Propellant Process Engineer - AM & Scale-Up

Leidos Inc; Rockaway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 69,550 - 125,725; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Inc. Defense Sector seeks a Process Engineer to join at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, to develop and optimize propellant processes using state-of-the-art tools.

Responsibilities include literature searches, developing enhanced propellants, enabling additive manufacturing, and scaling methods from lab to pilot and production.

Requirements: BS in Chemical Engineering with 2–6 years, experience with process development tools, excellent communication, teamwork, and US citizenship.

Qualifications

• BS in Chemical Engineering and 2-6 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with process development tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team-based environment.
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ongoing literature searches to develop and maintain awareness of latest ingredients, processes, and techniques.
• Develop new enhanced performance propellants utilizing traditional formulation processes as well as advanced additive manufacturing techniques.
• Develop customized ingredients to enable AM of propellants.
• Support the transition of laboratory scale methods to pilot and ultimately production scales.

Skills

Process development

Team collaboration

Excellent communication

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Literature search

Job description

Leidos Inc. Defense Sector seeks a Process Engineer to join at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, to develop and optimize propellant processes using state-of-the-art tools.

Responsibilities include literature searches, developing enhanced propellants, enabling additive manufacturing, and scaling methods from lab to pilot and production.

Requirements: BS in Chemical Engineering with 2–6 years, experience with process development tools, excellent communication, teamwork, and US citizenship.