Senior Ballistics Analyst - Propulsion & SRM Expert

Ursa Major; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 107,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

HSA/FSA

Disability insurance

401k with company match

Job summary

Ursa Major in Boulder, CO is seeking a Senior Ballistician to join our propulsion and defense teams, advancing SRM technologies through rigorous analysis, testing, and design input. You will deliver technical results to government partners and customers, collaborate with systems, design, and manufacturing, and help shape rapid response investigations while maintaining eligibility for a U.S.

Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in Solid Rocket Motors, ballistics, or engineering design/analysis.
• Demonstrated technical work experience in energetics performance analysis.
• Experience with experimental design and data analysis.
• Proficiency in CLWire, SPP, or similar ballistic analysis tools.
• Familiarity with control theory and its application to engineering problems.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, interfacing with internal/external customers.
• This position requires that the employee be eligible and maintain eligibility for a Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform ballistics analysis to meet programmatic requirements and inform/validate design.
• Develop, refine, and validate computational methods and tools to predict and analyze propellant performance and rocket motor ballistic performance.
• Perform test data review and be capable of drawing meaningful conclusions to influence future designs.
• Assist in preparing and presenting technical ballistic results to government partners and customers with the ability to explain the results.
• Support in the characterization, testing, and modeling of energetic materials.
• Support rapid response failure investigations, failure analysis and facilitate production deviation closures to meet engineering requirements and mission objectives.
• Collaborate with the systems, design, and manufacturing teams to ensure motor performance meets performance requirements while remaining manufacturable.
• Organize/prepare/present major program efforts and findings to internal and external customers, including government and commercial entities.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Ballistics analysis

Energetics performance analysis

Experimental design

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree in engineering (desired)

Tools

CLWire

SPP

Matlab

Python

C++

Fortran

Job description

Ursa Major in Boulder, CO is seeking a Senior Ballistician to join our propulsion and defense teams, advancing SRM technologies through rigorous analysis, testing, and design input. You will deliver technical results to government partners and customers, collaborate with systems, design, and manufacturing, and help shape rapid response investigations while maintaining eligibility for a U.S.

Secret Clearance.