Senior Propulsion Mission Engineer

Ursa Major; Berthoud (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO (Vacation, Sick,Personal

Parental and Adoptive Leave

Health Insurance

401k with Company Match

Equity Grants

Job summary

Ursa Major is seeking a Senior Mission Engineer to lead external success of SRM products, planning and executing flight campaigns and motor qualification tests. interface with external partners, conduct hot fire tests, and drive program milestones across the lifecycle.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, 4+ years in mission operations or test engineering, and up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of mission operations, test engineer, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to earn trust, build rapport and maintain positive relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and customers.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced development environment.
• Willing to spend up to 50% of the year on travel for multi-week test and flight campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact between Ursa Major and customer program manager/flight test lead.
• Shape test objectives, oversee execution, interpret results, comply with test range requirements and communicate clear technical insights to customers.
• Ensure execution of and compliance with test plans, qualification requirements and hardware work instructions developed by Ursa Major and customers while complying with external test range SOPs.
• Generate and track program mission objectives/milestones and assist in the technical validation of program milestones and adherence of those objectives throughout the program lifecycle.
• Support complex motor/engine operations, including test stand readiness, system checkouts, instrumentation troubleshooting, and field diagnostics.
• Generate internal qualification test plans/procedures that follow the program qualification plan and comply with systems engineering to satisfy product requirements.
• Obtain and provide data to SRM safety team for the generation of hazardous shipping documentation of SRM products and facilitate the submission process.
• Operate and modify launcher platform systems and understand how systems interact with ignition chain of motor/engine.
• Support and assist the energetics team in the handling, planning, and execution of testing both on and offsite in support of energetic material classification testing.

Skills

Mission operations

Test engineering

Cross-functional

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering

Job description

Ursa Major is seeking a Senior Mission Engineer to lead external success of SRM products, planning and executing flight campaigns and motor qualification tests. interface with external partners, conduct hot fire tests, and drive program milestones across the lifecycle.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, 4+ years in mission operations or test engineering, and up to 50% travel.