Energetics Lead Engineer Propulsion – Level 4: Active Secret Clearance

The Mechanical Engineering & Energetics team is hiring an Energetics Lead Engineer Propulsion – Level 4: Active Secret Clearance professional at our Chandler, AZ location.

​This role will serve as the Energetics Lead for the Advanced Weapons Systems (AWS) product line with responsibility for a broad range of ordnance, pneumatic, hydraulic, and solid rocket motor (SRM) analysis and integration activities. Key responsibilities include:

• Developing performance predictions and conducting component- and system-level testing to validate design and functional requirements
• Overseeing supplier deliverables, ensuring technical compliance and schedule adherence
• Dispositioning nonconforming hardware and leading anomaly investigations, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions

The Energetics Lead will also support upcoming flight tests by:

• Overseeing integration and checkout of all energetics hardware at the field site
• Participating in launch operations to ensure safe and successful execution
• Leading post‑flight data review and documentation to capture performance, issues, and lessons learned

• Lead a team of highly skilled Energetics Engineers in the day-to-day system design, test, and integration of energetics hardware as integrated into a classified subsystem or launch vehicle
• Apply engineering principles, industry standards, company standards, and customer requirements to develop energetics systems for application in launch vehicle systems
• Leverage analytical data from previous products, identify the applicable technical principles, mathematically define problems, and compute engineering characteristics that meet specifications, design needs, and interface requirements with other elements of the product
• Define and scope engineering tasks required for project planning and execution; analyze project requirements and develop detailed plans, conceptual designs, and risk assessments
• Serve as Control Account Manager (CAM) and perform associated Earned Value Management System (EVMS) reporting
• Interface with internal and external customers; support the definition of system requirements and the development of specifications for products and subsystems
• Provide technical guidance and direction to the engineering team throughout the design, test, production, and maintenance phases of the project
• Develop and present technical and programmatic materials for project-related briefings, including design reviews, to internal and external customers

• Perform hands‑on test support of pneumatic and energetics components and systems, including functional and environmental testing
• Serve as the responsible engineer supporting the Integrated Product Team (IPT) for a medium-sized subcontract, coordinating supplier change notifications, nonconformances, hardware acceptance reviews, and related supplier interactions
• Conduct pre‑launch engineering reviews, including examination of as‑built vehicle hardware and pre‑launch data, assessment of flight readiness, and close coordination with flight field teams
• Conduct trade studies and evaluate alternative designs to optimize performance, cost, risk, and schedule
• For broadly defined problems, study basic design concepts and criteria for complex materials, components, or functional systems, and apply engineering principles to develop new or enhanced designs
• Anticipate customer needs and identify innovative solutions to address those needs
• Originate and develop constructive ideas; proactively seek opportunities to refine or improve existing methods and processes to enhance outcomes
• Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution; analyze project requirements and develop detailed plans, conceptual designs, and risk assessments
• Interact with internal and external customers; support definition of system requirements and generation of specifications for products and subsystems
• Support new business activities and contribute to the preparation of technical and cost proposal materials
• Travel up to 10% of the time to supplier and launch facilities

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in STEM with 6 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with no experience
• Active US Government Secret Security clearance, or higher at the time of application

• Active US Government Top Secret security clearance, or higher at the time of application
• Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering degree
• Experience with Matlab, and Python
• Environmental testing experience
• Data acquisition equipment operation
• Configuration change management
• Supply Chain Management of Subcontractors
• Presentation of technical data to internal and external customers
• Failure investigation techniques